MEDIA ADVISORY: Colorado State University Expert Partners with We Work For Health to Build Jobs, Save Lives

WHAT:  Experts from across the state, including Colorado State University Senior Vice President for Research and Engagement, Bill Farland, will talk about saving lives and creating jobs through the state’s biosciences research and industry. The presentation is presented by We Work For Health.

WHEN/WHERE: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, March 20 at the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Education 2 South Auditorium, 13120 E.19th Place, Aurora.

DETAILS:  Additional speakers include chair U.S. Senator Michael Bennet; Don Elliman, Colorado office of Economic Development; Tom Clark, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation; John Collar, Colorado Bioscience Association; Jill Farnham, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority; and Jay Gershen, University of Colorado Denver.

Seating is limited and a reservation is required. For more information call 866-499-5723.

We Work for Health is a coalition of bioscience companies, trade associations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, labor organizations, higher education and health organizations working together to educate elected leaders, the news media and the communities they serve about the important contributions the biopharmaceutical industry and its employees make to the health and economic security of individuals, local communities, and to Colorado.

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