GBC NEWS
1. Launch the 2005 baseball season at GBC Lunch with the Orioles on April 6
2. GBC to celebrate 50 years of vision, leadership at May 12 Annual Meeting
3. General Assembly: GBC voices support for biotech, R&D tax credits, higher education funding
4. Second annual bioscience report published by Daily Record and GBC

GBC EVENTS
COMING EVENT: March 23, 7:30 a.m., Breakfast Briefing: Delegating
COMING EVENT: April 6, 8:30 a.m., BIONET Conversation with Ravgen's CEO
COMING EVENT: April 6, 11:30 a.m., GBC Lunch with the Orioles
COMING EVENT: April 26, 8:30 a.m., Bioscience Briefing - region's bioparks
COMING EVENT: May 12, 5:30 p.m., GBC 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting

UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS (See the GBC Calendar for details)
March 15: Health Care Committee, 8 a.m., GBC Board Room
March 16: Tech Policy Committee, 8 a.m., GBC Board Room
March 22: Baltimore Transit Alliance Board, 8 a.m., GBC Board Room
March 24: Built Environment Committee, 8 a.m., GBC Board Room
March 24: Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee, Noon, GBC Board Room

MEMBER NEWS HEADLINES

• Loyola to honor Walter Sondheim, Cal Ripken, Jim McKay on March 29
• Red Cross, GBC host March 31 seminar on using automated electronic defibrillators in the workplace
• Future of barcoding is topic of March 16 conference
• Carefirst donates $2.6 million to groups in the region
• President Bush visits Anne Arundel Community College
• Gevity to host free April 6 seminar on 'Hiring right, firing fair'
• Youthworks 2005 seeks funding, summer jobs for Baltimore's youth
• BACVA hires vice president of convention sales and services

NEW MEMBER PROFILES

• BITH Technologies
• Univec, Inc.
• MECU of Baltimore, Inc.
• Key Technologies Inc.
• Stout, Causey & Horning, P.A.
• Maryland Independent College and University Association
• PhRMA

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