David Allies with Goliath November 15, 2006

Join us for another exciting event featuring an interactive discussion with senior managers from life sciences and information technology industries. Each alliance partners a very large company with a significantly smaller company. The discussion will focus on maximizing the unique value that exists when David Allies with Goliath - as well as minimizing the risks, once the deal is done and the work begins.

Panel includes senior alliance managers and their partners:

From the IBM and Actuate alliance

* E. Keith Gaylord, Vice President, IBM Financial Services Sector

* Bill Bush, IBM Global Alliance Manager, Actuate

From the Centocor and ImmunoGen alliance

* David Abercrombie, Ph.D., Associate Director, Pharmaceutical Development Technology Transfer and Project Planning, Centocor R&D, Inc. (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson)

* Jeremy Ahouse, Ph.D., Alliance Management, ImmunoGen

Moderator
Jeffrey Shuman, Ph.D., Co- Founder, The Rhythm of Business, Inc.; Professor of Management and Director of Entrepreneurial Studies, Bentley College

About Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, New England Chapter:
ASAP is the leading global professional association dedicated to alliance formation and practice. We provide a forum to exchange alliance best practices, resources, and opportunities and we offer products that enable our members to harness alliances as growth engines to drive corporate performance.

$20 for members, $30 for non-members with advance sign up.

Official Website: http://www.strategic-alliances.org/chapter/boston/events/november-chapter-meeting-boston