The 2008 Life Sciences Summit is a synergistic effort between academia, private industry and New York State to foster discussion, cooperation and interaction in areas of strategic importance to the Life Sciences community. Key thought leaders from New York State's bioscience industry, academia, and the not-for-profit sector have developed a compelling program designed to stimulate action that will help bridge the gap in the concept to commercialization paradigm.

The Center for Biotechnology would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to the program:

Sydney Gary, Ph.D., Director of Research Operations, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Fritz Henn, Ph.D., Associate Director for Life Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Clinton T. Rubin, Ph.D Director, Center for Biotechnology, Distinguished Professor &
Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University
David Stewart, Ph.D., Executive Director of Meetings & Courses, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Nathan Tinker, Ph.D., Executive Director, New York Biotechnology Association