Our Mission is to support and enhance biomanufacturing education and training and the workforce for

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4th Annual Community College Program at
BIO Sunday, May 6, 2007
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NBC2 Relationship with Lonza

• Lonza represented on the NBC2 National Visiting
  Committee
• Lonza is a member of the NBC2 Advisory Board
  Mike Cicio of Lonza chaired the NBC2 Advisory
  Board September 2005 to March 2007
• Lonza hosts the four yearly NBC2 Advisory Board
  teleconferences
• Lonza provides equipment and supplies for the
  NBC2 Equipment Resource
• Lonza provides keynote lecturers for the annual
  BIOMAN conference

• Lonza provides tours for the annual BIOMAN
  conference
• Lonza is a partner in the DOL Registered
  Biomanufacturing Apprenticeship program
• Lonza is a participant in creating the
  Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Skill
  Standards
• Lonza personnel serve on Learning Community
  groups focused on providing curriculum,
  instructional materials and resources for jobs in
  process development, metrology and facilitites
  for the NBC2 and its GBC

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NHCTC Relationship with Lonza

• Lonza is a member of the NHCTC Biotechnology
  Department Advisory Board
• Lonza provides lab and large-scale equipment for
  use and/or demonstration and various supplies for
  NHCTC
• Lonza provides student tours
• Lonza provides employment for graduates
• Lonza provides Biomanufacturing Apprenticeships,
  full-time in the summer and part-time during the
  academic year
• Lonza and Eli Lilly are helping with the design
  of a process development and training facility at
  NHCTC

• NHCTC provides appropriately trained
  biomanufacturing technicians for Lonza
• NHCTC provides Biomanufacturing Apprentices for
  Lonza
• NHCTCs Northeast Biomanufacturing Institute
  provides custom short courses for Lonza incumbent
  workers
• NHCTC makes provisions for Lonza and Eli Lilly
  (Lonza partner) to utilize NH Biotechnology
  Education and Training wet lab space for process
  development activities

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And

• Next, Lonzas Olga Mollin and Cathleen OConnor
  will talk about their employer Lonza Biologics,
  the worlds largest contract biopharmaceutical
  manufacturer and Lonzas relationship with the
  NBC2 and NHCTC
• Later, as NBC2 Upstate New York Hub Director, I
  will talk about the activities of the Upstate New
  York Hub and how this biotech/biomanufacturing
  cluster has grown since the NBC2 Inaugural Event
  and Advisory Board Meeting held at Finger Lakes
  Community College, September 26 and 27, 2005.

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Our Mission is to support and enhance
biomanufacturing education and training and the
workforce for the 21st century.
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Partnerships

• New Hampshire Community Technical College, NH
• Finger Lakes Community College, NY
• Minuteman Regional High School , MA
• Community College of Rhode Island, RI
• Montgomery County Community College, PA
• Community College of Baltimore College, MD

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NBC2 Companies
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Targeted Jobs
Process Development Associate Validation
SpecialistManufacturing Technician-Upstream Manuf
acturing Technician-Downstream Instrumentation/Cal
ibration TechnicianChemistry QC
Technician Microbiology QC TechnicianEnvironmenta
l Health Safety TechnicianQA Documentation
CoordinatorFacilities Technician
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The Curriculum
A Curriculum With an Industry Standard
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Finger Lakes Community College and the New York
Hub
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Principles of Biomanufacturing at FLCC
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Academic Collaborators
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Industry and State Organizations
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Strategic Partnerships

• RIT Center for Bioscience Education and
  Technology
• Central New York Biotechnology Research Center
• New York State Center of Excellence in
  Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• Finger Lakes Partnership Awarded 15 Million
• Combining resources of NBC2 and the Wired
  Partnership to create a Regional Biomanufacturing
  Apprenticeship Program

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Local Partners

• Danisco acquired Genencor in 2005
• second largest supplier of industrial enzymes in
  the world.
• The Rochester Center for Development and
  Commercialization (RCDC) enzymes
• The Rochester Therapeutics Production Center
  (RTPC) cGMP biopharmaceuticals Health Care
  Division

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• large volume fermentation
• world-class chemical and biotechnology
  development laboratories
• pilot and commercial manufacturing plants
• pharmaceutical research laboratories.

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The Delivery

• A.S. Degree Programs (with B.S. articulations)
• A.A.S. Degree Programs (terminal degree)
• Certificate Training Programs
• Executive Program model (nights/weekends)
• Power Programs (3-5 day workshops/seminars)
• Customized training programs (Industry Specific)
• Apprenticeship

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• Co-sponsoring Computer Validation workshop, SBIR
  seminar, and bioinformatics
• Collaborating on May 21-23 workshop which will
  include a full day cleanroom technology workshop.
• Participating in New York Hub biotechnology/bioman
  ufacturing career day on April 19th.

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WIRED Demonstration ProjectIndustry - WIB
Partnership

• Wired Apprenticeship will be administered through
  Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board
• Leverage curriculum, supplies, equipment, and
  expertise of NBC2
• Department of Labor WIRED Apprenticeship

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Funding
implementation
Advisory
High-Tech Apprenticeship