USDA Under Secretary Dr. Catherine Woteki Will Preview Leadership Summit Discussion at BIO Convention Buzz Center
This BIO Buzz Center event will feature Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA’s Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics - U.S. Department of Agriculture and Naomi Stevens, Head of Market Acceptance for BioScience at Bayer CropScience. Woteki and Stevens will preview some of the key issues to be addressed at the Monday afternoon Leadership Summit including:
· Addressing the challenges in agriculture production for both food and biobased products
· Developing a global platform to facilitate the research agenda
· How the National Bioeconomy Blueprint underscores the importance of innovation
· Federal opportunities, including USDA funded research programs and ARPA-E grants
Sponsored by Bayer CropScience, the Leadership Summit: Harvesting the Commercial Potential of Emerging Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnologies is a special event, which will engage high-level leaders from government, the finance industry, public institutions and private companies to examine the needs, risks, and strategies for financing, development and commercialization of innovative agricultural and industrial biotechnology products.
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A preview discussion highlighting some of the key topics to be presented at the Leadership Summit, “Harvesting the Commercial Potential of Emerging Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnologies.” |
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· Dr. Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics - U.S. Department of Agriculture
· Naomi Stevens, Head of Market Acceptance for BioScience |
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Monday, June 18, 2012 |
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BIO Buzz Center - North Lobby Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA 2012 BIO International Convention |
The Buzz Center, located in the North Lobby of the Convention Center, will serve as the social media hub during the 2012 BIO International Convention. There will be space for video interviews, podcasts, live blogging/tweeting, media interviews, conversations between industry executives and attendees / media, etc. The Buzz Center will also host webcasts, moderated by BIO Official Bloggers.
Social media:Facebook.com/ BIO International Convention http://www.facebook.com/BIOConvention
Facebook.com/IAmBiotech http://www.facebook.com/IAmBiotech
LinkedInmyBIO Community-Biotechnology connections group
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/myBIO-Community-Biotechnology-connections-35214?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
Twitter: @bioconvention/ @bio1x1/ @IAmBiotech/
BIOtechNow http://www.biotech-now.org/
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/BIOchannel
flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/biophotos/
For more information about the Convention program, please visit http://convention.bio.org/
ABOUT BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world.
Contacts:
Karen Batra, kbatra@bio.org
Colleen Lerro, clerro@bio.org
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