The BayCFO Buzz - Volume Ten - Fall/Winter 2007

Volume Ten, Fall-Winter 2007-2008
"What's a-buzz at BayCFO!"

Brrrrr...! The weather sure is getting chilly for your Buzzin' Editor these days! Before we hunker down to wrap all those gifts and address cards, we want to give y'all the scoop on our last BayCFO Event - SOLD OUT - by the way - with G. Steven Burrill of Burrill & Company, speaking on "Biotech, What's Happening and Why Did it Happen Here?"
... and remind you to make your reservation now for our January 2008 BayCFO Dinner with John Hamm speaking on
"The Strategic Role of the CFO"
For more information on this upcoming event and to register - CLICK HERE

BayCFO would like to take this opportunity to again thank our underwriters of this meeting,
City National Bank, and ABD Insurance Services, for their support.
BayCFO has chosen a select group of quality service firms
to assist with funding events and keeping your registration costs to a minimum.
We wish to thank Chris Coleman, and Peter Palsson, of City National Bank
as well as Peter Daly of ABD Insurance Services for helping to support this meeting.
For more information, please visit our sponsor web sites or
contact our sponsor representatives.

At the lovely Hotel Sofitel, our BayCFO Meeting on October 11th began with networking and our hosted cocktail hour, while our members and their guests nibbled on smoked salmon on potato cakes, individual bries en croute with pear chutney and, the especially delicious cocoanut chicken skewers with raspberry sauce. Delectable!

BayCFO Members at our October 11th Dinner Event

This event was sold out days before it was held so there was a big, enthusiastic crowd ready when it was time to be seated for dinner.

A full house at BayCFO!

After being seated, our guests were served Sausalito salad, with crabmeat, avocado salsa and terragon dressing. That was followed by our entree of baked mahi mahi with whole grain mustard crust covered with olive thyme beurre blanc, potato quiche with sundried tomatoes, and fresh seasonal vegetables. Another stellar effort by the Sofitel chefs! Wouldn't you like to have a nice evening with your colleagues and a gourmet meal? If so, come to our next BayCFO Dinner on January 17th, 2008 at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park...

This delicious course was then followed by a lovely banana caramel tartlet with rum vanilla sauce, coffee, and tea.

Happy Holidays
After our dinner, BayCFO President Joe Pelayo took the stage for some BayCFO
business

Doug Hawkins, BayCFO Director, introduced our speaker, G. Steven Burrill, of Burrill & Company, who spoke on "Biotech 2007: A Global Transformation." His talk was a metrical overview of the biopharmaceuticals industry, where it is now, and where it's going in the 21st century. He explained how biotech is transforming the globe, from personalizing medicine to controlling aging. (Where do I sign up for that one??!)

Steven told us that the effects of "Moore's Law" apply in biotech, where the cost per bit of biological information is rapidly decreasing as time passes. The consequences of this are staggering, although because of a flawed delivery system, advances can't be brought into the marketplace quickly enough. He said there needs to be international collaboration on disease, which knows no boundaries.

With breakthroughs in stem cell research and personalized medicine via genetic tests, biotechnology is becoming increasingly important to our lives. Combining gene-based medicinal care with information technology will transform our lives and the future of biotechnology!

If you missed this meeting, we're sure that you won't want to miss the next one!
Our next BayCFO Event, and first of the new year, will be held Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at the luxurious Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park, a new venue for us. Come to BayCFO and enjoy the company!
In the meantime, everyone here at the BayCFO hive wishes you a buzzin' Happy Holidays!
To RSVP for BayCFO January Meeting, please use this link - http://www.acteva.com/go/baycfo
RSVP BY JANUARY 7th - SAVE $10 off the normal price!

More pictures of our BayCFO Event at the Hotel Sofitel on October 11, 2007!

More BayCFO

BayCFO would also like to take this opportunity to thank the underwriters of
our April 2007 Meeting on Stock Options Backdating at Kuleto's Trattoria,
BFI Business Finance, TriNet, as well as City National Bank for their support of our April meeting.
These companies are from a select group of quality service firms, chosen by BayCFO
to assist with funding events and keeping your registration costs to a minimum.
We wish to thank David Drogos of BFI Finance, Gene Wiggins of TriNet, Chris Coleman,
and Peter Palsson, of City National Bank for helping to support this meeting.
For more information, please visit our sponsor web sites or
contact our sponsor representatives.

Your buzzin' editor brings you these pictures of our April BayCFO Dinner at Kuleto's Trattoria in Burlingame -
talk about gourmet food!

Our stock options panel consisted of Mark McCaffrey, Partner, PriceWaterhouse Coopers; Mike Shahbazian, CFO of Embarcadero Technologies; Mike Murphy, Managing Director, SF Office, Alix Partners; and Eric C. Jensen, Partner, Cooley, Godward, Kronish, LLC

Great food, good friends, come join us at BayCFO!

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and new editions of the Buzz!

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