Mid-Atlantic Bio

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Nov 04, 2009

Online registration deadline is Wednesday, November 4th at 12 p.m. EST. Onsite registration will be open thereafter at a higher rate. Register now to save hundreds! Read the full entry »

WhatCanBiotechDoForYou.com: Mid-Atlantic Bio Preview

Nov 02, 2009

On November 4-6, the Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference will be held at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. The event brings together people from all over the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond including national and international industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and professional services firms—representing 30 states and 10 countries—in a unique forum to promote networking, business expansion, and technical-knowledge sharing. Read the full entry »

Washington Business Journal Article: Howard Dean to speak at Mid-Atlantic Bio

Oct 30, 2009

Former presidential candidate Howard Dean will be one of the headliners at Mid-Atlantic Bio, the region’s annual biotech conference, next week. The annual biotech gathering organized by the Virginia Biotechnology Organization, the MdBio division of the Tech Council of Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, will close its program Nov. 6 with Dean’s remarks on how health care reform will affect the bioscience industry. Read the full entry »

Howard Dean and Rep. Boustany to Speak at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference

Oct 29, 2009

Mid-Atlantic Bio today announced that former Vermont Governor Howard Dean will serve as the closing plenary speaker at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference, November 4 through 6, held in Washington, D.C., at the Washington, DC Convention Center. Dean will speak about how healthcare reform policy and regulatory changes will impact the bioscience and investment communities. Read the full entry »

Business Gazette Article: Industry gears up for mid-Atlantic conference

Oct 29, 2009

Bioscience leaders converge on Washington next week: to its organizers, it’s “The Epicenter of Bioscience, Capital, and Policy.” More formally, it’s known as the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference, to be held Wednesday through next Friday at the Washington Convention Center. Some two dozen bioscience companies from around the region are slated to make presentations to venture capitalists at the fifth annual conference, whose sponsors include the Tech Council of Maryland, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and the Virginia Biotechnology Association. Read the full entry »

Mid-Atlantic Bio in WBJ: D.C.-area biotechs set to pitch investors at Mid-Atlantic Bio

Oct 26, 2009

Five local biotechs are among 24 companies making investor presentations to the region’s most well-known gathering for biotech professionals. This year’s Mid-Atlantic Bio, the fifth time that the MdBio division of the Tech Council of Maryland, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and Virginia Biotechnology Association have joined to organize a regional biotech conference, has recruited both early-stage and later-stage companies to pitch their business plans to attending investors. Read the full entry »

Mid-Atlantic Bio in Charlottesville Daily Progress

Oct 25, 2009

Charlottesville’s local biotechnology sector will make a big showing at a regional conference in the nation’s capital. Biotechnology firms from the Charlottesville area will make up six of the 24 presenters at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference from Nov. 4-6 at Washington’s Convention Center. Read the full entry »

Presenting Companies Announced for 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference

Oct 21, 2009

Mid-Atlantic Bio today announced nine later-stage growth companies and 15 emerging companies, which will present before an audience of life science investors and industry professionals at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference, November 4 through 6, held in Washington, D.C., at the Washington, DC Convention Center. The Conference is hosted by the region’s most influential life science and investor associations, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), the MdBio Division of the Tech Council of Maryland, and the Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO), that are dedicated to promoting the biotechnology industry in the Mid-Atlantic region. Read the full entry »

Poll Finds Support for Corn Ethanol

Oct 20, 2009

A nationwide survey conducted for the National Corn Growers Association finds broad public respect and trust for family farmers and support for corn as food, feed and fuel. Read the full entry »

Vilsack: For Locally Grown Food, Not Against GMOs

Oct 13, 2009

Speaking to a group of food activists in Des Moines, Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack got a standing ovation after describing the Obama administration’s efforts to promote farmers markets and expand locally-grown foods into schools, hospitals and other government institutions. But when he refused to agree with a questioner that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are ineffective and dangerous, he was greeted by a smattering of boos. Read the full entry »