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BUSINESS OF BIOTECH CONFERENCE SNAPSHOT. Overview.

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  1. BUSINESS OF BIOTECH CONFERENCE SNAPSHOT Overview The Business of Biotech Conference brings together biomedical companies, startups, service providers, entrepreneurs, and investors for networking and partnership discussions. The inaugural conference was held in 2006, marking the 25th anniversary of Moffitt. Each year since 2006, Moffitt has hosted this conference, which has shown steady growth in attendance from about 200 to over 330 at the 2012 conference. Vision The vision of the conference is to foster a burgeoning biotech cluster in Tampa Bay by connecting capital, talent, and science. Accomplishments • Drew strong attendance each year, and the conference has been successful based upon conference survey results • Featured high profile keynote speakers from the investor and biotech community • Created an Investor Forum whereby Moffitt faculty startups pitch their businesses to investors • Organized multiple private networking events to promote interactions among Moffitt leadership, elected officials, investors, and entrepreneurs Previous Conferences February 6, 2012 – Turning Vision into Reality • Keynote: Risa Stack, Ph.D., Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield • Break Out Session Titles • Early-Stage Biomedical Company • The Future of Biotech in Tampa Bay • Issues Facing Medical Device Companies January 31, 2011 – Share the Science, Secure the Success • Keynote: Robert Tepper, MD, Partner, Third Rock • Break Out Session Titles • Advantages of Life Science Capital Investments • Due Diligence When Forming a Start-up Company • Latest Trends in Biotechnology Licensing • Bringing a Medical Device to Market in an Uncertain Environment

  2. Previous Conferences (cont.) February 1, 2010 – Vision + Drive = Innovation • Keynote: Gary Nolan, Ph. D., Faculty member in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Sanford University • Break Out Session Titles • Roles of the Co-Founders • Raising Capital in a Sluggish Economy • Technology Licensing: Viewpoints from Academia and Industry • Exploring the Medical Device Industry in Tampa Bay January 29, 2009 – Success Stories from Bench to Bedside • Keynote: David Hale, Chairman & CEO of Hale BioPharma Ventures • Break Out Session Titles • New Opportunities for Technology Licensing at Moffitt • New Technologies in Commercial Development at Moffitt • Government Funding for Biotech Startups • Raising Capital from Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors September 25, 2007 • Keynote: Rusty Williams, MD, Ph.D., Founder of Prime Therapeutics • Break Out Session Titles • Life Sciences 101 • The Mystery of Clinical Trials Unraveled • Inside the Licensing Process September 7, 2006 • Keynote: Steven Gillis, Ph.D., ARCH Venture Partners • Break Out Session Titles • 10 Secrets of Biotech Success • Personalized Medicine

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