The BioInvestor Forum 2005 will be held on October 19-20 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA, and will explore current trends in and opportunities in the biotech industry.

The Bioscience Forum will be held on Tuesday, October 18th through Thursday, October 20th, 2005 at two California Locations, the Clarion Hotel in San Francisco at 401 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, CA and at the University of San Diego, Institute of Peace and Justice. The Symposium will present the latest information from the USPTO Examining Group 1600, which deals with Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, and Organic Chemistry, and will provide the most current information from the USPTO regarding a variety of issues, including registration practice, electronic filing of patent applications, sequence listings, and other matters.

A roundtable event for BIO and Bay Bio members on regulatory and reimbursement policy will be held on Monday, October 17th at 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the BayBio Offices at 395 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 117, South San Francisco, CA 94080. The roundtable will focus on the industry’s policy agenda in Washington and BIO’s capital formation agenda with a specific focus on Sarbanes-Oxley and stock option expensing as well as its comprehensive tax legislation. For more information contact Jodie Rothschild or Laura Cornachio at BIO, 1225 Eye Street, Suite 400, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202.962.6630.

The Life Sciences Entrepreneur & Investors Rountables will be held on October 11, 2005 from 5:30 to 9:30 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana, 4290 El Caminor Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306. The event will promote networking between bioscience entrepreneurs and investors.

The Life Sciences Entrepreneur & Investors Rountables will be held on October 11, 2005 from 5:30 to 9:30 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana, 4290 El Caminor Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306. The event will promote networking between bioscience entrepreneurs and investors.

The event Biotech in San Francisco: Development Issues and Opportunities will be held on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. at Genentech Hall (Mission Bay) at the Main Auditorium, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143. The speakers will include Jesse Blout, the Executive Director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Workforce and Economic Development, Warren S. Browner, M.D., M.P.H, the Vice President Academic Affairs and Scientific Director for the Research Institute at California Pacific Medical Center, and Gail Maderis, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. The panel will discuss the future for biotech in the Bay Area and some of the advantages for biotech development in the Bay Area. The event is sponsored by Foley & Lardner.

The event Stem Cell Research: Charting New Directions for California will be held October 1-2, 2005 at the Renaissance Parc 55, San Francisco.

Bay Bio’s Gene Acres 2005 will take place on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the San Mateo Marriott, 1770 South Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, California 94402, and will address facilities and operations issues facing life sciences companies. Speakers will include 19th District California State Assembly Member Gene Mullin, who chairs the California Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology; Dr. Michael Friedman, the President and Chief Executive Officer for the City of Hope; and G. Steven Burrill, the Chief Executive Officer of Burrill & Company.

The Building and Managing Patent Portfolios in the Life Sciences workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at Hilton San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, CA. Barton W. Giddings, Ph.D., a Senior Patent Counsel at NPS Pharmaceuticals, and Kevin B. Laurence, a partner at Stoel Rives, LLP, will direct the workshop.

The Latest Thinking on Attacking/Defending Patent Rights in the U.S. Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Markets Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at the Hilton San Franciso Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, CA and will address current issues in defending and challenging pharmaceutical and biotechnology patents. The speakers will include partners from various law firms in California, including a Jones Day partner who is one of my former Pennie & Edmonds LLP colleagues, Anthony Insogna.