Information is listed below for the following local September events:

September 9 - HBA Event, "Personalized Medicine:  Applications for the Present and Promise for the Future"  

September 18 – WEST Event, "Marketing Your Ideas (and Yourself) In Business"

September 23 – Em Tech Conference, Women in Technology Workshop, note - 10% discount for AWIS members

September 26 - COPUS (Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science) Mixer

Coming soon - information on Mass AWIS fall programs!

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HBA Event, Tuesday, September 9, 5:30pm

Personalized Medicine:  Applications for the Present and Promise for the Future  

Join the Boston Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Women in Science Affinity Group for a panel discussion on personalized medicine. 
Our moderator and panelists represent extraordinary women who are leaders with extensive experience in the field. 
Our speakers will address the power and challenges associated with current technology and discuss how personalized medicine is employed at various stages of drug developement.    

Topic:
Personalized Medicine-technology and current applications

Learning Objectives:

Learn about the role of personalized medicine in drug discovery and development

Appreciate the progress and challenges associated with employing personalized medicine in healthcare

Understand how personalized medicine is applied to a variety of therapeutic areas 

Network with colleagues and peers who share an interest in personalized medicine

Speakers:
Pam Carroll, Director, Cancer Pathways, Merck Research Laboratories

Lise Kjems, Senior Director Translational Medicine, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research

Patrice Milos, Chief Science Officer and Vice President, Helicos Bioscience Corporation

Date and Location:
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Merck Research Laboratories-Boston
33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston MA 02115
(617) 992-3500

Directions: 
Click for directions  

Agenda:
5:30 - 6:15pm - Registration/Networking  
6:15 - 6:30pm - Welcome and Opening Remarks
6:30 - 8:00pm - Program, Q&A, Closing Remarks
8:00 - 9:00pm - Networking

Cost:
Early Bird
    Deadline 11:00pm (EST), Friday, September 5, 2008
    HBA Members: $25
    Non-members: $40
    Students/Postdocs $25
Regular
    Deadline 5:00pm (EST), Monday, September 8, 2008
    HBA Members: $30
    Non-members: $45
    Students/Postdocs $25 

CLICK HERE:  To REGISTER For The Event 

CLICK HERE: To JOIN The HBA

Registration Assistance/Program Information:
For questions or issues with registration, please contact us at Email: boston@...

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WEST Fall Kickoff event, Thursday September 18

TITLE: "Marketing Your Ideas (and Yourself) In Business"

DATE: Thursday, September 18

LOCATION: 35 Landsdowne Street (Near Central Square T stop), Cambridge MA

TIME: 6:00pm-9:00pm

HOST: WEST/Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology

COST: Advance registration: $35 Members, $45 Non-Members ($10 more at the door). Refreshments included.

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO: www.westorg.org

DESCRIPTION: Success often requires presenting ideas (and yourself) to others. This can range from persuading a company of your work's technical value, convincing potential funders to invest, or getting upper management to take you seriously. This panel discussion will address both "hard" and "soft" issues to better articulate and market your ideas (and yourself) to achieve your goals.

Panelists include:

--Michelle Dipp, MD, PhD, Senior Director of Corporate Development, Sirtris, a GSK Company --Katrine Bosley, Vice President, Business Development, Adnexus, a Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Company

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Women in Technology Workshop, Tuesday September 23

10% discount for AWIS members

Each year MIT hosts EmTech, the Emerging Technologies Conference. 

In conjunction with the conference, there is also a Women in Technology Workshop held on Tuesday, September 23. This timely half-day workshop spotlights critical issues faced by women in the technical fields. They launched this workshop last year, and it was a great success, drawing more than 350 men and women from leading companies, universities, and government agencies worldwide. The workshop itself features a mix of dynamic keynotes and interactive breakout sessions. This year's WIT keynotes will be given by Atti Riazi, CIO of Ogilvy and Mather, and Lisa Su, CTO of Freescale Semiconductor.

For more information about the workshop, please visit.

http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/workshop.aspx

Technology Review magazine is offering AWIS clients a 10% discount for the EM Tech Conference. If you are interested in attending please contact Karen Feinberg, 617-475-8077 or email EmTechinfo@.... *when  signing up, please mention you are associated with AWIS to receive the 10% discount.

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COPUS Mixer, Friday September 26, 5:00-8:00 P.M.

COPUS Mixer, part of the MIT Museum Innovation Weekend MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge Food and Bar sponsored by the MIT Museum FREE with presentations on ongoing science education and outreach in New England and info on the upcoming COPUS 2009 Year of Science for more info email: museumed@...

The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) is a grassroots effort whose goal is to engage sectors of the public in science to increase their understanding of the nature of science and its value to society.  http://www.copusproject.org/index.php