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COMMON GROUNDS CONFERENCE: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MAY 31, 2000

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Continental Breakfast
    Location: Room 2C
    Sponsored by the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology and the University of Virginia Foundation

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Welcome
    Location: Auditorium
    Speakers:     Robert Cantrell, M.D., Vice President and Provost, UVa Health System; Robert Burnett, Ph.D., Director of University-Industry Research Relations at UVa

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Open for Business: How UVa Supports Faculty/Industry Relations
    Location: Auditorium
    Moderators:     Gene Block, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Public Outreach, UVa; Erik Hewlett, M.D., Assoc. Dean for Research, UVa School of Medicine
    UVa Panelists: Lori Elder, Asst. Director, Clinical Trials Office; David Kalergis, J.D., Director, Virginia Gateway; Robert MacWright, J.D., Ph.D., Exec. Director, Patent Foundation; Gary Owens, Ph.D., Assoc. Dean for Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs; Tim Redden, Sr. Director for Corporate & Foundation Relations, Health System Development Office, Karen Rheuban, M.D., Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education; Tim Rose, Ph.D., CEO, University of Virginia Foundation

  • 10:15 a.m.
    Common Ground Marketplace
    Location: Meeting Rooms 1, G1, G2
    An opportunity to visit displays and network with UVa faculty and students and industry representatives

  • 10:45 a.m.
    Developing Mutually Beneficial Partnerships Between Industry and Academia
    Through Sponsored Research
    Location: Auditorium
    Moderator:     David Brautigan, Ph.D., Director, UVa Markey Center for Cell Signaling
    Panelists: Geoffrey Allan, Ph.D., President and CEO, Insmed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Robert Berne, M.D., UVa Professor Emeritus of Physiology; Janine Jagger, Ph.D., Director, UVa International Health Care Worker Safety Center,; William Leinweber, Director of Development, Research!America; Kevin Seifert, Vice President & General Manager, Advanced Protection Technologies, BD

  • 12:00 p.m.
    Luncheon
    Location: Room 2C
    Sponsored by the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology and the University of Virginia Foundation

  • 12:45 p.m.
    Moving from Bench to Bedside
    Location: Auditorium
    Moderator:     Barbara McGarey, Deputy Director, NIH Office of Technology Transfer
    Panelists: Richard DiRocco, Ph.D., Associate Vice President of Health, Medicine, & Biosciences, BTG International, Inc; Judith Hopkins, Ph.D., Associate, Research Corporation Technologies; Robert Schulz, Partner, CB Health Ventures, LP; Robert MacWright, Ph.D., J.D., Executive Director, University of Virginia Patent Foundation

  • 2:00 p.m.
    UVa Health System's Corporate Partners Program
    Location: Auditorium
    Speaker:     Robert Carey, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Panel Discussion on Emerging Opportunities in Organogenesis
    Location: Room 4316
    Moderator:     Ariel Gomez, M.D., Director, UVa Center for Organogenesis, Growth, & Development

  • Concurrent Networking Opportunities
    Location: 2nd Floor Lobby, Meeting Rooms 1, G1, G2
    Attendees may visit displays, tour key UVa laboratories, meet with faculty, interview graduate students, or consult with representatives from UVa¹s corporate support services

  • 4:00 p.m.
    Wine and Cheese Reception
    Location: Meeting Room 2C
    Host:     Jeanette Lancaster, R.N., Ph.D., Dean, School of Nursing.
    Sponsored by Tall Oaks Capital and Woods Rogers & Hazlegrove PLC

    May 25, 2000