Speaker Named for Charlottesville Bio & Tech Luncheon, April 17
Dr. Barry L. Johnson, founder of Privaris, a biometric security company, will be the featured speaker at the “Charlottesville Bio and Technology Luncheon,� Thursday, April 17, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Harrison Institute Auditorium at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
This event is a collaborative effort of The University of Virginia, the Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO) and Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC). The law firm LeClair Ryan, is the premier sponsor of the event.
Event participants will hear how Dr. Barry Johnson took Privaris from start-up to its current status. Dr. Johnson joined the U.Va. faculty in 1984 and co-founded Privaris, a biometric security company, in 1998. Privaris has now successfully raised two venture rounds of $15.6 million and $3.3 million as well as an angel round of approximately $8 million. Dr. Johnson still serves on the Privaris executive team and board, but is now Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia.
Come hear how this one academic researcher and entrepreneur used passion, transparency, communication, and humility to navigate the commercialization landscape to build a successful company.
Directions: The event will be held in the Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Building 19 [D2 on this map]: http://www.virginia.edu/webmap/ACentralGrounds.html or here at http://www.virginia.edu/Map/directions.html.
Parking: Parking is provided on a space available basis in the Central Grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, approximately one block south of the University Avenue intersection. Please bring your parking ticket to the event for validation.
VaBIO Strategic Partners:Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, William Gallagher Insurance and WilmerHale.
Registration: Registration closes April 11. VaBIO members and non-members click here. UVA Faculty and Students email here: UVATechCom@virginia.edu
