Neurotech Reports Plans October Investor Forum in San Francisco

Neurotech Reports, the publisher of Neurotech Business Report, announced plans for the second annual Neurotech Leaders Forum, to be held in San Francisco October 3, 2002. The event will offer an opportunity for executives in the neurotechnology industry to interact with venture capital firms and other funding organizations.

Keynote speaker at this year’s event will be Dr. Warren Grill, one of the nation’s leading experts in neural stimulation, neural prostheses, and neural control. Dr. Grill is the Elmer L. Lindseth Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and a principal investigator at the Cleveland FES Center. He also serves as senior technical editor of Neurotech Business Report.

Executives from several start-ups and venture capital firms active in the neuro space will be speaking at the event. On the venture capital panel, Roger Quy, Ph.D., a partner with Technology Partners of Palo Alto, CA, Heath Lukatch, Ph.D., a partner with US Bancorp. Piper Jaffrey in Menlo Park, CA, and Daniel O’Connell with Neuro Ventures Capital in Charlottsville, VA will participate.

On the entrepreneur panel, Peter Baillie, CEO of Epic Biosonics, Inc. in Victoria, BC, will be one of the presenters. Other speakers at the Forum include Robert Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Second Sight LLC in Valencia, CA, Ann Bunnenberg, Ph.D, president of Electrical Geodesics, Inc. in Portland, OR, and Arthur Prochazka, Ph.D., founder of Neurokinetics, Inc., in Edmonton, AL.

Other session topics include partnering opportunities with bio/pharma firms, distribution and marketing issues, the reimbursement outlook for stimulation devices, and developing supportive clinician communities.

Last year’s Neurotech Leaders Forum was sponsored by Mayfield Fund. It featured overview presentations on the market and applications for neurotechnology, as well as roundtable discussions on a number of issues affecting the development of this new industry. James Cavuoto, editor and publisher of Neurotech Business Report, served as moderator for the roundtable discussion, which will also be part of the 2002 Neurotech Leaders Forum.

This year’s event will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. For information on attending or sponsorship opportunities, contact Neurotech Reports at 415 546 1259 or visit our web site at: www.neurotechreports.com/pages/leadersforum02.html.