http://www.nerac.com Nerac is the leading resource for business strategists and intellectual property professionals in scientific and technical markets Nerac Analyst Tim Smith to present at ECSU as part of Connecticut Innovation Connection and BESTFEST: Innovations & Challenges in Connecticut Health Information Technology Management http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=93 Nerac Analyst Rosemarie Szostak published in SPIE Magazine: Eco-Innovation | Optics and Photonics Companies Are Well Positioned To Eco-Innovate And Improve Profits http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=92 Nerac enhances service offerings with access to full-text documents via Infotrieve document delivery http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=91 Read what's new in the IP Strategist, Spring 2010 Edition! http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=89 Read the latest IP Strategist Summer Edition 2010 with information reaching the medical devices, auto and legal industry. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=90 Nerac Analyst Shahana Jahangir writes on the new-age beverage market for The World of Food Ingredients, March 2010 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=88 Nerac Analyst Insights | Dhanashree Bairat | Display Markets Flex Up published in SPIE Professional Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=85 Nerac Analyst Insights | Kevin Closson | Patent Pools: Are they right for your business? published in SPIE Professional Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=86 Nerac Analyst Insights | Deb Schenberger Ph.D. | Medical Opportunities for MEMS published in EE Times http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=87 Nerac announced the release of their global benchmarking study, Scouting for Innovation in 2009 which surveyed clients and nonclients on their innovation scouting practices and challenges. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=83 Outsourcing, Offshoring Trends in the Orthopaedic Industry http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=82 Data Centers Go Green | Nerac | Analysts Rosemarie Szostak and Margaret Fiore http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=81 Medical Device Regulatory Changes, Global Healthcare Reimbursement and Manufacturing Offshoring/Outsourcing Hot Topics at OMTEC http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=80 PRESS RELEASE | Nerac Roundtable Series on Intellectual Property Valuation Kicks Off June 11 in Palo Alto; Additional Events to be held in Boston and London http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=79 Patenting Trends and Recent Innovations in Retinal Implants | Nerac presents topic at ASME Emerging TechnologiesÃ�¢ï¿½ï¿½ 4th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=78 Nerac Analyst Shahana Jahangir quoted in an article titled:: Nutraceuticals Labeling, in the May/June Issue of Label & Narrow Web http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=76 Nerac Analyst Rosemarie Szostak writes on Renewable Energy Options for Data Centers, published online at Powerpulse.net http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=77 Retinal Implants Open the Shutters on Blindness | SPIE Magazine | Nerac Analyst Richard Hendriks http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=73 From chocolate bits to variegates, nuts to nougats, such ingredients enhance a product's appearance, taste and healthiness.  Inclusions can make or break a frozen dessert. In a time when consumers are open to new and exciting options, there is more opportunity than ever for manufacturers to experiment with inclusion selections and pairings that http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=74 Nerac Analyst Presents Datacenter Energy Management through Green Computing at Clean Technology 09 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=71 Technology Innovation in Commercial Building & Manufacturing | Clean Technology Conference http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=72 Nerac Webinar | The Changing Directives in the EU Medical Device Market: Nerac Webinar Examines Options for Compliance with New Regulations before March, 2010 Deadline http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=70 Nerac Analyst Marge Fiore writes VoIP litigation issues demonstrate the need for patent reform in the US http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=69 Ready for the Market? Nerac Analyst Ben Bahavar quoted in Solar Thermal Publication http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=75 Nerac Analyst Shanon Trueman will present a session titled, Health/Functional Foods Within the Patent Landscape at the Wellness 09 Conference in Chicago, March 25-26, 2009 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=67 Nerac Analyst Brenda Van Goethem | Nerac | Wellness 09 Conference http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=68 Solae and Nerac Partner to Offer Health and Wellness Webinar for Global Food Manufacturers http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=64 Nerac Analyst Scott Lloyd provides an overview of a series of worshops held by the FTC on �The Evolving IP Marketplace.� http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=63 Nerac Analyst Deborah Schenberger writes an article titled, "Patents in fiber-optic sensing,\" for SPIE Online. The durability and sensitivity of fiber-optic sensors have made them a logical choice for extreme environments. