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May 26, 2000 |
Council for
Entrepreneurial Development |
Bayer Executive Jan Turek Chosen as Keytone Speaker for BioTech 2000
BioTech 2000: The Southeast's Premier Biotechnology Conference
May 26, 2000, Research Triangle Park, N.C. - The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has selected Jan Turek, Senior Vice President and General Manger of Bayer Biological Products Worldwide Business Unit, as keynote speaker for Biotech 2000, May 31 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Biotech 2000 is an annual event convening key players from North Carolina's biotechnology community for a day-long celebration and exploration of current industry trends, issues, and developments.
Turek has spent his career in the healthcare/pharmaceutical industry. Before his promotion to Senior Vice President and General Manager in 1995, Turek worked as vice president of international sales and marketing for Bayer's biological products. He also worked at Bayer's Germany office in the early 1990's as the strategic marketing head of anti-infective products and of cardiovascular products. Turek got his start in Bayer in 1987 after a variety of marketing positions within the pharmaceutical community during the '70's and '80's.
At the conference, Turek will be sharing his perspectives on the research & development of biological products and the future of biotechnology.
Now in its ninth consecutive year, Biotech 2000 has become one of the premiere industry events in Research Triangle Region. The conference is designed for academic, business, corporate, and financial communities to come together to discuss "hot" technologies, explore commercialization issues, and examine how area resources can be tapped to build a strong and profitable biotechnology industry for North Carolina. Biotech 2000 is presented by CED, and co-sponsored by The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and the North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO).
About CED
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development was founded in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high growth entrepreneurs. CED sponsors annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is a non-profit organization and is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,000 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms.