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Monday, December 29, 2014

 
Access2BIO Program 2015
 
Call for Applications

Apply by February 20, 2015
 
 

 

The Access2BIO Program will support up to three companies to attend the 2015 BIO International Convention (BIO) June 15-18 in Philadelphia, PA.

Each of the selected companies will receive up to $6,000 for:  

  • registration expenses for the delegates to attend BIO 2015 (either as full conference registrants or as full business forum partnering and conference registrants)
  • travel expenses (economy flight, taxi, car rental)
  • accommodation and taxes

In addition to the awarded funds, companies will also receive shared booth space on the tradeshow floor, within the Alberta section of the Canada Cafe.

Eligibility:

 

  • Company must be headquartered in Alberta, with at least one year of operations
  • Preference will be given to “product driven companies” but service companies are also eligible
  • Early-stage company with minimum two employees and maximum 10 employees
  • Company must have medical or health focused product/service.   


Application Process:

1.  One-page summary that includes the following information:

  • Brief description of the company
  • Why is BIO 2015 in Philadelphia a good fit for your company?
  • What are your objectives for attending BIO?
  • Has your company attended other conferences/events in the past year or two?
    • What has your company sought at these meetings? (Partnerships? Financing? Distribution linkage?)
    • What were the key gains from these meetings? (Made valuable contacts? Gained ideas to improve the company pitch? Assessed the competition?)
  • Do you have target meetings/people identified should you be accepted?
  • Name and title of proposed delegates

2. Read and sign the Access2BIO Terms and Conditions form

     
3. Please submit the one-page summary and the signed copy of the Access2BIO Terms and Conditions form to BioAlberta on or before February 20, 2015 @ 4:30pm:


Access2BIO 2015 Terms and Conditions


Access2BIO Program
c/o BioAlberta
 314 Ledgeview Business Centre, 9707 110 Street
 Edmonton, AB  T5K 2L9
 E-mail: admin@bioalberta.com