A Department Event

Bio-Innovation is a leading force in the changing face of medicine, scientific discovery, our environment, and economic growth. Bio-Inventions that can send and receive signals from the brain are helping the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and may eventually help the paralyzed to walk again. Bio-Sensors can tell if we are sick or well, or even if we are about to get sick! Bio- Imaging systems can peer deep within the body. Bio-Environmentalism can clean up chemical spills and purify water and soil with bacteria. Bio-Computing can predict the body’s response and spur the progress of discovery. Utah is a leader in Bio-Innovation, and it is one of the most important aspects of our economy.

The 1st Annual Youth Summit on Bio-Innovation will bring together High School Students, Researchers and Students from the University of Utah College of Engineering, and Business Leaders from Utah’s Bio-Industry to explore the opportunities and challenges for Bio- Innovation in Utah. Come join us to learn more about these amazing technologies, and to meet the people who are inventing them. Find out about Bio-Innovations in Bio-, Chemical, Electrical, Civil, Computer, Mechanical, Materials Science Engineering, and Computer Science. And then help us explore the social and ethical implications of Bio-Innovation in our changing world.

The Utah Youth Summit will be the voice of Utah’s Youth in providing a recommendation to Governor Huntsman and the State of Utah about where YOU think Bio-Innovation in Utah should go from here. YOUR ideas, thoughts, challenges, and opinions matter. Join us to make a difference.

Registration Deadline: May 1, 2008
Cost: $25/student (scholarships available to the first 25 registrants)
Register on-line at: www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse/Summit

Cynthia Furse

cfurse@ece.utah.edu

801-585-7234