STARTING A BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WHERE DO I START?

1. STARTING A BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WHERE DO I START?

2. First Things First • College Performs a Gap Analysis – What is missing • Type of training • Research (biomedical, environmental, biofuels) • Manufacturing (drugs, medical devices) Will the college support the program? Financially Faculty Support • Primary Purpose of the Program • Get students job after completing the program? • Prepare them to transfer to a university to obtain a B.S.

3. Make sure the program aligns with industry needs • You can’t do this on your own • What state and local organizations track biotechnology • Focus the program – Do not dilute student learning by being to broad based • Corporate Partners – Who you know and who they know • The primary way of getting in the door • This opens the door to internships • Incumbent worker training – Short Courses • Expanding your student base • State and local biotechnology initiative grants

4. The most surprising aspect of starting the Biotechnology & Compliance program The willingness of companies to work with me on every aspect of the program and to make commitments of time and resources to enable the program to produce competent students ready to enter the workforce.

5. Developing New Workforce Training Programs and Platforms: The Catalytic Role of Bioscience Trade Associations in Defibrillating Companies, College Administrators and Faculty, WIBs, 1-Stop Centers and Government Agencies A. Stephen Dahms President and CEO Emeritus, Alfred E. Mann FoundationVice President Academic, Industry and Government Affairs, So. California Biomedical Council Member Federal Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee

6. Eye-balling and Traversing the Bioscience Industries Workforce Development Arena-Observations Over the Past 15 Years-

7. SEC Disclaimer Chair, WF/Education Committees 1995-2006 (BODs) BIOCOM, BayBio, SoCalBio California Healthcare Institute Addressed the full span of regional WF development activities -> national and international level, including the medical device arena (AdvaMed) Chair, BIO WF Development Committee 1996-2007 (BIO/ECS BOD and BOD Committees 1994-2008) DOC, DOE, NSF, DOL, NIH, BLS, GAO, Beltway groups House and Senate Science/Labor Committees NRC/NAS/IOM/NAE: GUIRR, Federal Demonstration Pship International organizations: EU and OECD (1998-2008) Professional scientific societies H1B visas, Skills Standards, training needs (#s and areas)

8. The Workforce Development Landscape Federal Agencies State Agencies Regional/City & County Agencies

9. Constellation of Actors in the Theater of Workforce Development City WIB City DD DOL County WIB County DD ????? 1-Stop Centers DOE CC District NSF/NIH State EDD State CC Office DOC Cos & Non-Profits

10. Information, Finance and Administration Research and Product Development Sales and Marketing Manufacturing and Production Technical Affairs

11. Information, Finance and Administration Research and Product Development Sales and Marketing Manufacturing and Production Technical Affairs

12. Layers of Complexity Cities WIBs Cities CDDs Counties CCDs Counties WIBs DOL ????? X 1 -Stop Centers DOE CC District NSF/NIH State EDD State CC Office DOC Cos & Non-Profits

13. The Take Home Lesson

14. Trade Organizations to the Rescue! Cities WIBs City DD Counties CCDs Counties WIBs DOL T-ORG X 1 -Stop Centers DOE CC District NSF/NIH State EDD State CC Office DOC Cos & Non-Profits

15. The Trade Organization: Integrator of Regional Inputs to Build Industry Clusters Financial Capital Industry Cluster Industry Cluster Intellectual Capital HumanCapital Regional Integrator

17. T-ORGS: a WF development coordinator, organizer, catalyst and nucleating device…often a defibrillator City WIB City DD DOL County WIB County DD T-ORGs 1-Stop Centers DOE CC District NSF/NIH State EDD State CC Office DOC Non-Profits

18. Problems Facing T-ORGs in WF Development-Cities and Counties- • Often naïve understanding of the playing field by the players: understanding of technology…some still bemoaning the loss of the buggy-whip industry • Layers of complexity…especially in megacities • Pre-existing, high-walled political bailiwicks • Historical partnering among the players and segmentation difficult to change: breaking up the “party”…divorces are difficult • Time-lines for completion of projects: triage vs. long-term solutions • “Project Product”: sustainability vs. triage • Players lack of understanding of the necessary resources

19. Problems Facing T-ORGs in WF Development-Cities and Counties- Unreasonable expectations of the WF development arena regarding companies CC’s: administrators, role of non-academic training operations, multiple CC’s aiming for the same targets, unrealistic expectations of companies, survey impacts, moving off the “molecular biology” raison d’etre dime T-ORG BOD’s: regional, state, and national 2-year -> 4-year institutional programs: regionally-approved, industry validated layered, stackable certificates Research universities: often a considerable problem: understanding the critical role of CC’s, intrusion into CC space, sparse laboratory training in some universities A battle of wills…and entrenched public service organizations very adept at survival

22. WIB, etc. & Naïve Understanding of the Biotech Industry 1985 1990 Recomb DNA Monoclonal Antibodies Recomb DNA Monoclonal Antibodies Narrow Choices Small Molecules Gene Therapy Antisense Broader Choices

23. Complexity of the Biotech Industry 2009-27 Years after 1986- DNA-based computation Bioinformatics (Data management & Data mining) Proteomics- Computational expression analysis drug design Genetic Novel Profiling Pharmacogenomics chemistries Biosensors High throughput screening Anti-sense RNAi, etc. MAbs& phage display Micro-arrays & nanotechnologies Combinatorial chemistry Gene therapy Recombinant DNA technologies Multiplexed Array of Technologies

26. Knowledge of Training Ingredients?

28. Wouldn’t It Be Nice If It Were This Easy!!

30. Points of Attack of T-ORGs in WF Development“Sector Intermediary Role”-Cities and Counties- • Facilitating an increased understanding of the playing field • Removing layers of complexity…especially in megacities • Circumventing or removing high-walled political bailiwicks • Expanding partnering among the technologically-naïve players • Encouraging departure from total reliance on triage approaches • Demanding sustainability • Educating the players on the true costs of training in the 21st century • Embracing CC administrators and engaging them in solutions • Catalyzing applied research and manufacturing programs: faculty training • Stimulation of specialized training facilities, especially in the megacities • Education of T-ORG boards of directors • Creating regionally-approved, industry validated layered, stackable certificates • Constant education of the research universities • Outreach to federal agencies • Triage of the DOL

31. Problems Facing T-ORGs-Operating In the Sphere of the DOL, one person’s experiences- Hooray…T-ORGs are recognized as Sector Intermediaries, but...there are DOL focal problems Little DOL concept of need for sustainability Little DOL concept of training costs Entry-level employee predominant focus Reorientation of Congressional mandates “Spread the Geld” political mentality Reviewers: Invaders from Planet X Underdeveloped appreciation of true vs. interpolated WF needs H1B Training Skills RFP case in point

33. H1B’s in the Biotechnology Industry 2000-2007 • 6-10% of the biotech WF = 18,000 • 80% passed through US higher education • Degrees: in red, composition of the US biotech WF • 40% PhD (19%) • 35% MS (17%) • 20% BS (50%) • 5% MD • 0% AA/AS/vocEd (14%) • 85% acquired permanent residency ($150M) • And the role of the DOL is exactly what in addressing this dependency upon foreign nationals?

34. What is/was the DOC Thinking? Is it really making the H1B problem go away…or is there another agenda at work?….

35. Trade Organizations to the Rescue! Cities WIBs City DD Counties CCDs Counties WIBs DOL T-ORG X 1 -Stop Centers DOE CC District NSF/NIH State EDD State CC Office DOC Cos & Non-Profits

36. T-ORGs: A Firm Foundation on Which to Coordinate and Facilitate Workforce Development