Episode 11. Partnering Preview: NCI SBIR at the 2024 BIO International Convention

In this episode, host and NCI SBIR Program Director William Bozza invites NCI SBIR Director of Investor Relations Brittany Connors to discuss how biotech innovators and investors can connect with NCI SBIR and other NIH institutes from June 3-6 at the 2024 BIO International Convention (convention.bio.org/) in San Diego.
Listen to this podcast to hear:
• Overview of BIO International Convention and the networking opportunities for attendees to participate
• NCI SBIR's involvement at the annual conference; how and where to connect
• How the Investor Initiatives program supports SBIR-funded biotech startups
• NCI SBIR-funded biotech startups to lookout for at the event
Podcast Guest Speakers:
William Bozza, PhD
Program Director
SBIR Development Center
National Cancer Institute
William Bozza, PhD serves as a Program Director, managing a portfolio of oncology startups (SBIR & STTR awardees) to facilitate small businesses in technology commercialization for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Bozza is currently leading the Center’s efforts on the Small Business Concept Award for early-stage high risk/high reward technologies that are targeting rare and pediatric cancers. He is also taking the lead on the Program’s Peer Learning and Networking Webinar Series to help SBIR companies learn from peers and facilitate collaboration.
Brittany Connors, PMP
Director of Investor Relations
SBIR Development Center
National Cancer Institute
Brittany Connors serves as the Director of Investor Relations at NCI SBIR. She has worked at NCI SBIR in various roles since 2013, playing a major role in the center’s Investor Initiatives program. She has maintained a vast network and works with more than 70 industry-leading investors and strategics each year to review the NCI SBIR portfolio and to select companies to attend and pitch at events like BIO.
Programs referenced in this episode:
• 2024 BIO International Convention (convention.bio.org/)
• BIO One-on-One Partnering Match-making platform (convention.bio.org/partner)
• Investor Initiatives (sbir.cancer.gov/commercializa...)