Agenda
The following is the agenda for the conference scheduled on October 30, 2009
T I M E |
E V E N T |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 9:10 AM |
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Michael Lawrence, PhD, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
George Truskey, PhD, Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
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| 9:10 - 9:50 AM |
Keynote I - Dr. Mark McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies,
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
“The Future of Health Care Reform”
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| 9:50 - 10:30 AM |
Keynote II - Patricia Scheller, CEO, Prescient Medical
“Getting from here to there. Building a career in industry.”
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| 10:30 - 10:40 AM |
Break
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| 10:40 AM- 12:00 |
Concurrent Session I
AIMBE Panel: "The Importance of Engineering Societies"
BME Careers I
Hot Topics in BME I - Translational Research
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| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch and Poster Session
Poster Session Sponsored by Smith and Nephew
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| 1:30 - 2:40 PM |
Concurrent Session II
W.L. Gore Innovation Workshop
BME Careers II
Government Panel
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| 2:40 - 2:50 PM |
Break
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| 2:50 - 4:00 PM |
Concurrent Session III
Entrepreneurial activities in BME, Sponsored by the Biomedical Engineering Society
Marketing your degree to Industry
Hot Topics in BME II - Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering
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| 4:00 - 6:00 PM |
Career Networking Session and Reception
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