Press Release
Contact: Robert Caudle |
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Life Science Leaders to Discuss Globalization in Healthcare
CED and NCCBA Host Aug. 15 Forum at NC Biotech Center
July 25, 2006, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development and North Carolina Chinese Business Association (NCCBA) are co-hosting a discussion on “The Impact of Globalization in Healthcare,” scheduled for August 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in the RTP.
During the program, industry experts will examine how globalization and innovation are changing the healthcare and life sciences industry. Panelists will identify the latest trends and challenges in delivering affordable, quality healthcare.
Confirmed panelists include Victor Dzau, MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University; President and CEO, Duke University Health System; Art Pappas, Managing Partner, Pappas Ventures; Dan Pelino, General Manager, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry; John Ratliff, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Quintiles Transnational Corp.; and Grace Ueng (panel moderator), Founder and CEO, Savvy Marketing Group.
“CED and NCCBA are pleased to partner on this program by bringing together an experienced group of healthcare and life science speakers,” said CED President Monica Doss. ”I look forward to an engaging discussion on the role that entrepreneurship and globalization play in the rising demand for healthcare.”
For more information on the August 15th event, visit the CED calendar.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. In July 2005, Wilmington’s Coastal Entrepreneurial Council merged with CED to create CED-Coastal, a divisional office focused on entrepreneurial development in Wilmington and throughout North Carolina’s entire coastal region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. www.cednc.org
About NCCBA: As a premier nonprofit charitable and educational business organization, North Carolina Chinese Business Association (NCCBA)’s mission is to represent, serve, and promote the common interests of our membership and the North Carolina Chinese business community, particularly in promoting entrepreneurial and corporate development related to science and technology. NCCBA serves as a forum for networking and exchanging, for advancing our knowledge in creating and sustaining successful businesses, and for encouraging and facilitating coaching and consultation among our members. NCCBA will also serve as a major catalyst in bridging the China - North Carolina business relationship. www.nc-cba.org
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