During BIO 2006, Puerto Rico Gov. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá was named BIO Governor of the Year. I missed him and the reception to honor him but caught up with his Secretary of Economic Development, Jorge P. Silva-Puras.
Canada’s Trade with Mexico increases under NAFTA
Trade between Canada and Mexico has increased significantly since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States (US), Canada and Mexico in 1994.
John Deer Toy Tractor Contest
Are you a toy tractor fan? If so, the Deere Gear Store is running a contest to give away a John Deere toy of your dreams each week for 4 weeks. It’s the “John Deere Toy Tractor a Week Contest.” You can enter every week for 4 Weeks.
BIO 2006 Photo Album
It’s Good Friday and not a day to do a lot of posting so I’m only going to provide you with my Photo Album from the BIO 2006 Convention. I didn’t get to go to the Career Fair but I found this picture from the BIO website.
Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook
There’s some interesting new research out about how advertising on new media outlets is growing. This one comes from PQ Media. You can see an executive summary of the report and even listen (MP3) to it. Some of the report highlights are:
Collect Cards To Exit
At the closing reception you had to find these guys and obtain one heart, spade, clover and diamond to get your take home gift on your way out from the reception.
Closing Reception Band
Iowa was the sponsoring state for the closing reception. They hired a great band to play on the main stage.
BIO Dancer At Closing Reception
The closing reception was just as good as the others at BIO 2006.
PSP Giveaways Too
The iPod giveways were many at BIO’s trade show but don’t forget that there are other cool gadgets.
AdFarm Hires Haller
The big news from AdFarm today is that Ted Haller is now their media leadership guy.