Bayer Executive Jan Turek Chosen as Keynote Speaker for Biotech 2000.Business Editors/Health and Medical Writers Biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. 2000 Conference RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2000 BioTech 2000: The Southeast's Premier Biotechnology Conference The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) has selected Jan Turek, Senior Vice President and General Manger manger cattle trough which served as crib for Christ. [N.T.: Luke 2:7] See : Nativity of Bayer Biological Products Worldwide Business Unit, as keynote speaker for Biotech 2000, May 31 at the Friday Center The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the center of continuing education programs for the university. It was formally organized in 1913 upon the establishment of a Bureau of Extension. in Chapel Hill. Biotech 2000 is an annual event convening key players from North Carolina's biotechnology community for a day-long celebration and exploration of current industry trends, issues, and developments. Turek has spent his career in the healthcare/pharmaceutical industry. Before his promotion to Senior Vice President and General Manager in 1995, Turek worked as vice president of international sales and marketing for Bayer's biological products. He also worked at Bayer's Germany office in the early 1990's as the strategic marketing head of anti-infective products and of cardiovascular products. Turek got his start in Bayer in 1987 after a variety of marketing positions within the pharmaceutical community during the '70's and '80's. At the conference, Turek will be sharing his perspectives on the research & development of biological products and the future of biotechnology. Now in its ninth consecutive year, Biotech 2000 has become one of the premiere industry events in Research Triangle Region. The conference is designed for academic, business, corporate, and financial communities to come together to discuss "hot" technologies, explore commercialization issues, and examine how area resources can be tapped to build a strong and profitable biotechnology industry for North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Biotech 2000 is presented by CED, and co-sponsored by The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, The Biotechnology Industry Organization Biotechnology Industry Organization or BIO was founded 1993 in Washington, DC. James C. Greenwood is BIO's current President. External links
About CED The Council for Entrepreneurial Development was founded in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high growth entrepreneurs. CED sponsors annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. and is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,000 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. |
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