TBI/BioFinance Leadership Luncheon Series In conjunction with National Biotech Week in Canada
Peter Brenders, President of BIOTECanada will introduce:
THE QUEENSLAND LIFE SCIENCE SUCCESS STORY
Former Premier Peter Beattie, Commissioner to the Americas, Queensland Government, Trade & Investment
Beattie's commitment to the growth of the biotechnology industry in Queensland has led to a projected $4 billion in revenues and is projected by 2025 to be a $20 billion industry.
BIOTECanada-UCB Pharma Health Innovation Patient Advocacy Award winners
Peter Brenders, President and CEO, BIOTECanada (far left), presents the
Individual Award to Cheryl Koehn, President, Arthritis Consumers Experts.
Rob Hamilton, President and General Manager, UCB Pharma Canada Inc. (far right) presents the Organization Award to Catherine Mulvale, Executive Director, Canadian Digestive Health.
Peter Beattie is Queensland's Trade and Investment Commissioner for the Americas and was Premier of Queensland from June 26, 1998 to 13 September 2007.
As Premier his key strategy was to turn Queensland into Australia’s Smart State by refocusing the education system, skilling the workforce, encouraging research and development and creating thousands of long-term, new-age jobs in high tech industries such as biotechnology, information technology and aviation...
In an event sponsored by The Biotechnology Initiative (TBI) and BioFinance, former Premier of Queensland, Australia, the Honorable Peter Beattie, spoke to members of the life science community in Toronto, ON about the strategy his state took to become a leader in biotechnology...
