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Announcing: DA4S Supplier of the Year Nomination Period Open
Diversity Alliance for Science (DA4S) is excited to announce our 2010 Awards Program to be presented at our annual Conference in May!
Corporation of the Year and Supplier of the Year awards will be presented at the conference on Tuesday, May 19 and invite you to nominate your best suppliers or corporate partners for these prestigious awards.
Corporation of the Year Nomination Process
The Corporation of the Year will be selected based on their successful demonstration of ongoing and consistent promotion of our goals of supporting, mentoring, developing and doing business with small and diverse businesses in the life sciences arena.
Corporations can be nominated for this award by diverse or small businesses. When completing your nomination, please reflect upon the corporation’s support of diversity initiatives and goals including support of your company and community and provide information to support your nomination. Please click here to submit your nomination by Monday May 3, 2010.
Supplier of the Year Nomination Process
The Supplier of the Year will be selected based on business performance, quality of products/services, innovative approaches, obstacles overcome and demonstration of community involvement.
Suppliers can be nominated by corporations.
Suppliers can be nominated for this award by a corporation. Please provide specific examples that demonstrate the criteria listed above as well as the supplier’s commitment to diversity. Please click here to submit your nomination by Monday, May 3, 2010.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's conference.
Sincerely,
DA4S Award Committee
Our Mission
DA4S’s mission is to support, mentor, and develop minority, women, disabled, small
disadvantaged, HUBZone, veteran, service-disabled veteran, and LGBT-owned, and small businesses in the life sciences. We are committed to identifying, developing and increasing spending with certified diverse suppliers, and fostering relationships between those suppliers and the corporate, governmental, and academic entities who work in health research and development.
DA4S's Focus
DA4S’s primary focus is to identify, develop and increase spend with certified diverse suppliers in the following areas: clinical research services; clinical trials supplies; analytical services; packaging; printing/labeling, bar code; biotechnology support services; virology services; drug analysis or assay; central laboratories; clinical data management; stability testing; animals suppliers; biomarkers analysis; chemical synthesis; biology services; pharmacokinetic services; DNA/RNA extraction; IRBs; medicinal chemistry; patient recruitment; drug discovery and related life sciences services and products.
Life Sciences Diversity Conference
Tuesday, May 18 - Wednesday, May 19, 2010
On May 18-19, 2010, Diversity Alliance for Science, Inc., a non-profit organization created to develop, support, and mentor diverse woman, minority, veteran/disabled, HubZone, and GLBT- owned life sciences businesses, will host its third annual networking conference and EXPO event. The two-day event will be held at the Newark Liberty International Airport Renaissance Hotel in Newark, N.J. and will feature senior government officials, top-level pharmaceutical executives, and CEOs of diverse scientific and clinical enterprises, and other great guest speakers. The conference limits participation to 300 invitees to facilitate networking and relationship building and to enable smaller diverse companies to have a higher profile.
The conference will provide a forum for participants to collaborate on best practices in fostering the inclusion of diverse businesses in clinical trials and scientific research. This networking conference will include panels on the changing demographics of the U.S. population, the impact of the current economic crisis, and developing strategies to differentiate and effectively mentor diverse suppliers. A series of workshops will feature discussions on a variety of topics, more details to follow. The EXPO will include an interactive tradeshow where attending corporations can meet leading diverse suppliers providing products and services to the life sciences industry.
The conference will be a terrific opportunity to foster effective, mutually beneficial partnerships between diverse suppliers and large pharmaceutical companies. Please check back as we continually work to update our website as more information becomes available.
Keynote Sponsor: MERCK
Newark, NJ Mayor Corey Booker to present scholarships to Newark Science Students!
In order to provide New Jersey high-school students access to the life sciences, we have secured a sponsorship from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to host 10 Newark high school students at the DA4S event this year on May 18th at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel.