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"