2nd Annual BioFlorida BioTech Expo to take place on Thursday Nov. 12 at State College of Florida, Lakewood Ranch Campus

Premier event of the Sarasota-Bradenton BioFlorida Chapter

Anchor event for Health Innovation Week of Sarasota and Manatee Counties

SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioFlorida:

WHAT: 2^nd Annual BioFlorida BioTech Expo

WHERE: State College of Florida, Medical Technology and Simulation Center, 5540 Communications Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34240

WHEN: Thursday, November 12, 2015

TIME: 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

ABOUT: The 2^nd Annual BioFlorida BioTech Expo (“The Expo”) is taking place Thursday, November 12^th at State College of Florida in the Medical Technology and Simulation Center at Lakewood Ranch. The event will highlight the region’s business and scientific innovation in the life sciences. The BioFlorida BioTech Expo is the premier event of the Sarasota-Bradenton Chapter of BioFlorida, and facilitates collaboration and networking among life science community leaders. Program details include:

• A brief Program featuring college leaders and introductions of the new PhD’s in the region
• More than a dozen scientific posters from academia, industry and research institutes
• NEW this year, a showcase of regional companies in a BioTech Expo Lightening Round including BioScanR, HeadRehab, HealO Medical, Quasar Bio-Tech and Lakewood-Amedex
• Exhibitors specialized in the life sciences

SPONSORS: A special thanks to Host of the 2^nd Annual BioFlorida BioTech Expo - State College of Florida. This year’s Signature Sponsor is Fisher Scientific; Premier Sponsors include DPR Construction and Lakewood Commercial Realty; Event Sponsors include Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County; Flad Architects; SunTrust Bank and TLC Engineering for Architecture.

EXHIBITORS: BayCare Laboratories; BioTek Instruments, Inc.; Charles River Laboratories; Kimberly Clark; Mettler Toledo; Sartorius Corporation; SRQ Bio; ThermoFisher Dionex HPLC; ThermoFisher Global Chemical; ThermoFisher Lab Equipment; ThermoFisher Life Tech; ThermoFisher National Scientific; ThermoFisher Research & Safety Division; Transgenex Nanobiotech, Inc.; and VistaLab Technologies, Inc.

RSVP: This event is being offered at no charge but RSVPs are encouraged through the BioFlorida website and open to only the first 200 registrants! Register here: http://www.bioflorida.com/events/event_details.asp?id=643275&group=

About BioFlorida

BioFlorida is the voice of Florida's life sciences industry, representing nearly 5,500 establishments and research organizations in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices/diagnostics and bioagriculture sectors that collectively employ nearly 80,000 Floridians (Source: Battelle/BIO State Bioscience Jobs, Investments and Innovation 2014). BioFlorida’s member driven initiatives provide a strong business climate for the advancement of innovative products that improve lives and promote economic benefits to the state.

About the Health Innovation Week

Bradenton area and Sarasota County EDC’s are launching the first Health Innovation Week November 9-13 to underscore the importance of the industry to the local economy. The BioFlorida BioTech Expo is an anchor event for the Health Innovation Week, which will also include the 2015 Voalte User Experience Conference, Open Houses at local health firm’s facilities and a downtown Health Innovation Festival that is “pairing restaurants” with local Health Innovation Companies for networking. For more details, visit http://healthinnovationproject.com/.

For media inquiries, contact Michael Van Butsel, BioFlorida spokesperson for the Sarasota-Bradenton Chapter, [phone] or [e-mail]

BioFlorida Contact & Sarasota-Bradenton Chapter Chairs
President & CEO - Nancy K. Bryan, [e-mail]
Business Chair - Michael Van Butsel, Project Executive, DPR Construction
Scientific Chair - Kirk Voelker, MD, Director of Clinical Research, Sarasota Memorial Hospital