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=62 Kyle Lotring contributes to the "perspectives" column, "Healthcare at Home" in the January issue of MDT.  Read the full article here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=61 Nerac Analyst Donna Mitchell-Magaldi writes on Bioimaging Breakthroughs for SPIE Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=60 Analyst Kevin Closson says that the future of any company in the flex circuit industry will be largely determined by the marketing bets it makes on applications and industries. \"If you make the wrong bet, youÃ�¢ï¿½ï¿½re probably extinct.\" http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=65 Food and beverage manufacturers considering nutrient/content claims, health claims, qualified health claims and structure/function claims should consider FDA guidelines when promoting products enhanced with nutraceuticals, Analyst Scott Lloyd says. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=66 A fundamental shift is taking place that looks at the world on a nano, rather than microscopic level, and that means a potentially new huge market in food packaging, Nerac Analyst Mary Jo Leber tells InvestorÃ�¢ï¿½ï¿½s Business Daily for an article published Dec. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=59 Nerac Analysts Write About Combination Product Development for MX Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=58 Nerac Energy Analyst Rosemarie Szostak says that data centers are huge energy consumers that can provide energy savings. \"�the IT department [is] not cognizant of how much energy that they are actually chewing up,\" she says. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=57 New Guidelines for the European Unions Medical Device Directive | Nerac | March 2010 Deadline http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=56 Nerac Analyst Shawn Hogan Explores Biometrics for SPIE Online http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=55 Nerac Analyst Discusses RFID in December Issue of GEN Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=54 Nerac Executive Series on Open Innovation Scheduled for Dec. 4 in Irvine, California http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=53 Analyst Scott Lloyd Published in AILPA Antitrust News | Supreme Court Review or Congressional Intervention in Pioneering Drug Maker and Generic Drug Manufacturer http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=52 PRESS RELEASE | Role of Intellectual Property in Creating Sustainable Energy Infrastructure http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=51 Nerac Executive Series on Open Innovation Scheduled for Nov. 11 in Waltham, Massachusetts http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=50 U.S. Leads in Stainless Steel Patents, Nerac Analyst Says on Chinese Website http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=49 Meta-Analysis Paper Explains How to Tame Masses of Disparate Clinical Research Data http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=48 Nerac Analyst Chairs Combination Products Panel Discussion at MD&M Minneapolis Conference; Podcast Previews Key Points http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=47 Coloring with Confidence, by Marie Rittweger, Nerac Analyst http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=46 A Matter of Balancing Taste, by Alison Matalanis, Nerac Analyst http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=45 Nerac, Nerac Analysts, Functional Food, Patents, Scott Lloyd, Mary Jo Leber http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=44 Nerac Webinar Examines How to Detect an Emerging Technology Opportunity in the Medical Device Industry and Assess Market Disruptions http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=43 Nerac Analyst David Waechter published in SPIE Online - September 08 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=41 Nerac Analyst Kevin Closson Quoted in IPC Journal-Sept 2008 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=38 Nerac Vice President Kevin Blackwell to Share Insight On Open Innovation at NCET2 Webinar http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=37 Tolland, CT. - Nerac, Inc., a research and advisory firm for companies developing innovative products and technologies, today released a research paper titled "Open Innovation: Facts, Fiction, And Future" http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=17 Nerac Analyst published in September 08 issue of SPIE Professional http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=39 Nerac Analyst Ruth Larabee published in August 08 issue of SPIE Online http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=42 Nerac Analysts Scott Lloyd, Jerry Burke, Deb Schenberger, Perry DeFazio & Clarence Mayott write about reimbursement issues in Europe, which is a hodgepodge of national standards, unlike the one standard the FDA imposes in the U.S. Click here to read the article. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=30 Nerac Analysts Published in Drug Discovery & Development Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=8 R&D Directions magazine quotes Wendy Dickerson on biogenerics/biosimilars for cover story. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=29 Nerac Analyst Jerry Burke wrote a patent review on nonotechnology in optics for the July online issue of SPIE.  Read the patent review here,  http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=35 Nerac Analyst Mike Fuller writes about the recent SCOTUS decision involving doctrine of patent exhaustion in LG Electronics v. Quanta.  