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Bio Network: Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director

Bio Network: Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director. NC Biotechnology Facts. NC Ranks Third in Biotechnology in the US NC Has About 150 Biotechnology Companies and 75 Contract Research Organizations

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Bio Network: Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director

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  1. BioNetwork:Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director

  2. NC Biotechnology Facts • NC Ranks Third in Biotechnology in the US • NC Has About 150 Biotechnology Companies and 75 Contract Research Organizations • Generate About $8 Billion in Annual Revenue • 34,500 Employees • NC - Worldwide BioAg Leader, Ranked Second in US

  3. Challenge: Meeting the Workforce Needs of the Biomanufacturing Industry in NC • In Next 3 Years, > 6,000 Employees With < a BS Degree Needed by North Carolina’s Biomanufacturing Firms • More Workers Needed for the Rest of the Biotech Cluster • “Access to a Skilled and Well-trained Workforce Is the Number One Factor That Companies Use in Location Selection” Study by Deloitte & Touche Fantus, Published in the Wall Street Journal

  4. The Biomanufacturing Workforce 67% of Biomanufacturing and Pharmaceutical Employees Employees Have < Baccalaureate Degree Appropriately Trained at the Community College Level

  5. BioNetworkMakes a Difference for Companies, for Workers Develops Continuous Pipeline of New Trained Workers Upgrades Skills of Incumbent Workers 2000 Workers Needed Per Year for the Next 3 Years Retrains Dislocated Workers

  6. BioNetwork • Cost-efficient, Effective Design • Sharing Information, Innovations and Resources. • Community Colleges Serve • Biotechnology Cluster • Biomanufacturing Companies • North Carolinians

  7. BioNetwork Management Team • Provides Leadership, Expertise And Coordination Across Program Boundaries • Coordination For External Partners • Capstone Center • Clean Room/Aseptic Suite • Students, Incumbent Workers, And Faculty • Machinery And Facilities Too Expensive To Replicate Locally • Centers • Bioprocessing • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing • Agricultural Biotech • Continuing Education • Biotechnology Enterprise • Mobile Biotechnology Laboratory • Outfitted With Faculty And Specialized Equipment • Incumbent Worker Training • Lab Courses In Remote Areas • Sent To Company Sites • Validation Academy • Trained Validation Workers • Increased Company Profitability BioNetwork • Equipment and Facility Enhancement Funds • Purchase Of New Or Used Laboratory Equipment • Retrofitting Existing Community College Space For New Equipment • Innovation Funds • Updating Or New Curricula • Faculty Development • Access To Historically Under-Served Populations AndAccess To Rural Areas

  8. Recruitment To Grow Enrollments of Future Workers Statewide Advertising All Directed to Website Resources Print - Glossy and Newsprint Radio and Television Displays

  9. BioNetwork: Annual Grants Support Local Community Colleges Funded: • Equipment Necessary for Training and Education • Related Facility Enhancements • Educational Curriculum Innovation Initiatives • Six Centers Mentoring Local College Faculty Encouraged Support of New/Expanding Industry Spread Biotechnology Student/worker Training Across NC

  10. NC Counties Served by BioNetwork Awards and Partnership Colleges (1 + 1) Camden Gates Northampton Currituck Alleghany Warren Hertford Pasquotank Person Rockingham Surry Vance Ashe Caswell Stokes Perquimans Halifax Granville Chowan Bertie Watauga Wilkes Franklin Forsyth Yadkin Orange Nash Guilford Avery Durham Dare Tyrrell Edgecombe Alamance Mitchell Martin Washington Alexander Davie Caldwell Wake Yancey Madison Iredell Wilson Davidson Chatham Beaufort Pitt Randolph Burke Hyde Catawba Rowan Greene McDowell Buncombe Johnston Lee Haywood Lincoln Moore Swain Wayne Harnett Rutherford Craven Cabarrus Lenoir Montgomery Graham Henderson Pamlico Jackson Gaston Stanly Cleveland Polk Jones Mecklenburg Cumberland Cherokee Transylvania Macon Sampson Clay Richmond Hoke Duplin Union Onslow Carteret Anson Scotland Bladen Pender Robeson New Hanover Columbus Brunswick 30 Colleges Served Directly, 14 Additional (1+1) Partnership Colleges Total Colleges Served = 44 48 Counties Served Directly, 32 Additional Counties served by (1+1) Partnership Colleges Total Counties Served = 80

  11. BioNetwork Recent Accomplishments • New Courses Developed/Offered • Faculty Enhancements Offered • Local Colleges Leveraged Funding >$12 Million Additional Funding • Increased Enrollment in Specialized Training for Workers and Students • Supported Economic Development Prospects • New Community Colleges Approved for Biotechnology-related Programs (Six Colleges to 17) • New Colleges Offering BioWork (Six Colleges to 13)

  12. Summary: BioNetwork Has State Recurring Appropriations Is Positively Impacting Site Selection Decisions Helps Attract, Expand, and Retain NC Biotechnology Business Reacts Swiftly to Market Demands by Deploying Directly to Local Colleges the Expertise, Curricula, and Equipment/facility Enhancement Resources Necessary for Workforce Education and Training.

  13. Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director (919) 807-7155 seymours@ncbionetwork.org

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