Technology Commercialization Task Force
Technology Development in the Region:
Report on Assets and Suggestions for Improvements
March 22,
2005 - Registration 7:30 - Program to 11:00 a.m.
Federal Reserve Bank, 230 S. LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois
Forum co-chairs: Gail Longmore, Michael Diamond
| Topic | Presenter | Presentations |
| Setting the Stage | Christopher A. Bloom Bell Boyd & Lloyd, LLC | Introduction |
| Summary
of the State & City Plans to Establish Foundation |
Harry Arader, The Centromere Group | "RECAP: Illinois State Strategic Plan for the Biotechnology Industry" |
| David Keeling, McKinsey & Company | "A Strategy for 'New Economy' Growth" | |
| Simon Bell, AT Kearney | "Action Plan to Increase Early Stage Investment in Chicagoland: Summary of Recommendations" | |
| Current Assets, Gaps, Challenges and Future Opportunities? | William A. Testa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | "Chicago and Illinois Commercial Biomedical Perspectives" |
| Marianne Clarke, Battelle Technology Partnership Practice | "Bioscience: An Emerging Development Opportunities" |