Research Night at SCNM

Friday, May 6, 2011  5:30 - 9:00 pm
(2140 E Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ 85282)
Rooms 7 & 8

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

5:30-6:45 PM           Getting “re-acquainted” social with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments, Scientific
                                    Poster displays and presentations in hallway (or side room).

7:00-7:08 PM            Welcoming (Robert Waters and Steven Katz) followed by first live musical
                                    performance

7:08-7:40 PM            The Science behind it all! (Jeff Langland, SCNM Research Assistants)

7:40-7:45 PM            Second live musical performance

7:45-7:50 PM            “The Story” (Robert Waters) Followed by Introduction of James Stith, Esq.

7:50-8:10 PM            James Stith, Esq.

                                   1. Brief funding history. 
                                   2. What are the financial obstacles?
                                   3. FDA, Domestic and Foreign Markets?
                                   4. Legal Issues?

8:10-8:15 PM             Third live musical performance

8:15-8:35 PM             Q and A

8:35 PM                       Farewell (Steven Katz)

Facilitator:

Robert Waters, Ph.D.: SCNM Professor, Senior Scientist, Biostatistician, and lead clinical/funding liaison for ASU Biodesign CIDV Lab

Q & A Panel Members:

Jeff Langland, Ph.D.: SCNM Associate Professor, Lead Research Scientist, ASU Biodesign CIDV Lab

James Stith, Esq.: Funding, marketing, and financial logistics (Former NFL Football player, personal friend and former legal counsel for John Paul DeJoria (Paul Mitchell Products), tenure in the Intelligence Community (former USSR), long time friend of John Huntsman, Jr. (may be running for president) and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.

Yvan Rochon, Ph.D.: Biochemist and Herbalist, also owner of Herbal Vitality, Inc.

Tim Williams: Founder of L.A. Fitness and prestigious businessman

Karen Denzler, Ph.D.: ASU-Biodesign Inst. Lead Scientist, former research scientist with the Mayo Clinic

Bertram Jacobs, Ph.D.: Professor ASU Biodesign Institute (CIDV), Internationally renowned scientist in HIV and vaccine development, Governor’s Award (AZ) in research

Lt. Col. Steve Woffinden, E. E.: Classified weapons development with General Dynamics Corp, former head of Artificial Intelligence for U.S. Army in the Pentagon and collaborator with Dr. Waters in Artificial Intelligence Mathematics

David Payne, D.O.: Retired Physician, Lecturer and Researcher, first physician to treat HIV/AIDS in Arizona

Charles Humme: Retired Botanist and expert in large scale botanical production

Please RSVP by calling 480.858.9100