On Friday, June 20, 2008, an optional tour will be held that will include stops at TWO companies: Medtronic and Baxter. Attendees may sign up on-site for the tour. Seating is very limited: 15 seats total; first come, first serve. The tours will run at the conclusion of the Frontiers in Biomedical Devices conference, and therefore will be in the afternoon/early evening. Roundtrip bus transportation will be provided from the hotel to the tour and back to the hotel.

The tour will stop for approximately 30 minutes at Baxter and approximately 30-45 minutes at Medtronic. Sign-up on-site is REQUIRED. Both Baxter and Medtronic reserve the right to deny entry to a person that is deemed a competitor. No cameras allowed.

Attendees will depart the hotel at approximately 12:45 pm and return to the hotel at approximately 3:00 pm.

	Medtronic is the global leader in medical technology - alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic develops and manufactures a wide range of products and therapies with emphasis on providing a complete continuum of care to diagnose, prevent and monitor chronic conditions. Every five seconds, somewhere in the world, a person's life is saved or improved by a Medtronic product or therapy. For more information, visit www.medtronic.com.
	Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, assists healthcare professionals and their patients with treatment of complex medical conditions, including hemophilia, immune disorders, cancer, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma and other indications. The company applies its expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives. For more information, visit http://baxter.com/.

On Friday, June 20, 2008 a second (separate) optional tour will be held at University of California Irvine's Calit2 facility. Seating is limited to 24 people, first come, first serve. The tour will run at the conclusion of the Frontiers in Biomedical Devices conference. Roundtrip bus transportation will be provided from the hotel to the tour and back to the hotel. Click here for a description of Calit2.

The tour will last approximately one hour. Attendees will depart the hotel at approximately 12:45 pm and return to the hotel at approximately 3:00 pm.

About the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology: Calit2 is a two-campus multidisciplinary research institute. By integrating UCI and UCSD research expertise with industry insight, Calit2 seeks innovative information technology approaches that will benefit society and ignite economic development. The institute is conducting research in areas as diverse as the environment, transportation, emergency management, health care, global economics, education and entertainment.