Proceedings of the May 15, 2006 Forum
Building a "Connect-like" Organization in Chicago: Connecting Illinois'
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May 15, 2006

Introductory remarks by Christopher A. Bloom, Bell Boyd & Lloyd, LLC
Building a "Connect-like" Organization in Chicago: Connecting Illinois'
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May 15, 2006

Keynotes address by Bill Gantz, Executive Chairman of the Board, Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Building a "Connect-like" Organization in Chicago: Connecting Illinois'
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May 15, 2006

"Two models for the price of one"
Building a "Connect-like" Organization in Chicago: Connecting Illinois'
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May 15, 2006

"The CONNECT Story"
Building a "Connect-like" Organization in Chicago: Connecting Illinois'
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May 15, 2006

"Laboratories of Innovation: State Bioscience Initiatives 2004"
Prepared for: BIO-Biotechnology Industry Oranization.
Prepared by: Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and SSTI
June 2004

"Signs of Life: The Growth of Biotechnology Centers in the U.S."
Joseph Cortright and Heike Mayer
The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy

"A Governor's Guide to Cluster-Based Economic Development"
National Govenors Association

"Report to the Connecticut Technology Transfer and Commecialization Advisory Board of the Governor's Competitiveness Council."
Prepared by: Innovation Association, Inc.
October 2004

"Commercialization of Technology: The Distance Between Research and Development."
Christopher A. Bloom, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
January 2004

"Strategic Planning in the Technology Driven World: A Guidebook for Innovation-Led Development."
Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

"Technology Transfer and Commercialization: Their Role in Economic Development"
Andrew Reamer, Andrew Reamer & Associates; Larry Icerman, Icerman & Associates; Jan Youtie, Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2003

"Universities and the Development of Industry Clusters"
Jerry Paytas, Ph.D., Robert Gradek, and Lena Andrews
Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Economic Development
2004
Prepared for: Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

"Call to Action: Support for Illinois Small Business as the Future of Our Economy."
A Study Conducted for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center by A.T. Kearney
June 2003