Cultivating Innovation

More than 600 incubation industry professionals from around the world gathered in St. Louis April 30 – May 3, 2006, for NBIA’s 20th International Conference on Business Incubation. During the event, conference attendees had the opportunity to discuss incubation industry best practices with professionals from more than 30 countries.

With more than 60 educational sessions, roundtable discussions and forum meetings, the conference also provided attendees with plenty of tools and information to implement at home. It wasn’t all work, though. There were also plenty of opportunities to relax and network with colleagues, including a tour of the Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise and a reception at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Conference Photo Album

See conference participants in action by clicking on the links below.

• Conference Overview
• Networking Dinner
• NBIA Expo
• Keynote Addresses
• Plenary Session Highlights
• Conference Learning
• Incubator Tour
• NBIA Awards Luncheon
• International Reception
• Conference Features

Audio Recordings

ACTS Conference Products and Services recorded conference sessions and has made these recordings available for purchase through their Web site. You can order individual session recordings or a 2-disc CD-ROM with all session recordings and the available presentation materials.

Evaluations

We’re always working to improve our events, and feedback from attendees is essential to this process. Click here to complete an overall conference evaluation online. We will take your ratings and comments into consideration as we start planning next year’s conference.

NBIA thanks everyone who helped make the 2006 conference a success. We look forward to seeing you at future events!

Thanks to Our Host NBIA would like to thank this year’s conference host, the Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise. Based in St. Louis and sponsored by Monsanto, the Nidus Center is a business incubator established to ensure the commercial success of early-stage plant and life science companies. The Nidus Center staff worked diligently to make NBIA’s 2006 conference successful. www.niduscenter.com

Thanks to Our Title Sponsor NBIA thanks its 2006 conference title sponsor, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., the pre-eminent international real estate investment trust focused principally on properties containing office/laboratory space. Alexandria provides high-quality facilities, services and capital to the broad and diverse life science sector and is one of the co-creators and founding investors in the Accelerator Corp., the premier 21st century life science incubation engine. www.acceleratorcorp.com