Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association-USA (CBA) is proud to announce the 2008 CBA Career Workshop, an opportunity for the CBA members, oversea Chinese students and scholars, life sciences and biopharmaceutical professionals to exchange their experience in career development as well as for the job seekers to meet face-to-face with potential employers from the academia, industry and government agencies:
2008 CBA Career Workshop
Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Adele H. Stamp Student Union University of Maryland University Boulevard, College Park, Maryland 20742 This Career Workshop will invite speakers who have succeeded on different career paths to cover various topics of career development. A Q&A session with the speakers will allow attendees directly to participate in the discussion. This Career Workshop will also invite biotech and pharmaceutical companies, research institutions, and government agencies to post their opening positions and set up booths for job seekers to submit resumes and meet representatives from the potential employers. As a service to all CBA members, oversea Chinese students and scholars, and professionals in the life sciences and biopharmaceutical communities, this Career Workshop is FREE for all preregistered attendees (click here for preregistration). Otherwise, $10 of registration fee for the Career Workshop will be charged onsite. CBA welcomes all attendees to become a regular CBA member by registering either online (click here for membership) or onsite.
Workshop Topics Current Job Market and Job Hunting Climbing the Academic Ladder in Universities or NIH From Academia to Industry to International Business What are the Hot and Alternative Career Opportunities Setting up Business in US and/or China
Speakers/Panelists: Ming Tan, Ph.D., Professor, UM Greenebaum Cancer Center Chuxia Deng, Ph.D., Section Chief, NIDDK/NIH Dan Zhang, M.D., MBA, President & CEO, Fountain Med Dev Ltd. Patrick Y. Lu, Ph.D., President & CEO, Sirnaomics Inc. Kai Chen, Ph.D., MBA, Former VP of Business Development, Iomai Co. Dajun Yang, M.D., Ph.D. Managing Director, Morningside Venture Group Lin Sun-Hoffman, Ph.D., Esq., Sr. Patent Attorney, Applied Biosystems
Ke Zhang, Ph.D., Medical Examiner, CDER/FDA Claire Driscoll, Director, Technology Transfer Office, NHGRI Workshop Sponsors & Recruiting Companies Applied Biosystems, Human Genome Sciences, MedImmune, and more.