Lt. Governor Lawton will address women entrepreneurs in the life sciences as well as venture capital and early seed investors at the AllThingsLifeSciences Midwest 2009 forum at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at the Fluno Center in Madison. Lt. Governor Lawton will inventory Wisconsin’s assets that position it to lead in the life sciences, including a highly-educated workforce, a strong network of higher education institutions that foster an entrepreneurial climate, and sophisticated technology transfer institutions like the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

AllThingsLifeSciences is the first-ever venture capital forum for women-led life sciences companies. Businesses recruited to join the forum work in a wide range of life science specialties, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, information technology and food processing. The forum is co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit organization that supports emerging women-led companies, and Phenomenelle Angels Fund, an organization that invests in women- and minority-led businesses in Wisconsin and the Midwest. Two other AllThingsLifeSciences forums will be held this year in New York City and Silicon Valley.

WHERE:         Fluno Center
601 University Ave.
Madison

WHEN:           Thursday, October 1, 2009
                        1:30 p.m.

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