The event Non-VC Funding of Biotech Startups: Individual Investors, Private Funds, and Investing Groups will be held on April 5, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at Cooley Godward, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130. The event will feature panelists who will discuss their experiences with investing in life sciences companies:their investment philosophy; the value they provide beyond funding – advice, guidance, management, network, future funding; what is expected from companies when they approach these investors; what is required in order to be considered for an investment; their evaluation and due diligence process; their typical investments; how they interact (and sometimes co-invest) with VCs; what are their typical/common structures of investments and key terms; their involvement in bridge and advanced financings; and the most common mistakes companies make when approaching these investors. The moderator is Rivka Sherman-Gold, Ph.D., MBA, Yodan Ventures. The panelists are Wally S. Buch, M.D., Band of Angels; Andrew Farquharson, MBA, The Angels’ Forum/Halo Funds; Lowell E. Sears, MBA, Sears Capital Management; and Rivka Sherman-Gold, Ph.D., Life Science Angels, Band of Angels.

Women’s Technology Cluster will be hosting the Second National Venture Capital Awards on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Computer History Museum at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA. The event will recognize the women who are leading venture-funded companies and the venture capital firms that are funding them.

The event From the Laboratory Leadership will begin on March 30, 2006 and will run on April 20, 2006, May 5, 2006, and May 19, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will be held at BIOCOM, 4510 Executive Plaza Seven San Diego, CA 92121. The Leadership Edge has partnered with BIOCOM to deliver a unique management and leadership development program designed to help managers in a Life Sciences company to successfully deliver on the organization’s goals.

The BIOCOM March Breakfast Meeting will be held on March 29, 2006 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Mariott, La Jolla.

Module Three of the Third Annual Global Bioexecutive Program, Global Product Marketing & Management, will be held on March 28-31, 2006 at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. The module will address such issues as branding and launch, pricing and reimbursement, and new trends and technologies.

The event Grow Your Revenues Without Venture Capital will be held Thursday, March 23, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the offices of Financing Partners, 275 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. The event is a workshop specially designed for early stage or small companies who don’t have a dedicated sales and marketing team at their disposal.

NanoBioNexus and Morrison & Foerster LLP will be sponsoring the event Nanofabrication: What Can Self-Assembly do for Nanotech Applications? on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. at Morrison & Foerster, 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130. the event will focus on creating nanoscale architectures through molecular recognition and self-assembly. The speakers will include Mihri Ozkan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California Riverside, and Cengiz S. Ozkan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside.

The Elective for the Third Annual Global Bioexecutive Program, Managing Scientists and Technical Staff, will be held on March 17, 2006 at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. The module will address such topics as what scientists learned in graduate school, what scientists need to know to succeed in business, transforming single contributors into team players, overcoming impediments to productivity in research and development, negotiating skills for scientists, conflict resolution, dealing with difficult people and situations, and developing effective professional development programs for technical staff.

The event Harlan Lunch & Learn: Polyclonal Antibody Production will be held on Thursday, March 16th, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the BIOCOM/McGraw Conference Room, 4510 Executive Drive, Plaza 7, San Diego, CA 92121. Topics will include antigen development, in-vivo model options and purification /conjugation methods pertaining to polyclonal antibody development.

The event Healthcare/Bio-Science Summit & Spring Venture Forum: New Frontiers in Medicine will be held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110. The panel at this event will discuss healthcare issues affecting businesses in Silicon Valley. Panelists will include: Sam Collela, Managing Partner, Versant Ventures; Richard Levy, CEO of Varian Medical Systems; Martha Marsh, President and CEO of Stanford Hospital & Clinics; and David S. Sobel, MD, MPH, Director, Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente, North California. The event will also provide time to pitch ideas to a VC/Angel Investor, which will be sponsored by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal in partnership with The Enterprise Network of Silicon Valley.