Georgia Life Sciences Summit®
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Georgia World Congress Center

The Summit is in its fifth successful year. In building upon previous success, the 2005 Summit Executive Committee is planning an even more spectacular event, drawing on the talent and expertise of more than 40 speakers from local and regional companies and universities along with nationally and internationally recognized leaders in science, business, finance, public policy and government, including:

• George Poste, PhD, DVM: Director, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Del E. Webb Distinguished Professor of Biology
• James C. Greenwood; President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
• C. Thomas Caskey, MD, FACP; Managing Director, Cogene Ventures
• Russell M. Medford, MD, PhD; President and CEO, AtheroGenics, Inc.
• Shuming Nie, PhD; Professor, Emory University
• Steven Stice, PhD; Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar and Director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center at University of Georgia and CSO of Aruna Biomedical Inc.

Join more than 600 industry professionals for a full day of networking and discussion of scientific, medical, business and regulatory trends shaping the future of biomedicine. There will be a special focus on hot technology areas where investment is being made by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, financiers and academia. These focus sessions include:

• Personalized Medicine Promises to Advance Health Care
• Georgia Public Companies are Capturing World Attention
• Regulation and Reimbursement of Modern Medicines
• Creating a Robust Strategy for Biodefense
• The Valuation Squeeze - is Biotech's Financial Model Broken?
• Georgia's Next Generation of World-Class Public Companies
• How Georgia's Research Institutions are Pioneering the Life Sciences
• Research Advances in Georgia

New for 2005! The Summit will host a Gala Party "Getting to know our Life Sciences Community", which begins at 5:30pm. Join your colleagues for a night of fun, games and music. Try your skills at the casino table, enjoy the magic of the roaming Zolas and dance to your favorite music spun by Dave Henderson of Jammin' DJs.

For further information, including sponsorship or exhibit information, please contact the Conference Secretariat:

Conference Secretariat
Georgia Life Sciences Summit 2005
1631 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 4
College Park GA 30349 USA
Phone: +1 770 997 2484
Fax: +1 770 997 2488
Email: info@informedhorizons.com

Brought to you by the Georgia Biomedical Partnership and the executive committee for the Georgia Life Sciences Summit 2005.