TBI Bioscan Newsletter - January 2008
Message From President's Award Committee
Hard to believe it’s January already and that the TBI President’s Gala is just a little over a month away. And with the organizing committee ironing out the final details, time is running out to get your tickets to what promises to be a special evening dedicated to fine dining, networking and recognition of individuals who have contributed to the success of the life science industry across the country.
Each year we attract VIP individuals from all levels of government, and some of our past esteemed guests have included the likes of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, who has spoken at the conference a number of times introducing some of his activities through the Ministry of Research and Innovation and Mayor David Miller, who gave a warm welcome to the audience last year discussing the city of Toronto’s role in supporting biotech through economic development.
This year we’re hoping to see more of the same faces and then some, with federal members of parliament scheduled to attend in recognition of Lifetime Achievement Award winner Alan Bernstein.
We are also proud to announce that Alan Bernstein will be on hand to accept his award in person!
One of the other special things we do to honour our Lifetime Achievement winner is to have the people that have worked closely with them provide their own special salute to the winner and offer their congratulations. I can assure you with their assistance we’ve put together quite the video.
In addition to Alan Bernstein, three other award winners shall be honoured. On the community service side we have a great opportunity to recognize all the hard work Susan Smith has done with RBC ventures. The same can be said on the public service side where TBI will honour David Lindsay who has accomplished so much in a number of capacities here in Ontario. In terms of our Volunteer Award winner, John Goudey has been a longstanding volunteer with TBI, engaged in a variety of functions and a very deserving honouree.
Additionally, we’ve also been approached by BIOTECanada, who will take the podium to get things underway, making their own annual award presentation proving that what started out 10 years ago as a means to really recognize the outstanding success of people that have made major contributions to biotech in Canada, has grown and expanded to the point we are now working with other organizations and institutions.
And of course we can’t forget the food, which as always is first class and one of the many reasons we’ve stuck with Four Seasons for our venue. Options will include either a meat or a fish, and for those that want a vegetarian alternative we have that too.
We’ve had a lot of fun doing this, giving recognition to the people that have accomplished great things, while at the same time celebrating their achievements.
Up Coming Events
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January 2008 TBI Breakfast
Metro Hall
Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics (TCP) A new $79 million state-of-the-art facility enabling ground breaking research and discovery with a goal of advancing human health. |
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Announcing the 2008 Annual TBI GALA - " A Celebration of Success"
The Biotechnology Initiative (TBI) invites you to join in a 'Celebration of Success'. TBI is hosting their annual President's Awards Gala in Toronto on February 26, 2008.
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News
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TBI Comments on Ontario's New Biopharmaceutical Fund
The recent announcement by John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation to carve out $150 million from the $1.15B New Generation Jobs Fund for research and development for the biopharmaceutical industry is important news for Ontario and our global competitiveness in the biopharmaceutical field.
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Thursday November 15, 2007 TBI Breakfast
November's TBI breakfast meeting got off to a much calmer start, as this time around there were no false alarms to interrupt the session. Breakfast goers had the full two hours this time around to enjoy the presentations of the morning’s speakers.
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September 28: Ontario Political Update breakfast
The presentations at the TBI Ontario Political Update breakfast given by political analyst and president of the Devon Group Bob Richardson and Angus Reid Strategies vice president public affairs Craig Worden 10 days before the Ontario election proved accurate with the Ontario Progressive Conservatives paying a heavy price for taking a controversial stand on funding for faith-based schools.
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TBI Event Sept. 21, 2007: Research to Revenue III
Promoting the growth of the biotechnology industry in Canada, TBI’s ‘From Research to Revenue III’ closed out another successful National Biotechnology Week, building on the success of its first two events.
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Member News
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Tax Incentives for Scientific Research and Experimental Development
Canada's 532 emerging technology companies, spending over $1.7 billion annually, represent over 12% of the country’s business expenditures in research and development (R&D). It is critically important to the success of these emerging technology companies that the Federal Government continue to create an advantageous business climate to sustain and grow these R&D activities.
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Industry Events
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BioPartnering North America
6th Annual BioPartnering North America Investing in Global Partnerships
February 3-5, 2008 Vancouver, B.C., Canada Westin Bayshore Resort |
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www.ontbi.org/Events
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