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BIO Legislative Day Fly-In 2009
March 31 - April 1, 2009 - Washington, DC
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Registration for BIO’s 2009 Legislative Day Fly In is now closed. Please contact Emily Berenberg with any questions or concerns BIO...
...invites you to attend the 2009 Legislative Fly-in on March 31 - April 1, in Washington, DC. The annual BIO Fly-in takes place every spring and hundreds of biotech industry executives participate. This event will provide an opportunity for the biotechnology industry to meet with the members of the new 111th Congress and to advocate the BIO legislative agenda. We welcome biotechnology executives from across the nation to take part in this event.
BIO will schedule and coordinate all meetings with your U.S. Senators and Representatives. In addition, BIO staff will brief participants before your visits on Capitol Hill, accompany you to all meetings and provide “leave behind” materials.
The 2009 Fly-in will begin on March 31 with a 4:30 PM briefing on BIO's key legislative issues before the U.S. Congress. This event will be held at the Four Points Sheraton (1201 K Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20005). Following the briefing, BIO will host a welcoming reception at 6:00 PM at DC Coast (1401 K Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20005). The following morning, Wednesday, April 1st begins with an 8:00 AM plenary breakfast on Capitol Hill. Afterwards, participants will be organized into small groups for individual meetings with legislators and key staff.
All participants reconvene at 11:45 AM for a plenary luncheon at the Reserve Officers Association on Capitol Hill. After lunch, participants will again be organized into small groups for afternoon legislative meetings until 4:30 PM.
You must make your own travel arrangements. A block of 100 rooms is reserved until March 1st, 2009 at the Four Points Sheraton (1201 K Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20005, 202-289-7600) for the evening of Tuesday, March 31, 2009. A block of 15 rooms is available at Four Points Sheraton (1201 K Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20005, 202-289-7600) for the evening of Monday, March 30th and the evening of Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The room rate is $245.
A block of 50 rooms is reserved until March 10, 2009, at the Westin Washington DC City Center (1400 M Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20005, 202-429-1700) for the evening of Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at the room rate of $289.00
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