Tech Nation: January - March 2007

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March 27, 2007

KEVIN WERBACH
Professor, The Wharton Business School
Founder,
The Supernova Conference

Moira speaks with Wharton Professor Kevin Werbach on how the future of technology and his upcoming conference Supernova 2007.


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Moira and DAVID EWING DUNCAN interview:

IAN WILMUT
Director, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Leader of the Team that cloned Dolly the sheep


... It has been ten years since Ian Wilmut and his team cloned Dolly the sheep. We will find out how that technology has fared, and why it is so hard to clone humans ? even if you wanted to.



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March 20, 2007

CHRIS JONES
Journalist
Author, Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space



Moira speaks with journalist Chris Jones about the amazing return of the American Astronauts from the Space Station following the Columbia disaster.






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DAVID VAN AVERMAETE
CEO, Veralight


 ... on a new technology to quickly detect pre-diabetes.


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... tiny robots which emulate evolution

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Show Originating on
March 13, 2007

A panel of experts - organized by the Women's Technology Cluster of San Francisco - talk about outsourcing American biotech to China ...

The panelists are:

DEVON CUYLER

Attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman


DR. GLENN RICE

CEO, Bridge Pharmaceuticals


WINNIE WAN

CEO, Forte Bio


MARIETTA WU

Vice President, Greater China Group
Burrill and Company

Moira speaks with a panel of experts on a new kind of outsourcing. It's not about outsourcing software or call centers to India. No, now it?s about outsourcing American biotech to China!

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Show Originating on
March 6, 2007

BOB SUTTON
Professor, Stanford University
Author, ?The No A__Hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn?t?



Moira speaks with Stanford Professor BOB SUTTON about people who make our lives miserable at work.






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a series on Personalized Medicine from BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Association


DR. GEORGE SCANGOS
President, Exelixis


      ... on why cancer therapies are getting better.


     ... part of the IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report - ONLINE @

                                 www.baybio.org

     Or to obtain a FREE PRINTED COPY of the
     IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                             email: info@baybio.org
.


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... science and Hollywood



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Show Originating on
February 27, 2007

DR. PETER BARTH
DR. FRANCIS CHAN

Professors, Oregon State University

Moira speaks with Oregon State University professors PETER BARTH and FRANCIS CHAN. They will fill us on so-called ?dead zones? found in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast. Helping to find a solution? Underwater robots.


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DR. RICHARD HO
Director of Disease Simulation, Johnson & Johnson


      ... about simulating the human body with computers


a series on Personalized Medicine from BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Association


RANDY SCOTT
Chairman & CEO, Genomic Health


      ... on how they?re matching a person?s genes to the correct chemotherapy and more.






     ... part of the IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report - ONLINE @

                                 www.baybio.org

     Or to obtain a FREE PRINTED COPY of the
     IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                             email: info@baybio.org


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Show Originating on
February 20, 2007

KIM TODD
Author, ?Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis?




Moira speaks with KIM TODD about Maria Sibylla Merian. In the 16th century, Merian sailed to South America to be the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly





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a series on Personalized Medicine from BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Association


JEFF PETERSON
President & CEO, Target Discovery


      ... about new hope for people with prostate cancer






     ... part of the IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report - ONLINE @

                                 www.baybio.org

     Or to obtain a FREE PRINTED COPY of the
     IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                             email: info@baybio.org



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... our brains in action.


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Show Originating on
February 13, 2007

BILL MOGGRIDGE
Co-Founder, IDEO


Author, ?Designing Interactions?


Moira speaks with IDEO co-founder BILL MOGGRIDGE. They look at how some of our favorite technology came into being . . . from the very first laptop right up to the iPod.


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a series on Personalized Medicine from BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Association


PIERRE CASSIGNEUL
President & CEO, XDX Expression Diagnostics


      ... about a major step forward in the long term treatment of transplant recipients






     ... part of the IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report - ONLINE @

                                 www.baybio.org

     Or to obtain a FREE PRINTED COPY of the
     IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                             email: info@baybio.org



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... his new biotech blog, Real BIO


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Show Originating on
February 6, 2007

DAVE THOMPSON
Founder & CEO, Genius.com


Moira speaks with DAVE THOMPSON, the CEO of Genius.com. He will tell us about the power shifts going on today between customers, the front line sales people and the executives ? all because of the World Wide Web.


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MATT GARDNER
President, BayBIO


      ... about their new Impact 2007 report ? what?s happening in biotech in the largest biotech cluster in the world, the San Francisco Bay Area


     TO VIEW ONLINE the IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                                 www.baybio.org

     Or to obtain a FREE PRINTED COPY of the
     IMPACT 2007 Biotech Report:

                             email: info@baybio.org



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... a new less controversial source of stem cells


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Show Originating on
January 30, 2007

michelle kaufmann designs
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      ... on the surprising role Puerto Rico plays in all our lives

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger?s universal healthcare proposal


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January 23, 2007

PETER NAVARRO
Professor, UC Irvine Business School
Author, ?The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won?




In Part II of a two part interview, Moira speaks with UC Business School professor PETER NAVARRO. This week ? the surprising blood scandal which spread HIV and the culture of counterfeit.


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on a special "BioIssue of the Week"
      
Moira and DAVID EWING DUNCAN team interview

DR. KARI STEFANSSON
President & CEO of deCODE Genetics


      ... David and Moira team-interview KARI STEFANSSON, the President and CEO of deCODE Genetics. They?ll talk about the relationship between your genes and your environment.

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Show Originating on
January 16, 2007

PETER NAVARRO
Professor, UC Irvine Business School
Author, ?The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won?




In Part I of a two part interview, Moira speaks with UC Business School professor PETER NAVARRO about China?s surprising infrastructure, its changing social profile and its internal economics.


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on a special "BioIssue of the Week"
      
Moira and DAVID EWING DUNCAN team interview

DR. JOSHUA BOGER
President & CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals


      ... David and Moira team-interview JOSHUA BOGER, the President and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. They will talk about how Vertex re-engineered their HIV/AIDS drug into a drug for Hepatitis C in a move called rational drug design.

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January 9, 2007

CHIP HEATH
Professor, Stanford Business School
Author, ?Made to Stick ? Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die?




Moira speaks with Stanford business professor CHIP HEATH will tell us the secret to success. He joins Moira to talk about why urban legends grab our attention, why some ideas inspire us while others don?t, and how to craft your message so it sticks with people.


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on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... REACH ... the new legislation from European Union for testing toxic waste


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Show Originating on
January 2, 2007

CURT CARLSON
President and CEO, SRI International
Author, ?Innovation?




Moira speaks with CURT CARLSON, the President and CEO of SRI International. They?ll talk about five simple principles, which ? if you follow - guarantees innovation.




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DR. PAULINE MELE
Soil Microbiologist


      ... gives us the dirt on dirt.

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
      with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

    ... a review of the greatest science books of all time ? Who would you vote for? Copernicus? Charles Darwin? Isaac Newton? Or Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawkings.


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From the BioAgenda Summit 2006 ...

                             "The Great Debate"

MODERATOR: Dr. Moira Gunn

DEBATERS:

   BARONESS SUSAN GREENFIELD

   Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
   Author, “The Private Life of the Brain
   ... Emotions, Consciousness,


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