Bio Buzz: Bio 2008 Brings Out the Big Guns with Gen. Colin Powell

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA--June 23, 2008--Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--It has been a dizzying week at this year's annual BIO International Convention (June 17-20, 2008), one filled with successive major collaborative medical and economic announcements. With each daily keynote luncheon featuring an impressive roster of state governors and industry leaders, the resounding success of the week's previous midday functions raised the bar for planning the last 2008 keynote event. How do you end on a high note and even begin to approach the popularity of larger-than-life California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has maintained a very high profile at the show throughout the week? The BIO planners scored big when they decided to invite former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell to speak on Thursday, June 19.