Johnson to speak at Tech Briefing

A presentation by senior biology lecturer Dan Johnson will be among 10 presentations made at the 12^th annual Tech Briefing on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Winston-Salem’s Benton Convention Center. The briefing will open the Business & Innovation Expo presented by the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.  The briefing and expo are free and open to the public. The briefing will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and the expo will continue until 3 p.m.

Johnson will speak on BioBook, an electronic learning tool that offers biology content in an innovative, unconventional manner. Developed by Johnson and other Wake Forest researchers, BioBook is an e-textbook accessible by smart-phone, tablet or computer.

Presentations will be made, also, by representatives of the following: Advanced Fraud Solutions, Global Future Solutions, Green Cycle Design Group, HCEC, Laudiss Labs, Novant Health, SECCA, Wake Forest Innovations, West Third Street Media.

The briefing is sponsored by Cook Medical, DataChambers, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

UPDATE: See coverage in the Winston-Salem Journal »