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Life Science & Digital Health CEO Peer-Mentoring Roundtable

The Oregon Bioscience Incubator hosts a bi-monthly Life Science & Digital Health CEO Roundtable that brings together CEOs for an invigorating exchange of information, ideas, and insights. This peer group is composed of both seasoned and inexperienced CEOs who delve into candid, solution-seeking discussions focused on CEO-level issues, and the challenges and pressures unique to top-level management.

This month’s topic of discussion will be “The Value of Strategic Partnering in Growing Your Startup.” Best practices and strategies for partnering will be discussed and each CEO will be given the opportunity to share their current experience with partnering, their plans and goals, and any partnering wins and how they achieved this success.

There will be an open forum after the discussion of this topic, so feel free to come with questions or topics you want CEO-level feedback on.

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NOTE: To ensure the integrity of the conversation, only CEOs are invited to attend this event.

Lunch will be provided, so please be sure to register so we know how much food and beverage to have on hand.

OBI Client Company Lunch & Learn – Learn about Bates Medical Systems

Come connect with your fellow neighbors at our OBI Client Company Lunch & Learn

If you would like to learn more about what other companies in the incubator are up to, join us for our monthly Lunch & Learns to hear updates from OBI client companies and to network. This is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow OBI client company members and to explore potential synergies.

For this session, we will be hearing from one of our new client comanies, Bates Medical Systems. We hope to see you there.

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NOTE: Lunch will be provided but you must register before January 21st to receive a lunch. Walk-in attendees are welcome, but please plan on bringing your own lunch if you have not registered.

We will also have an open forum after the presentation/discussion regarding anything related to OBI, so feel free to bring your comments, questions, and concerns.

OBI Digital Health Mixer PDX

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The Oregon Bioscience Incubator is currently the thought leader for Digital Health IT programming in the state of Oregon. The OBI fills the gap between research and commercialization by providing resources and expertise found nowhere else in Oregon. OBI operates Oregon’s first and only bioscience-specific incubator, and has recently begun incorporating Digital Health IT companies through educational programs, mentoring network and outreach to emerging Digital Health entrepreneurs and startups.

OBI and Tonkon Torp are partnering to bring you the first Digital Health Mixer where you can network with your fellow digital health enthusiasts, help build community, and learn about OBI’s free Digital Health programs for 2019.

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.

A huge thanks to Tonkon Torp for sponsoring this event.

Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health Happy Hour

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Please join us for our November Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health PDX Happy Hour at the Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI) / OTRADI!

Come mingle with your fellow biotech and digital health enthusiasts, help build community, and share your ideas on how to further accelerate the growth of these promising sectors in Portland.

These happy hours brings together creative and driven professionals who are passionate about promoting the growth of Portland’s Biotech and Digital Health sectors. This is a great opportunity to network and build relationships with individuals working across these sectors in both academia and industry. Enjoy a free drink, build community, and contribute your ideas and efforts towards accelerating Biotech and Digital Health in PDX.

Want to introduce your startup or idea at this event?

We have several speaking opportunities at each of our events. If you would like to speak about your startup or introduce yourself or your idea to the group then please reach out to hellis@otradi.org for more information.

Please be aware that the OBI will be taking photographs during this event. We may use these photos in marketing materials and your image may be included.

 

Thank you to Edge Networks for sponsoring this happy hour. 

Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health Happy Hour

Please join us for our March Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health PDX Happy Hour at the Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI) / OTRADI!

Come mingle with your fellow biotech and digital health enthusiasts, help build community, and share your ideas on how to further accelerate the growth of these promising sectors in Portland.

Our monthly happy hour brings together creative and driven professionals who are passionate about promoting the growth of Portland’s Biotech and Digital Health sectors. This is a great opportunity to network and build relationships with individuals working across these sectors in both academia and industry. Enjoy a free drink, build community, and contribute your ideas and efforts towards accelerating Biotech and Digital Health in PDX.

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A huge thanks to OHSU’s Technology Transfer and Business Development for sponsoring this event.

 

WIS-PDX Annual Mixer

All supporters of women in science are invited to the 5th Annual Women in Science Mixer at OMSI on Wednesday, November 14 at 6PM!

