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Networking event and fundraiser for the Chesapeake Bioscience Educational Foundation (C-BEF). Join us for an evening of networking with life science professionals, take a tour of Indoor Biotechnologies’ labs, view works by local artists, featuring artwork and sculptures by local artists from BozArt Gallery, University of Virginia and elsewhere… Moroccan and Mediterranean food, and wines/beer by Aromas Café. C-BEF is a charitable organization whose mission is to encourage young people to explore careers in innovative fields such as life sciences. Among other initiatives, C-BEF funds internships at eligible biotech companies through matching grants.
Advance Registration: $20 for VaBIO or CBIC members, $35 for non-members.
At the door registration: $25 for VaBIO or CBIC members, $40 for non-members
GO HERE TO REGISTER
Go Here to Donate to C-BEF: www.c-bef.org
Sponsored by: Indoor Biotechnologies, Woods Rogers PLC, Birch Studio Graphics, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, Afton Scientific, Garris and Company, Klann Incorporated and PGxHealth |
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The Daily Progress covers Dean Bruner's talk at CBIC event:
The dean of the University of Virginia’s business school has some advice for companies seeking to survive the financial crisis: Embrace the anxiety, but seize the opportunities.
“My message to you is get serious. We’re in a period of time I call crossing the chasm or the gorge or the trough. We need to realize that this is not your mother’s — not your typical — kind of event,” said Robert F. Bruner, dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. “Take this opportunity to reinvent and re-imagine.”
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An Economic Analysis of Where We Are and Where We Are Going
When
Thursday, February 26, 7:30am to 9:00am
Light breakfast 7:30am, Program 8:00am
Where
UVa Darden School, Room 50 (Map)
Cost
Free for CBIC and Chamber of Commerce members and their first-time guests; $25 for all others
» Register here by February 24
Spaces are limited and will go fast!
The Charlottesville Business Innovation Council delivers vital information to help you with your business strategies. Reserve your place now to get an inside perspective on the current economic crisis and the "perfect storm" that created it from Dr. Robert Bruner, Dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and author of The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm. Dr. Bruner will share his views on where we stand in the current climate and where he believes we will go next. This is a not-to-be missed event for those who want to think strategically about weathering this crisis and creating business opportunities in this environment. Michelle Prosser will moderate, and there will time for audience questions
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300 Regional High School Students to Spend the Day at High Tech Companies in the Region
Thursday, October 9, marks the launching of Tech Tour '08, a local event to introduce 300 area high school students to the dynamic high technology world that exists in the Charlottesville/Albemarle County metro region.
Sponsored by the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council this day-long technology tour is aimed at exposing students to the challenging and diverse career possibilities offered by our regional technology community. It is designed to help them envision themselves as technology employees, professionals and entrepreneurs in the next wave of high tech advancements in our area.
Students representing 12 regional schools will spend the day traveling to 40 selected companies for a hands-on visit to meet employees and experience the use of technology in unique and specialized operations. Students will travel with classmates in groups of 12-15, and be assigned to one of 20 unique and exciting tour schedules. The Tech Tour provides students with:
- Exposure to the world of technology and work places
- Personal engagement with real entrepreneurial success stories
- Encouragement to study technology and related fields of interest
- Information about what it takes to prepare for a technology career
- Education about real job opportunities with local technology employers
Sponsors for 2008 Tech Tour include Barton Malow, The City of Charlottesville, Design Electric and Albemarle County.
For more information please contact:
Chris Engel
Tech Tour Chair
434.970.3111
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