Park attracts luminaries, international guests
Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Project, addressed a standing-room-only audience as he kicked off the Park's lecture series for biosciences entrepreneurs.
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As Virginia’s only science park whose mission is dedicated exclusively to the advancement of the life sciences, the Park has hosted such luminaries as Dr. Francis S. Collins, who directed the international effort to map the human genome. Other life sciences leaders who have keynoted the Park’s “Evening at BioTech” lecture series include Daniel S. Goldin, former director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and William M. Dwyer, marketing specialist and divisional vice president with Abbott Laboratories.
The Park continues to be recognized as one of the earliest and most-successful biotechnology research parks in the United States. Recent international delegations to visit the Park have been from:
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Saarland, Germany
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KoBIOven, Korea
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The British Embassy
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Saitama City Council, Japan
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An Yang City Mission, Korea
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Curtin University, Australia
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MedicValley, Korea
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Transmera AB, Sweden
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Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka
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Region of Waterloo, Canada
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