Summit Purpose

New partnerships for research innovation
Identification of regulatory changes, legislation and institutional streamlining that will accelerate the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to businesses
Ideas for product and service development that will guide private sector investment and demonstrate the need for a supportive government infrastructure
Insight about ways to collaborate with university researchers and other partners to transfer new technologies
New information on how to leverage the assets of universities, financial markets and business investment to create companies and jobs that will strengthen the economic foundations of the region

Business Journals Supplement

View the complete Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit supplement from the Kansas City and St. Louis Business Journals. Click here to view.

Registration

Registration has reached capacity and new registrations and waiting list requests are no longer being accepted. Please join us for live Webcasts of select portions of the summit.

Refunds and Cancellations

Refund requests must be submitted in writing to the MU Conference Office and received by Feb. 19, 2010. Refunds will not be available after this date, but substitutions are welcomed.

More Information

For further registration information please contact:
Joy Millard, Director
The MU Conference Office
344 Hearnes Center
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-4349, or e-mail MUConf5@missouri.edu

For program information please contact:
Annette Sobel, M.D., M.S.
Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Opportunities
Adjunct Professor in Family and Community Medicine
Adjunct Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Missouri
Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
573-882-8800 or 573-884-0896 or e-mail sobelan@missouri.edu

Auxiliary Aids

Anyone attending this conference who requires auxiliary aids or services should contact Joy Millard at (573) 882-4349 or millardjoy@missouri.edu or contact Relay Missouri at (800) 735-2966 for TT users or (800) 735-2466, voice users by Feb. 19, 2010.

Featuring experts from University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Kansas, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas State University, St. Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis, Iowa State University and the University of Saskatchewan, as well as business leaders, venture capitalists and policy makers