Confirmed speakers for The Georgia Life Sciences Summit 2008

  H. Elliott Albers; Regents Professor and Director, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University

 

Dennis T. Avery; Director, Center for Global Food Issues

 

Clifton A. Baile, PhD; Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar in Agricultural Biotechnology and Distinguished Professor of Animal Science and Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia

  Gregg BeVier

  C. Michael Cassidy; President, Georgia Research Alliance

  Dennis Choi; Executive Director, Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology, and Biology,
Emory University

  Nicholas A. Chronos, MD; Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, Saint Joseph’s Research Institute

 

Steven Damon; Vice President, Business Development, Altea Therapeutics

  Steve DeWeerth; Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech/Emory University

  Gaylon Edwards; Professor and Department Head, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia

 

John  G. Edwards; Founder, Apeliotus Technology

 
James C. Greenwood; President and Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization

  Randy Guggenheimer; Managing Director, Burrill & Co.

 
Stephen Hill, B.M., B.Ch., M.A., F.R.C.S.; President and Chief Executive Officer,
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  Stephanie E. Hubbard; Food and Drug Adminstration

  Blaine W. Lindsey; Attorney at Law, Representative, GABio Emerging Leaders Network

 

Jeff M. Humphreys; Director, Selig Center, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

  Omar M. Lattouf, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Surgery, Emory University

  Peter MacLeish; Director Neuroscience Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine

  Nathan McClure; Chief Forester, Forest Utilization and Marketing Department, Georgia Forestry Commission

 

Alan G. Minsk; Partner and Chair of the Food & Drug Practice Team,
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

  Michele M. Molden; President and Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Heart Institute

 

Joe Moran; Senior Division Vice President Fresh Foodservice Division, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation

 

David W. Mullis, Jr., Ph.D., RAC; President, Mullis & Associates, Inc.

 

Howard D. Palefsky; General Partner/Managing Member, Montreux Equity Partners

 
Joy D. Peterson; Chair University-wide Bioenergy Initiative, Microbiology Department, University of Georgia

 
Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD; Chief Science Officer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

 
John P. Richard; General Partner, Georgia Venture Partners

 

Mike Robach; Vice President Corporate Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Cargill

 
Bruce Robertson, PhD; Managing Director, H.I.G Ventures

 
Bill Schafer; Senior Vice President, Business Development, Range Fuels, Inc.

  John W. Sharkey; VP, Business Development, Sciele Pharma, Inc.

  Todd T. Sherer, PhD; Associate Vice President for Research and Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Emory University

  Jill Stuckey; Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority 

  Mamta Trivedi; Global Senior Director, QA, Quintiles

  James Wagner; President, Emory University

  David L. West, PhD, MPH; Vice President, Medical Device Development, Quintiles Consulting

  Walt Wilczynski; Professor of Psychology, Director, Neuroscience Institute, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University

  Jay S. Yadav, MD; President and Chief Executive Officer, CardioMEMS

 
Robert Yu, PhD; Professor and Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Medical College of Georgia



The 2008 program is under construction. Click here to see what we did last year.





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