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Entrepreneurship and Biotechnology:
The Coming Revolution

Federal Judge Supported by M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
June 10-13, 2004
Elkhorn Ranch, Big Sky, Montana

Agenda

Thursday, June 10, 2004
4:00-5:30 pm
Registration

5:30-6:30 pm
Welcome John A. Baden, Ph.D., FREE

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Friday, June 11, 2003
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session I - Setting the Stage
Discussion Leader:
Robert Thompson, International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food, and Trade

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session II - From Inspiration to Applications
Discussion Leader:
Ray Gesteland, University of Utah

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-4:30 pm
Free time

4:30-6:00 pm
Session III - Mau-Mauing the Scientists
Discussion Leaders:
Steven Strauss, Oregon State University
Gerry Ohrstrom, Ohrstrom Foundation

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Saturday, June 12, 2004
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session IV - Better Living Through Biotechnology
Discussion Leader:
David Sands, Montana State University

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session V - Case Study
Discussion Leader:
Joseph Hankins, Freshwater Institute
Comments - Venture Philanthropy
Barrett Walker, Alex C. Walker Foundation

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-4:30 pm
Free time

4:30-6:00 pm
Session VI - Reflections
Discussion Leader:
John A. Baden, Ph.D., FREE

6:05 pm
Group Picture

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Sunday, June 13, 2004
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

As Necessary
Shuttle to Airport

 

DISCUSSION LEADERS
Dr. John A. Baden
Chairman
FREE
945 Technology Blvd.
Suite 101F
Bozeman, MT 59718

Mr. Pete Geddes
Program Director
FREE
945 Technology Blvd.
Suite 101F
Bozeman, MT 59715

PARTICIPANTS
Professor Jonathan H. Adler
Case Western Reserve University
School of Law
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland , OH 44106

Dr. Barbara L. Bentley
President and CEO
Noetica Naturalists
1500 Sunnydale Ln.
Salt Lake City , UT 84108

Mr. Ray M. Cesca
President & CEO
GAEA International
46 Mockingbird Lane
Oak Brook , IL 60523

Professor Lawrence Davis
Retired Professor of Forestry
UC Berkeley
Spokane , WA

Dr. Timothy G. Geary
Associate Research Fellow
Pfizer Animal Health
7000 Portage Road
Kalamazoo , MI 49001

Dr. Raymond F. Gesteland
Distinguished Professor and Vice President for Research
Eccles Institute of Human Genetics
University of Utah
15 North 2030 East
Rm. 7410
Salt Lake City , UT 84112-5330

Dr. Tamara Goetz
JATC/Biotechnology
Salt Lake Community College
9301 South Wight Fort Rd.
West Jordan , UT 84106

 Dr. Robert J. Goldstein
Department of Law
United States Military Academy
67 Beach Hill Road
Pleasantville , NY 10570

Professor George Gray
Executive Director
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Harvard School of Public Health
718 Huntington Avenue
Boston , MA 02115

Mr. John Hanes
Bozeman , MT

Mr. Joseph A. Hankins
Program Director
Freshwater Institute
1098 Turner Road
P.O. Box 1889
Shepherdstown , WV 25443-4175

Professor Lynn Hogue
Georgia State University
College of Law
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta , GA 30302-4037

Professor Jerry D. Johnson
Department of Political Science
Montana State University
Wilson Hall 2-138
Bozeman , MT 59717

Dr. Dan Klessig
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Cornell University
Tower Road
Ithaca , NY 14853

Mr. Gerry Ohrstrom
Chief Operating Officer of Private Equity
Dolphin Management Inc. & The Ohrstrom Foundation
New York , NY

Professor Glenn D. Prestwich
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Utah
419 Wakara Way, Suite 205
Salt Lake City , UT 84108

Dr. David C. Sands
Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Montana State University
Bozeman , MT 59717

The Honorable Loren A. Smith
Senior Judge
United States Court of Federal Claims
National Courts Bldg.
717 Madison Place, NW
Suite 328
Washington , DC 20005

Dr. Steven H. Strauss
Department of Forest Science
Oregon State University
338 Richardson Hall
Corvallis , OR 97331

Dr. Robert L. Thompson
Chair, International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food, and Trade
Gardner Professor of Agricultural Policy

University of Illinois
326 Mumford Hall, MC-170
1301 W. Gregory
Urbana , IL 61801

Mr. Lance L. Trebesch
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Tech Ranch
910 Technology Blvd.
Suite A
Bozeman , MT 59718

Mr. John Vendeland
Independent Consultant
10519 District Line Road
Burlington , WA 98233

Mr. Barrett P. Walker
Trustee
Alex C. Walker Foundation
1729 Coventry Place
Decatur , GA 30030