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Our goal is to bring together the regional women in STEM community and provide a platform for connecting women from many career paths and career levels. We will have a networking game with prizes, as well as a silent auction. WIS will donate 25% of silent auction proceeds to OMSI, which will be used to fund scholarships for OMSI professional development seminars and workshops.

Life Science & Digital Health CEO Peer-Mentoring Roundtable

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The Oregon Bioscience Incubator hosts a monthly Life Science & Digital Health CEO Roundtable that brings together CEOs for an invigorating exchange of information, ideas, and insights. This peer group is composed of both seasoned and inexperienced CEOs who delve into candid, solution-seeking discussions focused on CEO-level issues, and the challenges and pressures unique to top-level management.

This month’s topic of discussion will be “The State of Life Science Venture Investment in Oregon,” led by David Eastman, CEO of Gamma Therapeutics, and Duffy DuFresne, CEO of OmnEcoil Instruments. Goals and strategies for investment will be discussed and each CEO will be given the opportunity to share their current experience with investments, their investment plans and goals, and any investment wins and how they achieved this success.

There will be an open forum after the discussion of this month’s topic, so feel free to come with questions or topics you want CEO-level feedback on.

NOTE: To ensure the integrity of the conversation, only CEOs are invited to attend this event.

Lunch will be provided, so please be sure to register so we know how much food and beverage to have on hand.

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Lunch & Learn – Best Practices in Medical Device Design

Following a proven design process reduces risk in the design of medical devices

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No matter where you are in the design of your medical product, it is beneficial to follow a proven design process to reduce risk and have the proper documentation in place for FDA submittal.

During this Lunch & Learn, Simplexity Product Development CEO Dorota Shortell and biomedical engineer and Director of Business Development Scott Jarnagin will walk through the steps of a typical design process for a medical device compared to non-regulated devices. Common steps of the design process will be discussed: initial concept, developing a product architecture, building prototypes, and iterating the design to be ready for manufacturing release. Case studies of devices and products that Simplexity engineers have designed will be explored, from medical instruments and wearables to high volume consumer products. By the end of the discussion it will be clear to the audience how the development of non-regulared devices and ISO-13485 controlled medical devices differ, and which steps they have in common.

Lunch & Learn – Financial Forecasting & What Data to Present

Building a scale-able financial system and creating meaningful forecasts

Managing the financial, tax and compliance aspects of a business can be daunting for many entrepreneurs and early stage companies. Creating a solid foundation is essential to running your business, submitting grant proposals and developing meaningful projections for investors and bankers.

Please join us for a Lunch & Learn where Elizabeth Ettling, Lisa Wernli-Hunt, and James Piccolo will talk about the foundational elements required to create your financial system and why managing your business on spreadsheets can be risky. They will discuss how to set up a financial system (such as Quickbooks Online), create a scale-able chart of accounts (the backbone of the system), and how to leverage the system to create accurate and meaningful financial statements and a detailed financial projection. They will also speak on the importance of simple internal controls to help protect against fraud and theft; including some experiences they have encountered throughout their careers.

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Note: Lunch will be provided, but you must register by September 17th to receive a lunch.

OTRADI 10th Anniversary Celebration and Cruise

Join us for a cruise to celebrate

10 years of OTRADI and 5 years of the Oregon Bioscience Incubator!

You are invited to attend OTRADI’s 10-Year Anniversary and OBI’s 5-Year Anniversary Celebration and Cruise aboard the Portland Spirit. We’re inviting the entire bio and startup entrepreneurship community, as well as legislators, partners, collaborators and supporters, to attend and celebrate 10 years of bio-research and startup accomplishments for our OTRADI/OBI community.

Come hear about the amazing work our researchers, entrepreneurs and startups have been engaged in for the past 10 years in Oregon. You’ll enjoy sparkling conversation, food, beverages and entertainment as we sail through the Portland Innovation Quadrant and past the lovely Oregon Bioscience Incubator on a private Portland Spirit Cruise!