Click here to read the article. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=36 Tolland, CT — Nerac Inc. posted a new podcast that examines how combination therapies are taking on considerable importance as pharmaceutical companies adjust their development pipelines.   Featuring author and futurist Jonathan Peck and Nerac Life Sciences Analyst Irene Zajac, the podcast is based on the idea that small molecule http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=6 Nerac Analysts Keith Lucas & Natasha Bangel mentioned in Prepared Foods magazine’s wrap-up article on the R&D Applications Seminar the magazine hosted in April. The report includes a summary of their presentation.  Click here to read the article. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=27 Nerac Quoted in Medical Design Technology http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=9 Intellectual Property Strategies-Building Acquisition Value through Patenting http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=10 Deb Schenberger quoted in Consumer Digest article about joint replacement in the May/June issue. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=24 Nerac Analyst Avis Bridgers quoted May issue of Nature Biotechnology, article on insulin inhalers. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=25 Nerac Analyst Jim Johnson wrote a patent review on solar energy technologies for the May online issue of SPIE.  Read the patent review here.   http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=34 Regulatory Issues in Combination Products http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=11 Nerac White Paper Analyzes the Future of Drug Discovery http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=5 Nerac Analyst Shahana Jahangir Quoted In UK-based Body Language - April 08 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=12 Nerac Analyst Ron Sills Published in Practical Patient Care Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=13 Dave Fazzina is quoted in Baseline magazine’s cover story, “Disruptive Forces.”  Read it here. He also wrote the sidebar, “Why Didn’t You Think of That?” Read it here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=23 Nerac Analyst James Marie wrote a patent review on atomic clocks for the April online issue of SPIE.  Read the patent reivew here.  http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=33 Nerac Analyst John Leavitt Quoted in Therapy Times Article on Stem Cell Therapies http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=14 Nerac Analyst Perry DeFazio is quoted in Investor’s Business Daily post-mortem retrospective on medical pioneer James Sorenson. CNN Money also picked up the article. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=22 Nerac Analysts Deb Schenberger & Marco Bafan Published in Med Tech Precision Magazine http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=15 Nerac Analyst Marge Fiore wrote a patent review on optical currency for the March online issue of SPIE.  Read the patent review here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=32 Nerac Analyst Perry DeFazio Quoted in Investor's Business Daily in February 08 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=19 Nerac Analysts Nora Slanski & Ron Sills Quoted in American Metal Market Magazine - Feb 08 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=20 Nerac Analysts Deb Schenberger & Jerry Burke Published in Medical Design Technology Magazine - Feb 08 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=21 Intellectual property valuation for medical device companies http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=16 Nerac Analyst Scott Lloyd’s article on IP Valuation appears in the Jan/Feb issue of MX Magazine.   Read it here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=18 How to Jump on the Functional Food Bandwagon without Really Trying http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=7 Nerac Analyst Deb Schenberger wrote a patent review on digital movie projectors for the Jan online issue of SPIE online.  Read the patent review here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=news&id=31 Join Nerac Analyst Tim Smith and The Management Roundtable for a 90 minute audio session Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 1:00pm.  Tim will explore the topic of Technology Fusion, the innovative combination of differing technologies to produce new inventions (i.e. the combination of satellite communications with automotive technology to produce vehicle http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=42 Nerac Analyst Marco Bafan will present the topic "Intellectual Property Management and Open Innovation in Medical Device Design and Development" at the upcoming 5th Annual Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference being held in Newport Beach, CA., Sept 20-21, 2010. Mr. Bafan will discuss innovation as a key component in the successful http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=41 Nerac Analyst Marco Bafan will speak on medical device reimbursement at IMPLANTS: The 6th International Outsourcing and Solutions for Orthopaedic Implants and Biomaterials Conference and Exposition held May 27-28, 2010 in Lyon, France. Mr. Bafan's presentation is titled "Medical Device Reimbursement within the United http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=39 Nerac Analyst Joe Basista will speak on the latest FDA regulations for medical devices and combination devices at the upcoming ESC 2010 - The Leading Embedded Systems event held April 23-26, 2010 in San Jose, CA. To learn more, click here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=38 Nerac Analyst Kevin Closson will speak at the upcoming Applied Power Electronics Conference and Expo in Palm Springs, CA, Feb 25, 2010.  