Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (MALSI) 2010

[Debra L Martin]

FYI,

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (MALSI) 2010 will be held on June 2nd. (http://www.mattcenter.org/malsi-day-2010/home.html <http://www.mattcenter.org/malsi-day-2010/home.html> . ) This event is jointly organized by MBC, CIMIT, TiE-Boston and Mass Medical Angels. It is the 3rd annual event to connect innovators, start-up CEOs, and investors to spark life-sciences start-ups and innovations. It is a state-wide event that attracted more than 500 people last year. All postdocs are invited to attend and encouraged to present a poster showcasing their research. The best posters will be awarded cash prizes.


Massachusetts
Life Sciences Innovation Day 2010
The Future of Life Sciences
June 2, 2010 at Westin Copley, Boston
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June 2, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
The Future of Life Sciences

We have entered the second decade of the third Millenium.  The United States is reorganizing health care. The Obama administration is investing heavily in research.  And we are optimistic that we are at the end of the worst recession for 80 years.  With all these changes ,what does the future hold for the Life Sciences and the commercialization of new technologies?  What technologies are going to change the development of new drugs and devices? Are our existing funding models still relevant?  Will the Federal Government change its priorities in basic and applied research?

The Massachusetts life sciences community is made up of many intertwined sectors - basic research, applied research, clinical practice, entrepreneurial start-ups, established major biotech companies and multinational pharmaceuticals - all of these sectors and their relationships to each other will all be redefined by the new economy of the 2010's. At this event we'll talk about how the funding environment is changing for research, the commercialization of technologies and for start-up companies. We'll also look at new discoveries that will change the world in this decade and the next.  Additional questions our speaker will address include: What does the future look like for the companies that have been forming in the last 18 months?  How will companies find and develop new products?  Which basic sciences will have the most impact on the future of health care?
Keynote Presentation " Back to basics; the industry's need for a science-focused future" by Vertex CEO Matt Emmens
The 3rd Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day is the biggest day for life sciences startups and innovation in the State of Massachusetts. Last year this house-full, high-energy, hands-on event brought together legendary speakers and experts to mingle with innovators, post-docs, professors, entrepreneurs, innovators, and venture capitalists. It is the flagship event of life sciences in Massachusetts, jointly and actively put together by all the major organizations that are involved in starting and supporting the life sciences startup ecosystem in the Commonwealth.
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