RTP Week Ahead, May 17-21
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BizMix: A Professional Approach to After-hours Business Connections
5:00 - 7:00pm
The Matthew House, 317 West Chatham Street, Cary, NC 27511
Looking for a business after-hours that’s worth your time? Benefit from a structured setting, connect with leaders and meet our reporting staff.
$15 Triangle Business Journal subscribers; $25 others. Read more here.
Tuesday, May 18
Widening the Pipeline: Excellence in STEM Education (Luncheon)
12:00 - 1:30pm
CED’s Entrepreneurship Center, 100 Capitola Drive, Durham, 27713
How Do We Build the Pipeline of Next Generation STEM Employees? Join the Contemporary Science Center for lunch as we explore and discuss with award-winning Science, Technology, Engineering & Math educators from Charlotte and Raleigh.
Registration $20. Register here.
TARDC May Lunceon
12:00 - 1:15 pm
RTP Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive
Speaker: Dr. Maria Escolar, Director of the Program for the Study of Neurodevelopmental Function in Rare Disorders at UNC Chapel Hill. Lunch will be provided.
Free for TARDC members; $35 others; $25 CED members. RSVP to rousseau@rtp.org
Wednesday, May 19
President’s National Export Initiative Luncheon
11:30am - 1:00pm
Hotel Indigo, 151 Tatum Drive, Durham, NC 27703
TOPIC: President’s National Export Initiative; Speaker: Ro Khanna , Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Domestic Operations.
Free. More info here.
CED’s BioTech Forum
5:30 - 8:00 pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, RTP, NC
During this presentation and interactive panel discussion we will answer several key questions to provide insight into what will likely drive the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries’ partnering efforts moving forward.
Find out more here.
Speed Networking in the Triangle
5:45 - 8:45pm
Wyndham at RTP, 4620 South Miami Boulevard, Durham, NC
Based on the format of speed dating, attendees will have five minutes to network with each new person you meet. Once the five minutes is up, you will move to the next person and continue networking.
Only 50 attendees allowed! Purchase a ticket here.
Thursday, May 20
If It Isn’t Broke, It Will Be! Reinvent your Business Model
11:30 - 1pm
CED Headquarters, 100 Capitola Drive suite 106 Durham , NC 27713
Participants will focus on evaluating, creating and re-inventing current business models. This seminar teaches state-of-the art methods that produce transformative ideas and solutions.
$20, including lunch. Sign up here.
Quality In BioPharma Conference (through Fri, May 21)
8:00am (5/20) - 5:00pm (5/21)
NC State University, Centennial Campus, 2410 Campus Shore Drive #218, Raleigh, NC 27695
The focus of the two-day event will be Environmental Monitoring in Biomanufacturing, and will have noteworthy talks, discussions, and networking events for professionals involved in the Quality, Manufacturing, Environmental Microbiology, and Process Engineering areas of the industry.
Register here.
Friday, May 21
BTWW: Cyclists’ Breakfast at RTP HQ
7:00am - 9:00am
Cyclists can mingle and enjoy free breakfast
courtesy of the Research Triangle Foundation.
Saturday, May 22
ProductCamp RTP: Share In The Innovation!
8:00am - 6:00pm
Cambria Suites @RDU Airport, 300 Airgate Drive, Morrisville, NC
In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing.
Register online here.
Ongoing (All Week)**
Bike to Work Week
All around the Triangle!
Sponsored by GoTriangle.
Find out more here.
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To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.


