Audrey's Life Science Meeting Picks for December-January 2011
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Audrey’s Life Science Meeting Picks for December-January 2011 Complimentary Service of AudreysNetwork.com (Dec. 5, 2011 Edition) ******************************************************************************* BioCentury TV Today, See the Webcast Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 www.biocenturytv.com, Continuously available starting at 9:00 a.m. EDT Topic: “The Doctor in the House” Editor Steve Usdin is joined by Michael Burgess, Republican Congressional Representative from Texas Date: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 Watch the Broadcast Watch on the Web 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. EDT www.biocenturytv.com WUSA Channel 9 Continuously available in Washington, D.C. starting at 9:00 a.m. Topic Description Representative Michael Burgess was an obstetrician for 25 years before being sent to Congress from Texas. Now vice-chair of the House subcommittee on health, he will be among the first lawmakers put his stamp on the must-pass user fee legislation for drugs and devices in 2012. On Sunday, December 4, BioCentury This Week Washington Editor Steve Usdin and Rep. Burgess discuss why the conservative Texas Republican doesn't see eye to eye with the White House on healthcare reform, why he wants to limit FDA's oversight of lab-developed tests, and his efforts to relax financial conflict of interest restrictions on the agency's advisory committee members. ************************************************ Bio2Device Group, Tuesday Morning, Dec. 6, 2011 Topic: Title: "What's So Complicated About Medical Customer Support? - Views From Behind the Curtains" Panelists: John Jensen, Ron Bucher, Stacy Williams Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, 8:30- 10:30 am Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street from Sunnyvale Public Library) Cost: Free Park in Street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street. Topic Description Customer Support is a broad and complex functional area with its own unique life cycle and intricacies. It is also a differentiator affecting customer loyalty and overall revenue growth. This panel of Customer Support experts will make Customer Support be more tangible for you. They intend to make you aware of some of the not-so-obvious aspects of Customer Support, so that you can be more effective in your interactions with customers and with your Customer Support organization. As with other functional areas, Customer Support organizations are expected to operate with leaner resources while accomplishing greater results. In order for Customer Support to operate efficiently, it needs to be included and actively involved in Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Product Management processes. This brings about competing, and often conflicting priorities and decisions between departments. This panel will discuss how instituting a Customer Support mindset in design and manufacturing processes can eliminate many problems later on. You will walk away better equipped to make your company a stronger competitor in its market by having a better understanding of Customer Support as a strategic and competitive asset. Panelist Bios John Jensen has spent over 30 years in customer service. Starting in 1981 as a Field Service Engineer for Picker International in it's X-ray division, John has worked many companies and areas of customer service. Some of those positions include, technical trainer, technical support, and installation coordinator. Aside from standard x-ray he has worked in cardiology, nuclear medicine, and CT technology. John also held the position of Customer Service / Account Manager with dpiX, LLC which provided Flat Panel Detectors to the Digital Radiology market. Prior to joining the medical device industry with R2 Technology in 2006, Ron Bucher learned world class Customer Support competing directly with IBM at the top of the IT industry. His career grew from software engineer to North America VP and General Manager of Customer Support for the computer division of Siemens. Now his passion is bringing world class Customer Support to the medical industry. His medical device experience also includes Philips Healthcare and Boston Scientific. Stacey Williams has spent over 20 years within the Medical Device Industry working for LifeScan (maker of home blood glucose monitoring devices). Stacey spent 17 of those years within the customer service organization and then held the role as Customer Service Manager until 2010. Stacey's passion is ensuring customers receive a positive experience by ensuring they are provided rapid, accurate and caring service. ********************************************************* RAPS, Tuesday Evening, Dec. 6, 2011 Topic: “Social Media: A Regulatory Perspective” Speaker: Alan