Monday Items for #BIO2012 Business Forum

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Happy Monday Everyone! We thought we would do a quick post on some important items concerning the BIO Business Forum and One-on-One Partnering.

• The Profile Publication Deadline is May 22nd.

Why is this important? For one, if you have not published your profile, companies just have a harder time finding you. Make it easy for them. Fill out your keywords; provide as much detail in the assets/products/services categories as possible; Publish and Save! Second, publishing by May 22nd ensures that your profile will be included in the flash drives to be distributed at the event.

Don’t know how to publish your profile? Watch the video (under 1 minute).

• Scheduling will begin the week of May 28th.

Stay tuned for our post on how this process works. But for now, what this means for you is you should send your meeting requests, and accept the meetings you want to attend. Why? Because once the scheduler starts, people’s calendars will fill up FAST.

• Partnering Town Hall Meeting is coming!

This webinar will be Tuesday, May 22nd from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT. We’re going to be taking your questions, on everything and anything you want to know.

• Status Update: We’re officially over the 18,000 mark of meeting requests in the system. As of today, there are 2,340 companies in the system, ahead of where we were this time last year, and close to 2,000 meetings already in the queue to be scheduled.

That’s it for this Monday. If there’s anything specific you’d like to learn more about, or feel would just be a good post, let us know. Happy Partnering!

Announcing the Buzz of BIO Winner for Pipelines of Promise!

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We’re very pleased to announce the Buzz of BIO Winner for the 2012 contest of the BIO International Convention. You voted for your favorites, and it was a tight, interesting race! As such, we’re pleased to introduce you to our winner for the Pipelines of Promise category.

Deuteria Pharmaceuticals, Inc,. who focuses on improving the product profile of approved drugs through ‘chiral switching’, won the Pipelines of Promise category. From Dr. Sheila DeWitt, the company’s president, “As an emerging company with a pioneering approach to therapeutics, Deuteria Pharmaceuticals is pleased to be recognized as a Pipeline of Promise company by the premier conference in the biotechnology industry. This recognition from BIO 2012 provides and strengthens the visibility of Deuteria Pharmaceuticals.” View their website here.

You’ll definitely be seeing these folks around the International Convention. Be sure to look for them in the One-on-One Partnering System, plus, they’ll be giving a presentation in the BIO Business Forum.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

myBIO and One-on-One Partnering… What’s the Difference?

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This June, thousands will gather in the biotech hub of Boston!

One of the things the team has been hard at work on, is the online community of myBIO, as those who have attended the Convention in the past will recognize. It’s a very handy, interactive tool that allows you to track companies, communicate with other attendees, and get a bird’s-eye view of all the different events going on. As a registrant, you even have your own profile that can include your photo, your company’s website, and your own social media accounts, like LinkedIn and Twitter feeds.

For those who are completely new to the event, we thought we could dig in to some of the differences between myBIO, and what BIO One-on-One Partnering™ is. Here’s a brief run-down of some topics, the details of which will be discussed further into the post.

Now let’s go into this in more depth.

Number 1:  What’s the difference between a personal event planner, and a meeting scheduler anyway? Essentially, you should use myBIO to plan your day around the events at the BIO Convention, such as the breakout sessions, keynotes, happy hours and so on. Think of it as Google Calendar, with a little Buzz thrown in. myBIO is not the platform that’s used to schedule private meetings with other companies and attendees. After all, the One-on-One Partnering System is all about that: Partnering. So One-on-One Partnering is what you use to send meeting requests to companies you otherwise wouldn’t have access to, and where you can let others know about your products or exciting additions to your pipeline.

Number 2:  How do I know if I have access to myBIO or BIO One-on-One Partnering? Will I know the difference? Yes, you will! If you’re coming to the BIO International Convention, you’re automatically given a myBIO account. It’s just a part of the registration process. In fact, profile details are taken directly from the information you provide during registration, so you don’t need to sign up for it.

One-on-One Partnering on the other hand, because it provides exclusive access to companies, is a separate designation when Registering. If you’re interested in the Business Forum, you must choose either the “Full Convention Access & Partnering” or the “Convention Access & Partnering” Registration Packages. Or if you’re an exhibitor, you would have received information regarding Partnering when registering your booth personnel. Another way to know: if you have it, we’ll send you login info for it, plus details, and step-by-step instructions on how to use Partnering effectively and successfully.

Number 3:  Okay, let’s say I’m signed up for both. Then how do I get to myBIO? And how do I get to One-on-One Partnering? myBIO is always accessible through the main Convention website, at convention.bio.org/mybio

To access BIO One-on-One Partnering, just visit the link in the email that contains your login credentials or go to: oneononepartnering.bio.org/BusinessForum2012. Plus, there are multiple ways to log in from the Convention website that will take you to this page, too.

Everything about Partnering is contained within the One-on-One site. So if you want to send a meeting request, if you want to see your calendar of meetings, when and where — the One-on-One Partnering System is your one-stop shop. You can also add notes to your delegate meeting calendar.

Number 4:  Tell me more about the differences between these two profiles. Think of it this way: the One-on-One Partnering System provides a detailed overview of all the participating companies and who and what they are, while myBIO is more of a look at the individuals within those companies and the events their participating in.

Those who are Partnering at the event will also receive emails from us, reminding you to publish your profile before our deadlines. It’s an easy process, but actually clicking the Publish and Save buttons on the site is important.

This allows your company to be fully visible and searchable in the Partnering System, which also tends to get companies more meetings. And if you’re ever unsure about which profile needs updating, you can always just follow the link we provide you in these emails.

Questions? Comments? Let us know!

Partnering Launches for the International Convention

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It’s here folks! The One-on-One Partnering™ System for this year’s BIO Business Forum® and Exhibitor Partnering has officially launched! What does that mean? If you’re registered for the event, you’ll be receiving your login credentials shortly. If you’re not registered, you should do that now, so you can get in to the system. From there, you can start building your company’s profile, search for companies, and send your targeted meeting requests.

This year, we’re pleased to debut a variety of new and exciting features. The biggest of all being the addition of Exhibitors in the Partnering System. We’ll go into more detail about some key differences between the Business Forum and Exhibitor Partnering in a future post, but for now, take a look at some other new features.

• The new and improved Company Profile! There was a point in time when you had to complete 10 steps in order to add information about your company. How many are there now? Four! The change is not just about making it easier to complete and update your profile – it’s meant to consolidate the most important things about your company and allow your visitors to get the true breadth of what you do. At the end of the day, it’s not only about licensing projects, it’s about being able to list all the products and services, current and future, and the brand of your company’s work.

 

• The Delegate Profile becomes more relevant. For the first time ever, the information you add to your delegate profile can be carried over to a future One-on-One Partnering event. Plus, it’s been simplified, and you can add the networks you care about most.

 

• Search arrives in the Message Center. Sometimes, you need to find an email pretty quickly, especially when you’re onsite at the event. Voila! You can now search for companies in your messages. We think this will prove to be one of the handiest upgrades for our attendees.

 

 

We’ll be going into more detail about these new features in future posts, so please stay tuned! You can also reach us at biopartnering@bio.org with any questions or comments about the system.

Happy Partnering!