Over 250 people joined together at the Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston-Salem to celebrate Triad BioNight on Thursday, March 1, 2007.

The keynote address "Keeping the Promise of Biotechnology" was given by Jim Greenwood, President & CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).

Five leaders in the Triad's rapidly-growing biotechnology sector received awards on March 1st:

Vincent Henrich, director of the Center for Biotechnology, Genomics and Health Research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, received the Research and Development Excellence Award. (2005 winner: Dr. Anthony Atala, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center)

Donald deBethizy, chief executive officer of Targacept, received the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. (2005 winner: Roland Johnson, Piedmont Pharmaceuticals)

A. Edward Uprichard, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNCG, received the Academic Development Excellence Award. (2005 winners: Dr. Gary Green and Dr. Lucas Shallua, Forsyth Technical Community College)

The Piedmont Biotechnology Community Leadership Excellence Award went to the staff of the Office of Technology Asset Management at Wake Forest University. (2005 winner: Gwyn Riddick, North Carolina Biotechnology Center)

Russ Read, executive director for the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce, received the Biotechnology Service/Support Excellence Award. (2005 winner: Bill Dean, Piedmont Triad Research Park)

2007 TRIAD BIONIGHT SPONSORS

BioLeaders
Banner PharmaCaps, Inc.
Chamber3
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
Forsyth Technical Community College
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Modern Toyota
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
O'Brien/Atkins Associates, P.A.
Pharma Core, Inc.
Prudential Carolinas Realty
Shelco, Inc.
Stantec
Targacept
The Human Resource
TransTech Pharma, Inc.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Winston-Salem State University
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC

BioFriends
Bank of America
BBH Design, PLLC
BB&T
Calvert Research Institute
Duke Energy
Ernst & Young LLP
Laboratory Corporation of America
Merz Pharmaceuticals LLC
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Winston-Salem Business, Inc.

In-Kind Sponsors
Twin City Quarter/Embassy Suites Hotel
Creative Promotional Products
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network
Shelton Vineyards
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

EVENT HOSTS
Organizing Hosts
 Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network
Life Sciences Executive Roundtable

Site Hosts
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Piedmont Triad Research Park

Program Hosts
Advisory Committee for Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont Triad Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

For more information about Triad BioNight, please contact Gwyn Riddick at the Piedmont Triad Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center (Gwyn_Riddick@ncbiotech.org) or Jon Obermeyer at Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network (jobermeyer@pten.org)