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Below you will find more details about this event. Please be sure to allow time for traffic and parking so you do not miss out.

  • Event and cruise will proceed rain or shine. The boat has plenty of interior room to accommodate our party.
  • We will be boarding the Portland Spirit from the Salmon Springs Dock:
    • Portland Spirit Salmon Street Springs Dock (1020 SW Naito Parkway, Portland, OR 97204)
  • We recommend dressing business casual
  • Boarding will be from 5PM – 5:30PM
  • Speaking will occur from 5:30PM – 6:15PM
  • Boat will be docked during the speaking portion of the event. All must be aboard before 6PM.
  • Appetizers, buffet dinner and beverages will be provided, so please come hungry!
  • Boat will return to dock at 8PM

 

Directions to Salmon Street Springs Dock

503-224-3900

Boarding is at SW Naito Parkway and SW Salmon Street in the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, near the Salmon Springs Fountain.

For Map Quest:

Portland Rose Festival Office – 1020 SW Naito Parkway, 97204

World Trade Center – 121 SW Salmon Street, 97204

From Vancouver/North: South on I-5, take the 300B Exit (just past Hwy I-84 Exit). Keep in the right lane following the City Center signs. Cross the Morrison Bridge, keeping in the right hand lane and take the Front Ave/Naito Pkwy exit, it will loop around to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Head South on SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy to SW Salmon Street.

From Salem/South: North on I-5, follow the City Center signs to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Exit 299A. Keep in right hand lane, and turn right on SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy, continue north to Salmon Street.

From East Side: Cross Morrison Bridge westbound to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy. At the stop light turn Right. Follow to SW Salmon Street (between Hawthorne & Morrison bridges). SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy runs North/South along the Willamette River.

From Beaverton: East on Sunset Hwy 26. Stay in middle lane through the tunnel. Take Market Street exit and follow Market Street to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy. Take a left on SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy and follow North to SW Salmon Street.

From Gresham:  Take I-84 (Banfield) west to Portland. Take the I-5 South Exit. Follow the City Center signs keeping in the right hand lane. Cross the Morrison Bridge and take SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Exit, it will loop around to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Head South on SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy to SW Salmon Street.

From Airport: Take I-205 South ramp. Take Portland/I-84 exit. Merge onto I-84. Follow the City Center signs keeping in the right hand lane. Cross the Morrison Bridge and take SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Exit, it will loop around to SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy Head South on SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy to SW Salmon Street.

 

Parking Suggestions

  1. UNDER THE HAWTHORNE BRIDGE – Enter from SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy northbound (coins or credit card payment only)
  2. UNDER THE MORRISON BRIDGE – Enter from SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy southbound (coins or credit card payment only)
  3. SW FRONT AVE/NAITO PKWY, JUST SOUTH OF SW SALMON ST – Enter from SW Front Ave/Naito Pkwy southbound. This lot is across the street from the McCall’s Waterfront Cafe (coins or credit card payment only)
  4. SECOND AVE AND SW SALMON ST – Enter from Second Ave Northbound, or from Salmon St eastbound
  5. SMART PARK LOT – SW First and Jefferson – Enter from Jefferson Westbound mid-block right
  6. SMART PARK LOT – SW Fourth and Taylor – Enter on SW Fourth Northbound, mid-block right
  7. ON-STREET METERED PARKING – Free after 7pm, all days

MAX Light Rail Stations

FROM EAST SIDE: Stop at SW Third & Morrison Street, by Rock Bottom Brewery

FROM WEST SIDE: Stop at SW First & Yamhill Street

Blue Line operates from East to West. Red line operates from the airport to downtown. Green Line operates from Clackamas to downtown.

 

Note: Registration is required to attend.

Lunch & Learn – FDA Regulation of Digital Health Products

FDA Regulation of Digital Health Products: Recent Changes By FDA and Congress

Digital health is one of the most explosive areas of innovation with software products aimed at wellness and medical applications. Depending on the intended application, software may meet the FDA’s definition of a medical device and be subject to an extensive set of FDA regulatory requirements. Therefore, Developer Beware! It is critical for innovators to know early in the development cycle whether their software is or is not a medical device and, if so, what regulatory requirements apply so they can accurately plan the time and cost to market. Recent actions by the FDA and Congress in the last two years have dramatically changed the regulatory landscape for digital health products.

