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After a long drought, venture capital and private equity investments into private life sciences companies are beginning to flow again. VCs and fund managers have monies that must be invested into promising new ventures. The best way to find the right investors is to present at life sciences investment fairs like LifeScienceFest Americas. This year BioJobBlog and BioCrowd are cosponsoring the event.  

If you are interested in presenting your company to qualified investors, please read the information presented below and take advantage of discounted rates.

APPLY NOW TO PRESENT AT LIFESCIENCEFEST AMERICAS - JUNE 17, 2011
Investorfest Media is proud to announce call for nominations from promising startups for
LifeScienceFest Americas conference on June 17th.  At the 3rd annual venture conference, we will showcase up to 16 promising innovators seeking funding to active life science angels and investors.

APPLICATION DEADLINE : MAY 14, 2011
If you are a startup (seed, Series-A,B,C or restart) from the medical device, diagnostic or
healthcare technology space and you are seeking new investment to start or grow to the
next level, this is THE conference for you. You must be seeking funding from $250K to
under $20M. Learn more on the application process, segments of interest and deadlines.

CONNECT WITH LEADING INVESTORS AT LIFESCIENCEFEST
General Partners & angels from 20+ leading firms including Sand Hill Angels, Band of Angels, Keiretsu Forum, Claremont Creek Ventures, Bay City Capital,Physic Ventures, Psilos Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures,  Lumira Capital and many others will be at the event. Learn more..

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Investors from Founders of promising innovative companies seeking capital to industry executives, investors and M&A professionals will be in attendance at this exclusive, limited seating event. Non-presenting entrepreneurs can also attend, and must register early to reserve their spot. Register Now to reserve your spot

BIOJOBBLOG BIOCROWD MEMBER DISCOUNT
A limited number of discounted tickets are available for Biocrowd members who will receive $50 off early bird registration and pay just $299. Apply code BIOCR50. Discounts are offered to qualified non-service provider professionals from the life science and med device industry and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Register Now at the discounted rate.

ABOUT INVESTORFEST MEDIA
Investorfest Media is the leading VC funding accelerator working in the life science and medical device space. Through our highly focused training and hands on support, qualified companies are put in front of specially chosen investors our annual LifeScienceFest conference. To date over 75% of presenting companies have gone on to receive funding, with over $280 million being raised since 2006. Learn more at investorfest.com

Until next time

Good Luck and Good VC Hunting!!!!!!

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A survey involving 2000 members of the public and 2500 scientists conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) revealed that almost two-thirds of Americans hold scientists and engineers (and their contributions to society) in high regard. However, in marked contrast, 85% of the scientists surveyed said that public ignorance of science was a major problem. And, not surprisingly a majority of the scientists surveyed feel that American media coverage of science is “fair or poor.”

While the reasons for this disconnect in opinions aren’t readily apparent, perhaps some insights into the public’s understanding of scientific concepts like evolution and climate might be informative. For example, almost 35% of Americans believe that “humans existed in their current form since the beginning of time” whereas only 2% of scientists hold this belief. Further, only about 50 percent of Americans agree that humans are behind climate change and a whopping11 percent believe that there isn’t global warming at all. These beliefs trouble many scientists because there is no credible scientific evidence to refute the theory of evolution and there is incontrovertible data which shows that humans are a major contributor to global warming. So, what’s the deal with Americans?

There is little doubt that American science education is lacking. For the most part, this deficiency has been blamed on poorly trained and uninformed primary and secondary school science teachers. While this may be partly true, scientists and engineers also bear much of the responsibility.  According to the report, only 3 percent of the scientists surveyed said that they “often” spoke to reporters and the media. In other words, a majority of scientists don’t feel that it’s important to engage the public in fundamental discussion about evolution and climate change.  A facile and convenient way for scientists to eschew any responsibility for the problem is to label the American public as “ignorant about science” and not do anything about it. If scientists truly want to improve the public understanding of science, it will be necessary to roll up our sleeves and do some work to better inform and educate them!  New social media tools like blogs, videos, podcasts and social networking sites like BioCrowd represent ideal vehicles to begin to make headway against this vexing problem! 

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Good Luck and Good Teaching!!!!!!!

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