May 12, 2004  at the UT-Dallas Conference Center 
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:15 - 8:00 pm - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation ($25 for MIT alumni/alumnae, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

Can Dallas-Fort Worth be a major biotech business megaplex?

Panelists

• Larry Calton, director of the North Texas Entrepreneurship Center (NTEC)

• Stan Hall, University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW)

• Warren Huff, CEO and founder of REATA Discovery, Inc., a UTSW technology transfer organization

• Bob Robb, a venture capitalist who is moving to Dallas from San Diego California to fund biotech businesses

Moderator

• Tad McIntosh, president of HumCap Inc.

Program

The North Texas area has long been world famous for medical breakthroughs and accomplishments spawned from UTSW, and for technological innovations and entrepreneurship of many kinds and is the home of many world-class high-tech corporations. Now, technology, medicine and business are coming together in a way that could make the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex the next major biotech business center in the U.S. Key issues will be discussed by the panel including raising capital, attracting talent, training specialized employees, getting company traction, nurturing some successes and keeping them here, getting one or two big companies to move to the Metroplex, getting major players in the Metroplex to expand beyond research and philanthropy, and more.