The topic will be power electronics for alternative energy.  Learn more here.  http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=37 Scouting for Innovation | A Nerac Roundtable EventA Discussion of the Current State and Future Role of Innovation & Technology Scouting October 29, 2009The Executive Conference Center at Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts 8:30am-12:30pm Space is Limited!  Click Here to Register. We are pleased to offer Nerac clients an exclusive, http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=36 June 24-25, 2009 — Rosemont, Illinois Nerac Analyst Marco Bafan will be presenting "Keys to Offshoring/Outsourcing." In a multi-billion dollar contract manufacturing market, industry reports estimate 15% annual growth rate for outsourced manufacturing in medical devices until 2010. Offshoring and near-shoring are increasingly becoming http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=34 In light of the current economic tumult, companies are actively scrutinizing their strategies to squeeze value from their asset portfolios, particularly their intellectual property assets. In a time when intangible assets account for one-half to two-thirds of corporate market values in the U.S., IP strategy has emerged as a critical competitive tool for http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=32 June 8-9, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, Irvine, California. Nerac Analyst Richard Hendriks, Ph.D., will present “Retinal implants open the shutters on blindness--recent innovations” on Tuesday June 9, 2009, 1:00-2:20pm. About the ConferenceThe conference is organized to provide a forum where participants involved in the development of the next http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=33 May 3-7, 2009 | Houston, TX Nerac Analyst Dhanashree Bairat is presenting “Green Computing: Creating Efficiencies through Datacenter Energy Management.” The presentation talks about trends, partnerships, case studies and growth related to energy efficient data centers. This presentation will examine how companies can advance energy-efficient http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=29 The Changing Directives in the EU Medical Device Market | Are You Prepared for the March 2010 Deadline?April 30, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm eastern Speakers:  Deb Schenberger, Ph.D., Nerac AnalystJennifer Bromm,  Medical Products Manager, TUV Space is limited -- Register here today!! Due to the overwhelming response to the Nerac Analyst Report “Clinical http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=31 Visit us in Boston, MA to hear Nerac Analysts Rosemarie Szostak and Kevin Closson. Rosemarie Szostak, Ph.D. session title “Innovating Green: Beating the Competition in an Uncertain World” Kevin Closson session title “Keep it to Yourself: How Your Company's Knowledge Can Make Money” Learn more here http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=28 Visit us in Chicago, Illinois March 25-26, 2009 at the Wellness 09 conference.  Nerac Food Analysts will be hosting two sessions: 2:00-3:00pm, March 25:  Nerac Analyst Brenda Van Goethem will be presenting “Acceptance and Connection of Food as Medicine,” with co-presenter David Sabbagh, Solae.   Learn more here. 4:30-5:30pm, March 25:  Nerac http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=25 Can You Position Your Healthy Products for Success in an Unhealthy Economy?   Thank you for atteding the webinar on March 10, 2009 12:30-2:00pm EST. If you missed it, you can view the entire webinar here. We all wonder how the recession will affect the health and wellness markets. Would you like to hear answers to the following questions about Health http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=27 Meet with us at the National Electric Delivery Forum, February 18-19 in Washington, DC, to get Nerac Analysts’ insight on future market opportunities and threats surrounding the new U.S. Energy Grid. The U.S. Energy Grid Project:A Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity. What’s Your Plan? President Obama has made modernizing the nation's vast power http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=30 Nerac Analyst Kevin Closson will speak at the upcoming IEEE Energy 2030 conference on global sustainable energy infrastructure, presenting "The Role of Intellectual Property Policy in Creating a Global Sustainable Energy Infrastructure.” November 17-18, 2008Atlanta, GA For more information please click here. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=20 Exclusive Invitation-Only EventOpen Innovation: Fact, Fiction and FutureThis exciting, half-day event series kicks off in Boston, November 11, with events scheduled for Chicago, London and Irvine, CA in 2008. We have pulled together an impressive roster of open innovation thought leaders from IDEO, Henkel, Harlin, Ltd., Roke Manor, Bilyan and Nerac to http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=16 MDM Minneapolis  |  Minneapolis, MN  |  Oct 21-23, 2008 The combination products market continues to grow, providing precision technologies in drug delivery for therapeutic care. Market opportunities abound for companies to converge their expertise, resources, and technologies for advancement of combination products. This panel discussion will http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=22 5th International Conference on Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases: Obesity and Related Diseases Southern University, Agricultural Research & Extension Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana Oct 16-18, 2008 Nerac Analysts Shanon Trueman and Coreen Reed will present “Designing Functional Foods to Prevent Obesity in Children: The Role of Sensory http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=21 Advanced Technology Workshop (ATW) on Thermal Management hosted by the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS)Oct. 13-16, 2008Palo Alto, CA Nerac Analyst Kevin Closson will present “Thermal Management in the Renewable Energy Market.”  To learn more about the conference click here.  http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=18 YOU ARE INVITED! On Wednesday, October 8, we invite you to join a webinar hosted by Canon Communications and Nerac Analyst Perry De Fazio that analyzes a number of emerging technologies affecting the Medical Device Industry. The discussion will look at three top trends and emerging technologies, and their impacts on the medical device industry. http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=19 Thermal Management Technology Symposium 2008September 25-26, Austin, TX Nerac Analyst Kevin Closson will present “Emerging Thermal Management Market Opportunities.” For more information on the conference  visit:  http://www.thermalnews.com/TN08_index.php     http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=17 Join Nerac Vice President and Business Analyst Kevin Blackwell, Robert R. Gruetzmacher, director of technology commercialization in DuPont's Center for Collaborative Research and Education, and  Michael J. Martin, president of TechTransfer Associates, for a discussion on open innovation during a free webinar Sept. 16 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EDT. You will http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=10 Pharma CI Conference September 15-16, 2008 Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, New JerseyJoin Nerac Analysts Richard Hendriks and Avis Bridgers, presenting “Post-Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals:  Patent Analysis and CI  for Combination Therapeutics”. Using proprietary methodologies we have uncovered trends in Combination Drug Therapeutics that have opened up http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=15 BIOMEDevice Forum Sept 9-10, 2008San Jose, CA Nerac Analyst Deb Schenberger will present “Benchmarking ConvergentMedical Technology Partnerships.” For more information on the BIOMEDevice Forum visit:http://www.devicelink.com/expo/bioforum08/ http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=14 IFT Expo June 29-July 1 New Orleans, LA Nerac Booth #5200 Nerac Analysts Scott Lloyd, Lynn Deffenbaugh presented:  "Nutraceutical product development: The roles of intellectual property and regulatory pathway mapping in successful commercialization.”   http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=13 3rd Annual Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference June 18-20, 2008 Irvine, CA Nerac Analyst Deb Schenberger presented “Electrical Stimulation of Spinal Fusion”   http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=12 Clean Technologies and Sustainable Industries June 1-5, 2008 Boston, MA Nerac Analysts, Jim Johnson & Emma Palmacci present “Biofuels: Boom or Bust?” http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=2 Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing April 27-30, 2008 Chicago, IL Nerac Analyst Emma Palmacci moderated a panel discussion “Biofuels in Aviation”       http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=9 American Metal Market’s (AMM) Stainless and its Alloys Conference April 15, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA Analyst Nora Slanski participated on the Technological-Metallurgical Advances panel.   http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=8 Prepared Foods 2008 R&D Applications Seminar East April 14-16 East Brunswick, New Jersey  Natasha Bangel and Howard Lucas presented:  “Food Industry Trend Spotting: “The Baby Boom Effect”  Scott Lloyd presented: “International Regulatory Challenges to GMO Product Development”        http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=7 CI in Pharma USA March 12-13, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Analysts Michael Fuller, Irene Zajac presented:   “Using Patenting Trends as Competitive Intelligence to Predict the Future of Drug Discovery in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries” http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=4 Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Conference March 6-9, 2008 Chapel Hill, NC Analyst Deb Schenberger presented: “Mainstreaming MEMS: Microfluidic Drug Delivery Systems are Now a Market Reality”   http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=3 MDM West Conference & Expo Jan 29-31, 2008 Anaheim CA Nerac Booth #1588 Analyst Ron Sills chaired the Combination Products: Strategic Partnering and Licensing Track.   He presented: “Combining Market Intelligence with Technology: Critical Considerations for Entering the Profitable Space of Combination Products.” Analyst Scott Lloyd http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=6 SPIE/Photonics West Jan. 22-24 2008 San Jose, CA Booth #6020 http://www.nerac.com/news_room.php?category=events&id=5