Biotech business pioneer to visit

One of the leaders of the high-tech renaissance in North Carolina’s “Research Triangle” will share his business development ideas Thursday, May 11, at University Research Park.

Charles Hamner, president of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, will speak at the annual meeting of chief executive officers of the research park’s 75 companies, noon-1:45 p.m. at the Research Park Conference Center, 621 Science Drive.

Hamner, an obstetrics/gynecology and veterinary medicine professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has led the biotechnology center since 1988. The center helps direct the movement of biotechnology from ideas to the marketplace, and works with more than 160 biotech firms and research organizations in the state.

The “Research Triangle” development is one of the biggest concentrations of biotechnology firms in the country, with connections to UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and NC State University.

His talk, “Success Factors in Technology Development,” is open to the public, but space is limited and reservations are required for the lunch. For more information, please contact the park office, 262-3677.