Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona (ECoNA) — BioScience Roadmap Update Coming Next Week

by Community Contributor • April 14, 2022 • Comments Off

Good Afternoon,

This year the Bioscience Roadmap turns 20 and we hope you will join us next week and attend a special virtual event that will focus on how far we’ve come – with an overview of what still needs to be done – to make our state a national leader in this sector by 2025.

The Flinn Foundation, which originally commissioned this long-term strategic plan two decades ago, will be hosting the free Zoom session from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. You can register to attend HERE.

The event will feature a presentation by Mitch Horowitz and Ryan Helwig, principals of TEConomy Partners, who will reveal new performance metrics, including comparisons to 20 years ago when the Roadmap was launched.

A panel of health and innovation leaders will provide perspective on the findings and insights on future directions.

The roadmap has five overarching goals:

creating a hub of bioscience entrepreneurs and companies across the state;
increasing the ability of research institutions to transform their results into products or treatments;
making Arizona a “bio-talent” powerhouse;
promoting the state’s convergence of research, health care and commercialization to economic partners in neighboring states, Canada and Mexico; and
sustaining and enhancing Arizona’s reputation for collaboration.

I hope to (virtually) see you next Wednesday at the Bioscience Roadmap update as we celebrate its 20th anniversary and learn more on the progress being made for this exciting sector that is so important to northern Arizona.