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Economic development
forum
to target biomedical opportunities
Wake County Economic Development (WCED), in partnership with private-sector supporters, will hold the first NC State Economic Development Forum on Tuesday, May 16, from noon to 2 p.m. at the College of Textiles building on Centennial Campus.
The forum is intended to be the first in a series that will inform the business community and potential partners about economic development opportunities available on Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC), specifically, biomedical opportunities with the College of Veterinary Medicine. The forum is also an opportunity for WCED and NC State to gain valuable insight from key firms and partners about the development of CBC and other facets of an advanced medical care cluster.
The event will be a luncheon forum with a keynote address given by Steve Scherger, vice president of productivity for MeadWestvaco. The forum will also include members of the economic development community along with business, government and academic leaders, and national real estate developers.
Dr. John Gilligan, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, will moderate the session titled “NC State’s Contributions to Regional Competitiveness.” The session will feature brief presentations on the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center, Red Hat’s Centennial Campus headquarters and the Centennial Biomedical Campus. These four topics were selected because they are an example of government-business-university partnerships on Centennial Campus and the Centennial Biomedical Campus.
For more information, contact Ted Morris, director of NC State’s Economic Development Partnership, at 513-0388.
Posted April 28, 2006
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