When BIO 2006 was held in Chicago last April, it was no great surprise that Wisconsinâ??s commercial and academic biotech community wanted to have a major presence at the international conference. It was, in a global sense, just down the road.
And while there will be some drop in attendance at this year’s BIO gathering in Boston, the Badger State again will be putting on a good show, officials say. The conference starts Sunday and will run through Thursday.
Last year, Wisconsin spent more than $270,000 — triple its investment from the 2005 conference in Philadelphia — to tout its research and business prowess. This time around, the total budget is around $250,000, officials said. But the state did not have the cost of a building a new pavilion this year.