Agenda

 TIME

 TOPIC

9:30 A.M – 10:00 A.M

10:00 A.M -10:15 A.M

Opening Remarks & Welcome

Matthew Raymond, Ph.D., Rush University

Sam Pruett, Executive Director , Illinois Medical District, President, Chicago Technology Park.

Brief Overview: History and Goals of the Symposium

Ron Kirschner, M.D., President, Heartland Angels

'Text mining for Biological Target Annotation'

Jeremy Packer, PhD, Bioinformatics Group Leader Abbott Laboratories

10:45 A.M -11:15 A.M

An Interactive, Web-based Collaborative Pathway Repository Based on Java and Wiki Technology

Casey Frankenberger, Student, Rush University

11:15 A.M -11:30 A.M

11:30 A.M -12:30 P.M

Roundtables

             Section I:  Topic TBA
             Section II: Topic TBA

12:30 P.M -1:30 P.M

1:30 P.M -2:00 P.M

Keynote Address:

Data Mining in the Life Sciences:  What can we learn from the social sciences and marketing

Eric Bremer, PhD, Precision Biomarker Resouces, Inc., Evanston, IL

2:00 P.M - 2:30 P.M

Abstract Presentation:

Computational Analysis of Dynamic Interaction  Network

Tanya Berger-Wolf, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

2:30 P.M- 2:45 P.M

2:45 P.M - 3:45 P.M

PM  Roundtables

             Section III:  Topic TBA
             Section IV: Topic TBA

End of Formal Program, Start of New Informational Sessions

Session A:

4:00 P.M - 4:45 P.M

Group I: 

Early Stage Investing: Angel and Venture Capital Investors

Ron Kirschner, MD, Heartland Angels, Inc.

3:35 P.M - 4:15 P.M

Group II:

Getting Money:  Private, State and Federal Experiences

Rush University:
Matthew Raymond, Ph.D.

University of Illinois:
David Gulley, Ph. D.

Argonne National Labs:
William Ragland, Ph.D., MBA.

Session B:

4:00 P.M - 5:15 P.M

Networking: Connecting, Re-connecting and Feedback