Meeting Agenda

NOTE:
As BioParks 2008 registrants’ check-in at the Embassy Suites Hotel-San Diego Bay, anticipate receiving your conference name badge. This badge will serve as your access to the shuttle transportation to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and BioParks 2008 Conference on Monday, June 16th.

Guests not staying at the Embassy Suites Hotel should plan to check-in for BioParks 2008 at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 16th.

IMPORTANT: For more information on parking and group shuttle service as it relates to the U.S. Golf Open Tournament, click here.

Preliminary Schedule - Subject to change.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
8:00 am - 11:00 am	AURP Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, June 16, 2008
6:00 am - 7:00 am	Breakfast Buffet at Embassy Suites (Included in guest room rate.)
7:15 am - 7:45 am	Shuttle service begins to Salk Institute for Biological Studies
8:00 am - 2:00 pm	Registration & check-in available at Salk Institute
8:45 am - 9:00 am	Welcome to San Diego and the Salk Institute J. Michael Bowman, President, AURP Board of Directors Chairman & CEO, Delaware Technology Park, Inc. Dr. Nancy E. Kossan, AURP BioParks 2008 Conference Chair Assistant Vice Chancellor Real Estate Executive Director Science Research Park
9:00 am - 9:45 am	Opening Keynote Speaker The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs): New Models for Enhancing Translational Research Dr. Barbara M. Alving, Director, National Center for Research Resources, National Institute of Health Sponsored by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Recent advances in biomedical science, such as genomics, proteomics, and systems biology, have generated new fields, as well as the need for biomedical researchers to work together in interdisciplinary teams in order to ensure that discoveries can move forward into preclinical and clinical studies. At the same time, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are rethinking ways in which to recognize potential advances and take them forward into development of new drugs and devices. The drive to develop new ways of conducting translational science comes from many directions, including the realization that the translational process, which is costly and often redundant, needs to have increased efficiency. The National Institutes of Health has therefore instituted the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs), which are awarded to academic health centers to create centers or institutes for clinical and translational science; the centers will train new generations of investigators who will have the knowledge of what is required to conduct translational research (from bench to bedside), as well as to interact with the FDA and with industry. The investigators will include basic scientists, physicians who wish to engage in clinical research, nurses, engineers and others who will work in interdisciplinary teams. The CTSAs will develop more efficient ways in which to conduct clinical research, along with improved and interoperable informatics systems. The CTSA institutions, which will ultimately include 60 academic health centers by 2012 at a total cost of 500 million dollars per year, will also work as a consortium and will interact with other non-CTSA programs, industry, federal and non-federal organizations, thereby increasing the value of their research efforts. The CTSAs will engage communities so that the benefits of this very large and comprehensive program will involve and extend to practicing physicians, patients, and the public.
9:45 am - 10:30 am	Plenary Session Innovation: Green from the Ground Up Vincent Ciruzzi, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Senior Vice President, Construction & Development Lee Coyle, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Cannon Design Alan Locke, PE, Founder, Partner, IBE Consulting Engineers Discover where research park innovation begins: with the master plan and physical layout. This panel, which includes perspectives from a mechanical engineer, an architect, and a developer, will discuss the design, development, and the financial perspectives of green building. Panelists will compare and contrast green research facilities versus green commercial facilities, and review decision-making models. How do you achieve LEED status on research facility design? Join this session to learn more about these very important topics.
10:30 am - 10:45 am	Coffee Break Sponsored by Lankford & Associates
10:45 am - 11:30 am	Plenary Session High Performance Cyberinfrastructure to Support Data - Intensive Biomedical Research Instruments Dr. Larry Smarr, Harry E. Gruber Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSD, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Sponsored by The Facility Group The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) is using 10 gigabit/s optical paths to connect people and devices on local, regional, national, and global scales to address large-scale societal issues by bringing together multidisciplinary teams of the best minds. On campus, this cyberinfrastructure connects a variety of data-intensive biomedical instruments (DNA arrays, genome sequencers, mass spectrographs) to distributed computing storage. Calit2 extends the focus of development and deployment of prototype infrastructure for testing solutions in a real-world context.
11:45 am - 12:00 pm	Welcome Address from Dr. Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor University of California, San Diego
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm	The Role of the University Research Park in 21st Century Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration Sponsored by Wexford Science & Technology LLC By connecting the private sector with the valuable innovation assets offered by America's educational institutions, university research parks play an important role in supporting regional economic development strategies. The Assistant Secretary will address the important contribution provided by university research parks within the context of the 21st century worldwide economy.
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	AURP Plenary Session From Discovery to Innovation Dr. Mark J. Benedyk, Head, La Jolla Incubator, The Pfizer Incubator Dr. Arthur Ellis, Vice Chancellor, Research, University of California, San Diego (moderator) Gregory Horowitt, Executive Director, Global CONNECT Dr. Rosibel Ochoa, Acting Executive Director, von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement Observe this panel of esteemed experts as they offer insight and discovery regarding their business models of moving discovery of ideas into the marketplace. Dr. Benedyk will review the strategic investment in early-stage technologies at The Pfizer Incubator. Dr. Horowitt of Global CONNECT, will share his work of developing the networks of start-up companies to global markets, investors, and customers. Dr. Ochoa will discuss the William J. von Liebig Center, an innovative commercialization center at the University of California San Diego whose mission is to inspire entrepreneurism and catalize commercialization of inventions through grants, education, and business mentoring.
2:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Tour of Torrey Pines Mesa and including tour of local facilities Reception and Tour at Kirin Pharma USA
7:30 p.m	Arrive back at Embassy Suites - San Diego Bay