During this Lunch & Learn, Carol Pratt, PhD JD, will provide a tutorial on FDA regulation of medical devices and discuss how software can meet the definition of a medical device either as a standalone software or as a component or accessory. Dr. Pratt will then cover how the FDA currently is regulating different categories of health/medical software and will discuss the impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on the FDA’s current regulatory framework for digital health products. The scope of digital health products that Carol will cover includes wearables, mobile medical apps, clinical and patient decision support software, and AI. She also will discuss how the regulatory position of digital health products can affect business and payment models.

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OBI Client Company Lunch & Learn

Come connect with your fellow OBI Client Companies at our monthly OBI Client Company Lunch & Learn

If you would like to learn more about what other companies in the incubator are up to, join us for our monthly Lunch & Learns to hear updates from OBI client companies and to network. This is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow OBI client company members and to explore potential synergies.

For this session, Madorra will be presenting.

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Lunch & Learn – The Benefits of Outsourcing HR, Benefits, and Payroll

The Entrepreneurs’ Ally

A professional back-office suite with everything you need to manage your HR, Benefits, and Payroll – all with affordable, 5 Star healthcare coverage. All in one place.

This Lunch & Learn will address how outsourcing can help you grow your company as well as the, sometimes significant, time and cost savings realized when you outsource administrative tasks that you are currently doing that do not generate a dime of revenue for your company.

Join us to hear how Aliat navigates you through the complexities of business ownership so you spend less time worrying, and more time doing.

Lunch will be provided complements of Aliat. Please be sure to register to help us with lunch headcount.

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Lunch & Learn Series – Joint Ventures & Partnerships

2018 Tech Lunch & Learn Series

IP Strategies for Bioscience, Digital Health, and High Tech Companies

The OTRADI Bioscience Incubator (OBI), PSU Business Accelerator (PSBA), and Ater Wynne LLP are partnering again to bring you the new 2018 IP Strategies for Bioscience, Digital Health, and High Tech Companies Lunch & Learn Series.

Due to the success of last year’s Lunch & Learn Series, the 2018 IP Strategies Lunch & Learn Series will feature five new monthly presentations, which will cover, in more depth, issues that are critical to the success of technology-based companies in the high tech, digital health, and bioscience industries.

Frank X. Curci, a Partner at Ater Wynne LLP, will again moderate this Series and will provide advice and guidance in coordination with other speakers.

Please join us for the fifth program in our 2018 Lunch & Learn Series led by Soundharya Nagasubramanian:

Soundharya will discuss: “Joint Ventures & Partnerships”

When: June 13, 2018 12 – 1:15PM

Where: Portland State Business Accelerator (2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland, OR 97201)

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Lunch & Learn – What’s Next

So much to accomplish in so little time: deadlines to meet, investors to attract and please, regulatory hurdles to achieve and, hovering above it all, the unrelenting competitive and investor pressures to be the first to market.

If you are a member of this Biotech community, the screen image of your computer is barely faded from closing the last file you were working on before you have to ask yourself, “What’s Next?” – and then pivot both your body and brain to charge after it.

Having a great product is important, however, a top tier team to deliver and take the company to the next level is essential.

Join us to hear Karen Anderson and Suzanne Hanifin, co-founders of Acumen Executive Search, address how Biotech firms can secure funding while attracting and retaining the best and most talented players.

Topics covered will include:

  • Viewing your company within a 360 degree lens
  • Assessing talent gaps, team and synergy
  • The role of corporate culture
  • Vetting the best
  • Attracting the best: the offer
  • Selling the best: the role of your corporate brand
  • Assessing your team building, recruiting and on-boarding process
  • Forward thinking – What’s next and the talent required to do it

This interactive session will help you think through critical items you may have been too busy or reluctant to assess and face. Join us for this supportive, informative and valuable presentation.

Lunch will be provided complements of Acumen Executive Search.

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