BUSINESS FORUM VIDEO EXCERPTS

This section is a compilation of short video segments from previous guest speakers featured at Colucci Norman, LLP Business Forums. There is no fee to attend any of the Colucci Norman, LLP 2009 Business Forums that take place at 100 Cummings Center, Conference Room Suite 221-E, in Beverly, MA. Each event starts at 7:30 a.m. with registration and continental breakfast. The program runs from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Early registration is strongly encouraged.

• BEVERLY, MA   09/23/2008 - Robert Coughlin,
President and CEO, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.

Mr. Robert Coughlin introduced the audience to the council's role and mission and discussed the state's growing life sciences cluster. He also discussed how education supports the industry, business development, recruiting and retaining life sciences organizations to the state, and how the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program impacts the life science industry. Among those in attendance were State Representative John D. Keenan, State Representative Steven M. Walsh, State Representative Mary E. Grant, State Senator Bruce E. Tarr, and State Representative Theodore C. Speliotis as well as local leaders and members of the biotech industry in the audience.