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Tech Transfer Speakers Series

Monthly Event - Second Wednesday of every month: 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (ET)

Rockville, United States

Tech Transfer Speakers Series

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Tech Transfer Speaker's Series

Free monthly program offered through the Gateway to Innovation: Montgomery County Welcome Center for Federal and Academic Tech Transfer.  For more information and additional calendar items, please visit www.techtransferconnection.com

 

Engage with others in the tech transfer field by joining the Gateway to Innovation LinkedIn Group.  To register go to

http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3805575

 Location:                                                          Time: 3:30 - 5:00pm

Shady Grove Innovation Center

9700 Great Seneca Highway

Rockville, Maryland 20850

  

 

June 13, 2012 


 

PRESENTER:

 

Judith A. Britz, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Maryland Biotechnology Center

 

TOPIC:

  

Enabling the Business of Science:

  Maryland BioCenter

 

Abstract:

 

The Maryland Biotechnology Center (Maryland BioCenter) was created in 2009 as an initiative of BioMaryland 2020 - the State's Strategic Plan for Life Sciences delivered by the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board.  The Center is a portol to programs and services intended to grow and strengthen the State's bioscience community.

As the lead organization to coordinate Maryland's presence at BIO 2012, the Center is offering a number of opportunities for companies, large and small to participate and/or market their products and services at the show.  In addition, the Center offers a variety of other programs including free access to databases like Datamonitor, MedTRACK, MedTRACK Venture Finance, Synapse, and RECAP, as well as biotechnology development awards, translational research awards, and a bioentrepreneur program.  

One of the newest additions to their programming is the Intellectual Property Business Development Roadmap, which is a list of resources to assist businesses understand their rights when dealing with intellectual property.  Learn about these and other programs and resources available to propel your company toward technology commercialization.    

Speaker's Bio:

 

Judith A. Britz joined the Maryland Biotechnology Center as the Executive Director in January 2010.  Dr. Britz spent 10 years in academics and 25 years in industry - 15 as an entrepreneur of two startup companies, Sienna Biotech and Cylex, Inc.  As Chairman and CEO of Cylex, Inc., she raised $33M from venture capital, strategic investors, government and angel sources to bring products through the FDA process to market.  Judy also held senior management positions at Becton Dickinson, Johnson & Johnson (Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc.) and Electro-Nucleonics, Inc., where she successfully developed one of the first commercial blood screening tests for the AIDS virus.
 
Dr. Britz's academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbiology from Standford University and a Master's degree from MIT.  She has held postdoctoral positions at Johns Hopkins and Yale Medical schools.  Judy is a native of Maryland and graduated with a degree in Chemistry from Goucher College. 

    

Sign language interpreting services will be provided upon request. If you need this or other auxiliary aids or services to participate in this activity, please call 240-777-2000 (voice) at least five business days advanced notice. TTY callers use Maryland Relay. Taking these steps will help us to have sufficient time to best meet your request.

 

Where


9700 Great Seneca Highway
Rockville, 20850

  News and Updates
Monday, May 14, 2012

Have you visited the Gateway to Innovation showcase at the Shady Grove Innovation Center?  Numerous Federal labs and unversities have provided a variety of materials which are on display and available for you to take home!  Come a few minutes early and browse through the showcase on Wednesday, June 13th before you attend the Tech Transfer Speakers Series.  We look forward to seeing you!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Dear Tech Transfer Speaker Series Attendees:

There are a number of programs and events being held in the area, as well as conferences around the country, that are posted on our Calendar of Events at www.techtransferconnection.com. The calendar is updated regularly, so visit often and don't miss out on networking opportunities to promote your technology, identify potential partners, or learn more about accelerating your business this year.

If you are a technology business owner, investor, tech transfer professional, scientist or technologist looking to engage through social networking, our Gateway to Innovation LinkedIn Group offers timely discussions, events and educational opportunities, and a growing list of diverse professionals to connect with and meet. Join the group at

http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3805575.

 

Mark your calendars for the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30pm for the Tech Transfer Speakers Series program. We don't want you to miss any of them in 2012!

 

Montgomery County Department of Economic Development