BIO Ventures for Global Health CEO Melinda Moree moderated the panel Public/Private Partnerships: Impact on Live Science Innovation on March 17 at the Life Sciences Innovation Northwest Conference. Exploring how the public and private sectors can work together to improve the health of poor people in developing countries, panelists took a pragmatic look at public/private partnerships. They focused on commercially viable ways for the public and private sectors to work together.

Melinda was joined by Hannah Kettler, Program Officer, Global Health Policy and Finance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Hugh Chang, Director of Special Initiatives, PATH; Ken Stuart, President, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute; and Leander Lauffer, Head of Business Development, Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

The meeting organizers – Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) and Burrill & Company – are making it easy for you to get in on the action, even if you couldn't make it to Seattle. In partnership with Global Health Nexus Seattle, they are providing ON DEMAND webcast coverage of the event. Follow this link - http://ghnexus.dynamicwebcasting.net – to access the webcast.

The Life Sciences Innovation Northwest Conference, formerly know as Invest Northwest, is in its tenth year of highlighting the Pacific Northwest’s biotech and medical device industries. The meeting features the area’s diverse life science eco-system, and includes presentations, panels, and plenary sessions by leading experts from emerging and anchor device, diagnostic and biotech companies, premier research institutions, and our global health community.