Bioscience activity in Los Angeles County is up, with more jobs, more investment, more incubators and infrastructure, and new resources to aid collaboration, according the expert speakers at the Bioscience State of the Industry event hosted October 28th 2020 by LAEDC, Center for a Competitive Workforce and the  industry association Biocom.  The event also served to introduce Biocom’s new executive director Stephanie Hsieh to industry attendees.

Topics included:

  • Key takeaways from Biocom’s 2020 Economic Impact Report of the lifescience industry in California
  • LAEDC analysis on biomanufacturing geographic hubs in LA County
  • Launch of Why LA life science portal, which provides unique asset mapping and partnering functionality
  • The Center for a Competitive Workforce and community college workforce initiatives in bioscience
  • Local COVID-19 solutions panel with Takeda & Gilead

Speakers included:

  • LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas
  • Stephanie Hsieh, Biocom executive director for the Los Angeles region
  • Richard Verches, Executive Director for Center for a Competitive Workforce
  • Joe Panetta, CEO of Biocom
  • Abbas Yar-Khan, VP of Manufacturing at Takeda
  • Edward Bjurstrom, VP of Operations for Gilead Sciences
  • Carolyn Hull, General Manager, City of Los Angeles EWDD
  • Jessica Ku Kim, Senior Director of Workforce Development at LAEDC
  • Jasson Crockett, City of Los Angeles Director of Community Business for Bioscience
  • Bill Allen, CEO of LAEDC

CLICK TO READ THE ENTIRE EVENT RECAP AT LAEDC’s WEBSITE

 

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