CNY Biotech Accelerator Upcoming Events

Posted on January 3, 2024

Don’t miss our first virtual CNYBAC Concept to Commercialization Series session of the year:

Cybercrime Survival Guide: 7 Tips for Successful Incident Response
January 9, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST
Reg Harnish, CEO, OrbitalFire

Even if you are taking the steps needed to protect your company from cyber risk, cyber-attacks can still happen, no matter how many protections you put in place. Whether it's ransomware, hackers, or phishing attempts, every company needs an incident response plan, so you are ready to swiftly minimize damage and restore normal operations. An incident response plan enables everyone in the company to evaluate their preparedness, identify gaps, and build incident response capabilities. Join Reg Hanish, CEO of OrbitalFire as he discusses actionable steps you can take to better understand incident response and what you need to do to be prepared.

Register here.

2024 Upstate Innovation Day, January 23, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Upstate’s Office of Industry Research and CNY Biotech Accelerator invite you to the 2024 Upstate Innovation Day: Pharmaceutical, Biologic, and Medical Device Research and Commercialization event to be held at the CNY Biotech Accelerator, 841 E. Fayette St., 3rd Floor Theater, Syracuse, NY (on-site attendance only).  

The event is free – register at: Eventbrite Registration 

The event schedule is attached and includes a morning of expert presentations and panel discussions regarding biotech-related innovation commercialization while the afternoon features the CNYBAC Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC) Pitch Competition with pitch teams AGTC, BiRed Imaging, CoreHaptics, Lighthanded Enterprises and PodoSight competing for a $5000 pitch award.  CNYBAC clients, DUB Biologics, Expressive Neuroscience, As You Are, and Azimuth Biologics will also present while our pitch judges - Silvia Garcia Codony, Melissa Stancato, Nicholas Querques, Daniel Kolinski, and Michael D’Eredita – complete their pitch score cards. A wine/beer reception will be held during the pitch award presentation.  Parking is available in the Madison-Irving Parking Garage, 475 Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY.  If any questions or additional information needed, contact: durdonk@upstate.edu.

The CNYBAC Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC) is now accepting Applications for the 2024 program – deadline to apply is March 31.     

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