G. Minsk, JD, partner and practice leader, food and drug practice, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Date and Time: Dec. 6, 2011, 5:30 – 8:30 pm 5:30 pm Registration Check-in 6:00–7:00 pm Dinner and Networking 7:00–8:30 pm Speaker Presentation and Q/A Period Location: Crowne Plaza, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City, California 94404 Cost: $85; members, $70 Register at http://www.raps.org/publications-amp-resources/raps-store/product- detail.aspx?ProductID=2168014 Topic Description Join your regulatory colleagues from across the San Francisco Bay area for an evening of networking and an expert presentation entitled, “Social Media: A Regulatory Perspective.” This meeting is sponsored by the RAPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and is intended to promote knowledge advancement and facilitate networking among local regulatory professionals. With the increased use of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, patients, healthcare providers and payers are interacting with brands and communities in new ways. As a regulatory professional, it is important to understand the implications of these new communication channels for your company. Noted food and drug attorney Alan Minsk will lead a lively discussion on this timely topic. At the conclusion of the program, you will: Understand regulatory framework and FDA scrutiny/guidance Have an awareness of regulatory and compliance safeguards to minimize risk ******************************************** Golden Gate Polymer Forum, Tuesday Evening, December 6, 2011 Topic: How to “Star” in Functional Self-Assembled Polymeric Materials Speaker: Joseph Sly, IBM Almaden Research Center Date and Time: Tuesday Evening, Dec. 6, 2011; 6:00 pm Schedule: 6:00 PM social hour 7:00 PM dinner 8:00 PM presentation Location: Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Restaurant's web page directions http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/palo-alto/sfoca/hoteldetail/directions (not Mountain View site used in past) Cost: Employed/postdocs: $30 advance registration, $35 regular registration Unemployed/retired/students: $15 advance registration, $20 regular registration Free if you attend just the lectures at 8:00 PM (but please let us know for headcount) After deadline: registration not guaranteed, so contact us late fee applies -- $40 regular/employed, $25 unemployed/student/retired GGPF Registration timelines and pricing policy. There is a discount for early registration in addition to a penalty for late registration. See the table below. This is effective for all monthly dinner lectures. Registration may close earlier than the nominal deadline if capacity is reached. Employed/postdoc Student/unemployed/retired Early Registration $30 $15 Regular Registration Up to Registration Deadline $35 (30+5) $20 (15+5) After Deadline / Walk-in (Availability NOT $40 (30+10) $25 (15+10) guaranteed) Register Discounted Early Registration Ends 5pm Monday, Nov. 28 --> Don't let Thanksgiving holidays cause you to miss the early registration discount. Please register on the web page www.GGPF.org Or, if necessary, contact: David Olmeijer, [email protected], 415-509-8948 You should receive confirmation of your registration; if not, please contact us again. Dinner Menu: No advance food choices to make this month (just choose "dinner" or "no dinner" for talk-only attendance) "Pacific Rim Buffet" with vegetarian options included. Deadlines for registration: Advance registration discount ends 5pm Monday Nov. 28 Regular on-line registration ends 5pm Monday Dec. 5 Because we must pay the restaurant for the ordered meal, we must ask no-shows to pay for their reservation. However, penalty-free cancellations are allowed up until the deadline for reservations the day before the event. PLEASE NOTE: we accept cash or checks, but are unable to accept payment by credit card at this time. You may pay at the door. Topic Description Nanogel Star Polymers (uni-molecular, globular nanoparticles with a high number of polymer “arms” emanating from a nano-scale cross-linked polymer core) are an increasingly attractive class of polymer architecture for mediating/expressing structure-function relationships in materials science. They are also among the most synthetically demanding of polymeric nanostructures to develop, having long suffered from difficulties in characterization, reproducibility and control of key structural features such as particle size, arm number (polyvalency) and uniformity, all of which have provided a historical impediment to their general application. This talk will center on IBM’s recent program in developing convenient, scalable synthetic routes to highly uniform, size and chemically controlled nanogel star polymer architectures which are capable of tunable polyvalent functionality and programmable tandem-modal macromolecular self-assembly with other functional