Sixth Annual Business of Biotech Conference
University of South Floria
Vincent A. Stabile Research Building
Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612

Monday, February 6, 2012
8:45 am – 1:30 pm
Breakfast at 8:45AM
Keynote Speaker at 9:30AM

Registration is FREE!
http://www.moffitt.org/biotech2012

Parking: Proceed to Moffitt’s Main Hospital Building, and follow the Welcome Moffitt Event lawn signs to the Gold Valet Station in front of the Stabile Research Building (SRB).
The valet service is FREE.

Go directly to the Check-in tables in the SRB Atrium. Early arrivals may join us for breakfast and networking at 8:45AM.

Our keynote speaker will begin at 9:30 am. At 11:00 am and at 12:30 pm there will be break out sessions. You may attend two out of four sessions.

We look forward to meeting you at the Sixth Annual Business of Biotech!

The 2nd annual BizTech Innovation Summit presented by the
Tampa Bay Business Journal and the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, aims to identify and acknowledge the substantive gains Tampa Bay area businesses are making in the ways they are developing, employing and utilizing technology for their own companies and clients.

The BizTech Innovation Summit will be held on March 13 at the Tampa Convention center and
will include a Technology Expo followed by the BizTech Innovation Awards Luncheon.

Deadline is January 13, 2012 to submit your nominations.

Categories include:

Innovation of the Year

• BioTech
• Energy
• Manufacturing
• Information Technology
• Communication Technology

IT Dream Team- Best Internal IT Department

Best Website for Generating Business and Leads

Best use of Social Media

Best Collaboration- between a technology firm and client

CEO of a technology company

All nominees will receive an entry packet via email that must be completed and returned. An outside panel of judges will review each entry packet and select the finalists and category winners to be recognized at the awards luncheon  on March 13th at the Tampa Convention Center.

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/nomination/9841

GBS College Day at Lotusphere

January 16th, 2012
Walt Disney Dolphin World Resort
Orlando, FL

Your social circle is about to get a lot bigger

Whether it’s social business strategies or product features and capabilities, Lotusphere has what
you know, love, and expect. Same tracks, similar labs, and another awe-inspiring
Solutions Showcase.

New this year, IBM Connect 2012 is a two-day social business event covering a wide range of topics from what it means to be a social business to creating value and better business outcomes. IBM Connect runs in parallel to Lotusphere 2012.

Social + mobile + cloud = opportunity³

Whether it’s social, mobile, or cloud solutions, we’re here with the tools, tips, and tricks to help you build, implement, manage, and deploy them successfully.
How are your social skills?

Lotusphere 2012 shows you how to raise your social skills and how to sharpen your technical ones with:

* Over 300 sessions
* Technology sessions covering practical tips and tricks to kick your skill set up to the next level
* Business-oriented sessions focused on best practices and results
* A Solutions Showcase featuring real-world solutions from our IBM Business Partners and IBM colleagues
* Access to IBM strategists, product experts, engineers, architects, and developers
* The opportunity to share the wisdom of the crowds from your own social circles of colleagues and partners

Join our social circle

Save the date for Lotusphere 2012: Leading the way into the era of social business and setting you up for a productive and social year.

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/conference/

USF Alumni Association Greater Tampa Area Chapter:

Please join us for our upcoming events! USF Greater Tampa Alumni 2012 Kick-Off Social Thursday, January 19th from 6:30PM-8:30PM.

USF Tampa Alumni Night with the Lightning:

The Pub at International Plaza Appetizers will be provided and food and drink specials are available USF Tampa Alumni Night with the Lightning Saturday, February 18th at 7:00PM.

Tampa Bay Times Forum Tickets start at just $35 and include an exclusive Lightning / USF co-branded hat.  For further ticket details, please contact (813) 301-6735.

USF Alumni at Tampa Bay Lightning

Looking for an opportunity to volunteer while networking or giving back. Look no further! Because we need a few good entrepreneurs to make our upcoming fall events rock!

At ITS 2011, one volunteer shift gets free admission to the August 31st event. Or help with planning for Tampa area’s first Gasparilla Interactive Event focusing on business innovation, design, and programming. And let’s not forget our economic growth focus-group, sharing insights with our area county officials on how best to attract young professionals and new businesses to the area.

So, interested? Then let is know! Just send an quick email of your interest to alumni@bnfe.org, and we will hook you up with the right contact.

Welcome back BNFE members and Alumni!

Four New Business E-Resources Available

Four significant online resources with a Business focus have recently been added to the online collection of the USF Libraries. For each title, access is now online only. Funding for these resources comes in part from USF Sarasota-Manatee.

