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10th Sino-American Pharmaceutical Association New England (SAPA-NE) Annual Conference

Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Wong Auditorium, Tang Center, Building E51, Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139

The conference is free for active SAPA members or MIT students, $20 for general public.

After the meeting, the 10th anniversary celebration and dinner reception will be held in Cambridge Marriott from 6pm to 9pm. You may network with the speakers from the day-time conference and other distinguished guests. The ticket for the dinner reception is $25.

Topic: “From test tube to pharmacy shelf, the opportunity and challenges for biopharmaceutical industry” and focuses on the frontiers of: 1) Breakthrough of R&D in the Industry, 2) Intellectual Property and Business Development and 3) China and Globalization.

Questions: For all other questions, please contact hlin88@post.harvard.edu binglima@yahoo.com xiaotianzhong@yahoo.com

or Visit: http://www.SAPA-NEweb.org http://www.SAPA-NEweb.org

Speakers include:

Davinder Gill, Ph.D., AVP, Biotechnology, Wyeth Barbara Hibner, Ph.D., Director, Discovery Strategy, Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Thomas Chan, Ph.D., Senior Vice president of Research, Arqule Pharmaceutical Gunther Winkler, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Strategy Initiatives, Biogen Idec Brian Seed, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Harvard University Sam Liao, M.D., MBA, Head of BD &Licensing Asia, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc Michael H. Brodowski, Ph.D., Partner, K&L Gates Norton, Peet, Ph.D., International Pharmaceutical R&D Consultant Riting, Liu, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President, FoSun Pharma Canwen Jiang, Ph.D., Senior Director, Head of Genzyme Science China Kechun Li, MBA, General Manager, Chiral Quest (China) Chengyu Jiang, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PUMC Dan Zhang, M.D., MPH, CEO, Fountain Medical Development Ltd

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association- Summer Networking event - Small Bites with Sound Bites

Tuesday, June 24, 6:00 – 9:30 pm Tapeo Restaurant & Tapas Bar, 266 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116

Kick of the summer with an evening of networking with your HBA colleagues while sampling the exquisite taste of fine tapas and sangria!

Learn the culinary history of tapas - or “small bites” - at this summer networking event.

Hear “sound bites” on simple networking techniques.

For event details and to register: https://hbaonline.hbanet.org/events/EV04EventDetail.aspx?eventID=1502

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Life Sciences Forum

Thursday, June 26, 7:45 a.m. Registration & Networking, 8:10 - 9:00 a.m. Boston Harbor Hotel, Wharf Room Speaker: Dr. Joshua Boger, President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Register: Visit Life Sciences Forum Cost: $50 members, $500 table of 10, $95 non-members, $950 table of 10

2008 MBA Women’s Conference*

Friday, June 27 - Saturday, June 28 Registration Deadline June 20 Kimmel Center at NYU 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

For complete details and to register for Conference: http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MBAWomensConference * Ask CSO for help with funding

Register with Forte: http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cc_powertools

The Wall Street Journal Virtual Career Fair

Tuesday, July 29 (Online)

You’ve never had a job interview this easy.

At The Wall Street Journal Virtual Career Fair, you’ll get immediate access to the decision-makers who can hire you. Without traveling any farther than your computer, you can:

Explore opportunities Do your career homework Drop off a resume or virtual business card Interview by live chat with company representatives Network in The Wall Street Journal Lounge Learn more about this opportunity at: http://online.wsj.com/careers/career-fair?frame_src=http://www.wsj-classified.com/virtualcareerfair/