8:30-8:40    Opening Remarks by Dr. Kenneth Breslauer, Vice President for Health Science Partnerships

Session I - The Ingredients for a Successful Center: An Entrepreneurial Approach Highlighting Infrastructure, Interactions, and the Individual

8:50-9:10  Resources and Facilities for Science, Technology, and Commercialization by Prof. Joachim Kohn, Director, NJCBM

9:10-9:30  NJCBM in the context of a University: Leveraging Synergies with Schools and Programs and Achieving Broader Impacts by Prof. Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers University

9:30-9:50  Career Opportunities for Research Faculty: Individual Career Profiles by Prof. Sanjeeva Murthy and Prof. Larisa Sheihet

9:50-10:10  Break
 
Class of 1954 Lecture

10:10-11:00  Ethics and the Bioscience Revolution by Prof. David Finegold, Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations

11:00-12:00  Panel Discussion with academic and industrial members moderated by William Healey, Executive Vice President, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey

12:00 pm  Lunch

Session II - Updates on the Center’s Active Projects

1:00-1:15  The Development of Ophthalmic Biodegradable Polymers in Collaboration with Lux Biosciences by A. Clarke Atwell, Chief Operating Officer, Lux Biosciences, Inc.

1:15-1:30  The Development of Biodegradable Polymer Stents in Collaboration with REVA Medical Inc. by Prof. Joachim Kohn

1:30-1:45  The Development of Agricultural Hybrid Polymer Biomaterials for the Biomedical Market by Prof. Carmine Iovine, NJCBM

1:45-2:00  Programs on Regenerative Medicine Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense by Prof. David Devore, NJCBM
     
2:00–2:15  Modeling Capabilities to Accelerate Prototype Development: An Update on RESBIO by Prof. Joachim Kohn and Dr. Aurora Costache

2:15-2:30  Closing Remarks by Carole Kantor, Associate Director, NJCBM