The International Directory of Company Histories provides detailed information on the development of any of the world’s 4,550 largest and most influential companies.

Entries provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions, NAIC codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions, principal operating units, principle competitors and other significant milestones – complete with statistics, dates and names of key players. Vols. 1-6 are organized alphabetically by major industries; Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes are arranged alphabetically by company name within each volume. Each volume includes a cumulative index to companies and personal names. Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes include a cumulative index to industries. Starting with Volume 37 a geographical index to companies sorted by country of head office. USF purchased the online volumes from v.1- v.58 and then v. 105 to the present.

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Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies

This resource provides current company and industry profiles for over 100,000 U.S. companies, 90 percent of which are private. The database can be searched by company name, ticker symbol, zip code, city or state, SIC or NAICS codes, assets, employee count, officers, and other variables. Results can be sorted by financial data, geography, employees, etc. Ward’s Business Directory is part of the Gale Directory Library. It may be searched as a single source or in a cross-search with other directories.

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Market Share Reporter

Part of Gale’s Directory Library collection, the publication provides comparative business statistics (arranged by 4-digit SIC code) for companies, products and services. With over 3,600 individual entries, queries can be built using descriptors such as: NAICS code, subject heading, and title. All entries also include source information.

Search results can be displayed by title, publication date, and geography. Saved searches can be downloaded in HTML format.

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SRDS Online provides access to electronic versions of the following SRDS print publications:

Business Media Advertising: Provides comprehensive, multi-platform planning information on domestic and healthcare trade media. Media are classified into more than 190 markets, with more than 30,000 updates every year.

Consumer Media Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on U.S. and international consumer magazines. This database contains standardized ad rates, dates, contact information, and links to online media kits, Web sites, and audit statements that provide additional facts on readership information and positioning.

Direct Marketing List Source: This source provides an index and search fuctions that focus on e-mail lists. Using DMLS, researchers can locate consumer and business-to-business e-mail lists in 212 market classifications. Information covered includes complete list rental information, sources, selects, costs and other information useful for direct marketing campaigns.

Newspaper Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on daily ethnic, college, and international newspapers and newspaper-distributed magazines and newspaper groups. This database contains standardized ad rates, dates, contact information, and links to online media kits and Web sites that provide additional facts on readership information and positioning.

Radio Advertising Source: Provides complete planning information on AM/FM commercial radio stations in the U.S. This database contains format detail, demographics, and contact information.

TV & Cable Source: Provides information on broadcast, cable, syndicated, and alternative television advertising opportunities in the U.S. Over 3,400 listings identify commercial and noncommercial stations, broadcast networks, multiple station owners, cable systems, interconnects, cable networks, MSOs, syndicators, and sales reps. A separate section covers Latin American ad outlets.

Local Market Audience has a market profile section that characterizes demographic and lifestyle proclivities of Designated Market Areas (DMA) and counties; a lifestyle analyst section that cross tabulates interests and behaviors, ranking them within DMAs; and demographic reports that illuminate interests and behaviors with reference to age, income, marital status and life stages.

For access to these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu. Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.

USF ranked 9^th among universities and 269^th among the 300 top patenting organizations in 2010, according to the count compiled by the IPO. Last year, USF researchers and students were granted 83 patents. Thirteen American universities and university systems and one university in China comprised the collection of leading higher education innovators.

 http://www.ipo.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Top_300_Patent_Owners&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=29856

USF has grown to be a strong research University with an important economic impact on the Tampa Bay Region and Florida. The underlying component of USF that drives its research initiatives is the talent of faculty, staff and students. In every corner of the University great scientists, scholars and educators are teaching the next generation of students how to be competent researchers.

Membership:

The ACADEMY is open to all members of the USF community including alumni and affiliates who have received an issued patent from the USPTO. An annual meeting and recognition ceremony will be held during the academic year and a list of members will be published, in order to enhance networking, recognition, and the opportunity to share your experiences. The Academy will also participate during USF Research Week.

The purpose of the ACADEMY is:

1. To recognize publicly a cadre of investigators who are also inventors.
2. To enhance visibility of University technology development, promote entrepreneurship and be advocates for USF innovation in the Tampa Bay Community.
3. To be a resource for the Tampa Bay community to facilitate greater industry research contracts and interactions with companies and organizations in order to increase economic impact.
4. To increase awareness of intellectual property at USF by mentoring, fostering and encouraging other faculty, staff and students to develop their intellectual property and inventions.
5. To help shape society by being in a position to understand the translational use of inventions at USF and elsewhere; and be a role model in such endeavors for students.
6. To develop relevant invention-based activities in collaboration with the Division of Patents and Licensing.

  http://www3.research.usf.edu/inventors/usf-academy.asp