Media Advisory: Los Angeles Biotech Summit Thursday, Feb. 26, at USC Health Sciences Campus
Local and Regional Leaders to Discuss Jobs and Economic Development Opportunities from a New Biotech Corridor
Contact: Eddie North-Hager at 213-740-9335 or edwardnh@usc.edu
WHAT: Los Angeles Biotech Summit, sponsored by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the City of Los Angeles and USC.
Local, city and regional leaders in government, education, business and the community are gathering to discuss biotech corridors — a cluster of labs and offices where resources are concentrated to accelerate the turning of cutting-edge research into everyday health innovations.
Panelists will discuss the biotech industry, job creation through university-spawned companies, workforce and economic development opportunities, and creating a biotech future.
High quality B-roll of medical labs available here.
WHEN: 8 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Feb. 26.
WHO:
• Hilda Solis, L. A. County Board of Supervisors
• Mark Ridley-Thomas, L. A. County Board of Supervisors
• C. L. Max Nikias, USC president
• Nelson Rising, chairman and CEO, Rising Realty Partners
• Bill Allen, president and CEO, L.A. Economic Development Council
• MaryAnn Guerra, CEO and chairman of the board, BioAccel
• Steve Kay, dean of USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• David Meyer, president and CEO, L.A. BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
• Stephen Gruber, director, USC Norris Cancer Center
• Marvin Martinez, president, East Los Angeles College
• Andrew McMahon, director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC
• Larry Frank, president, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
• Raymond Stevens, USC Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, and director of The Bridge Institute
WHERE: USC Health Sciences Campus, Mayer Auditorium, Keith Administration Building, 1975 Zonal Ave. Click for map.
PARKING: RSVP to edwardnh@usc.edu or 213-740-9335 for parking information.
MORE: The Los Angeles Biotech Summit brings together all the principals working on the next steps to cultivate a more robust biotech industry in Los Angeles.
The region’s major universities already bring in nearly $2 billion in research money. A biotech cluster would help cultivate the businesses that bring those breakthroughs to market and create additional jobs — from lab technicians to researchers — in Los Angeles.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors recently passed a motion encouraging the county to develop a framework for the creation of a biotechnology industry. It also created a task force to study the issue and allocated $3.5 million to support a biotechnology corridor on the east side.
