Expert Reviews

"BioNetwork events attract a unique market of high-level pharma and biotech industry leaders. We are very appreciative of WBR for the opportunity to participate in these conferences."

Stephanie Eavesn, Marketing & Circulatio, The Scientist Magazine

"I have been partnering with WBResearch to co-promote their BioNetwork conferences for the past several years and am always impressed with the organization’s dedication to their media partners’ goals and overall satisfaction."

Stephanie Swanson, Marketing Manager, Cutting Edge Information

"Our Partnership with Worldwide Business Research has been highly successful -- they are extremely easy to work with and their events are so well-done we relish the chance to work with them wherever synergies exist between our companies."

Brian Smith, Director of Marketing, Infinata, Inc.

"80% of success is showing up, the other 20% just happens" Early stage or young biotech companies must be here to make things happen, otherwise the 20% never has a chance of happening."

Sanj Singh, President & CEO, AdeTherapeutics Inc.

"I have had many excellent contacts, and value the charm your team brings to the organisation for putting everyone in a positive frame of mind to do business."

Robin Wright, SVP, Head of Corporate & Business Development, Orexo AB

"I was very happy with the luncheon. Jacque did a great job in coordinating the ice sculptures and I believe everyone enjoyed themselves. She also reacted very gracefully when I discovered the confusion about the luncheon (which I’m sure you heard about) and went about changing things without blinking an eye. A true sign of a seasoned meeting planner."

Karen Miller, Manager, US Business Operations, Symphogen A/S

"I appreciated the intimate atmosphere of the conference and that I felt I was able to meaningfully connect with almost all participants over the course of the three days."

John Hebert, Associate Director, Corporate Development, Genzyme

"An unmatched opportunity for Biotech and its prospective partners to explore best practices, learn from each others’ successes (and missteps) and to identify future opportunities."

Frank Stokes, Managing Director, R.W. Baird

"I have always found the BioNetwork meetings very productive. Due to its more intimate setting, it is very easy to meet with companies and share ideas. This setting coupled with a well organized and professionally managed conference always delivers a positive experience."

Mark Dennish, VP Business Development, Daiichi Sankyo

"BioNetwork is a top tier biotech/pharma industry conference, integrating business development executives with many strong partnering functions - great venues & very productive results"

Jim Hattersly, Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.

"WBR’s BioNetwork Partnering Conferences, particularly BioNetwork West and the recent BioNetwork East, have been very productive events for our company. From a partnering perspective, WBR is the leader in bringing folks together. WBR puts together a platform for successful networking and relationship building. Each day during the conference, there are multiple opportunities for networking. For example, the One-on-One partnering sessions that are a part of the BioNetwork conferences have allowed us to meet face to face with potential partners from pharma, biotech and academic institutions. The group breakfasts, luncheons, receptions and networking breaks each day allow attendees ample opportunity to meet and chat with the other conference participants. The size of the conference is ideal. By the end of the conference, attendees will have met nearly every speaker and conference participant, and will have been allowed the opportunity to have a productive conversation with any potential partner. WBR’s representatives are terrific. They are readily available to assist with the registration process, scheduling of One-on-One meetings, and throughout the conference itself. As a small biotech company, we have found the BioNetwork West and East conferences to be worthwhile investments from a time and dollar perspective."

Nancy Tyrrell, Director of Business Development, Advanced Life Sciences

"BioNetwork offers the unique chance to both learn from industry experts on latest trends and best practices while facilitating networking with dealmakers from across the biopharmaceutical industry. BioNetwork has greatly added to both my knowledge base and my Rolodex."

Len Smith, Principal Intellectual Property Counsel, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation

"The best setting of any partnering meeting. A great environment to get serious business done, while staying hassle-free and relaxed."

David Wurtman, VP, Corporate Development, NexBio

"Definitely glad that I was able to attend and look forward to planning on being here next year."

BioNetwork 2008 Attendee

"Bionetwork, due to its size, provides a personalized and focused forum for effective partnering."

Albine Martin, Vice President Strategic Alliances and Licensing, Compugen USA Inc

"I enjoyed the meeting. It enabled networking in a smaller, quaint environment."

BioNetwork 2008 Attendee

"[The staff] did a very good job of ensuring the meeting ran smoothly and was very professional in [their] interactions with speakers and the audience."

Thomas Metcalfe, Head, Personalized HealthCare Portfolio, L.Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.

"Great job! It has been a great networking event the past 3 days!"

BioNetwork 2008 Attendee

"Appreciated the more intimate roundtable set-up for general sessions. Great place to network and build a small company."

Sanj Sing, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ade Therapeutics

"Speakers were excellent and admirable that they could keep within their time limits."

Susan Thorpe, Senior Licensing Director

"The topics, presenters and presenter content was some of better prepared compared to recent seminars. This resulted in new learnings and new insights compared to being limited to more of the same."

James A. McCarthy, Vice-President, Corporate Development, PharmaVentures, Ltd.

"Brought New Patrons to the table and significantly propelled discussions, both existing and new!"

Tom Heck, Executive Director of Business Development, Victory Pharma

"The BioNetwork forum has been very productive in understanding industry trends and specific areas where partnerships can help fuel meaningful growth. The general atmosphere is very favorable for initiating and maintaining alliances."

Jim Hattersley, Vice President of Business Development, Sun Pharmaceuticals

"BioNetwork’s value lays in the excellent networking opportunities that it provides. Business development professionals can meet with the whole spectrum of life science companies, building relationships in an informal setting."

Jim Hattersley, Janand R. Baichwal Ph.D., SVP Licensing & CSO, Penwest

"For any company that views attracting, structuring or managing pharmaceutical and biotech business relationships as critical to their business, BioNetwork is a “must attend” event. Right audience, right topics, great networking opportunities. BioNetwork is a strategic asset for the pharmaceutical and biotech communities."

Dick Hoffmann, President and Chief Operating Officer, AllianceVista Corporation

"As I said to you at the meeting, there are many, many biopartnering meetings around the world, and I feel that unlike most of them, this conference gets better every year from a position of already being the best-organised in the US. Meetings are easy to arrange and the meeting rooms are perfectly acceptable. The sessions are good, well-structured and moderated and (perhaps most importantly) relevant, and the calibre of people both from biotech and pharma who are attracted to the conference makes it easy to do business at the right level. Thank you very much for an extremely enjoyable conference."

Robin Wright, Head of Business Development, Karolinska Development AB