ABFO was founded by and for senior financial officers in the bioscience industry:

• To provide a forum for the discussion of business and financial issues relevant to the bioscience industry
  
  
• To form a strong professional affiliation of bioscience financial officers for industry contacts and professional development
  
  
• To enhance the ability of financial officers to make contributions to achievement of strategic objectives of their respective companies
  
  
• To provide an industry basis for responding to and influencing government regulations and other issues having financial impact on the bioscience industry

ABFO Activities Include -

• Monthly breakfast meetings for sub-areas within the
  San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay, South Bay, West Bay). These are typically held on the first Friday of each month. Look for details on our Events page
  


• Evening dinner meetings for the Northern California bioscience community as a whole;
  


• One day and half-day seminars and technical sessions on current hot topics of special interest;
  


• Annually, a National Conference for all ABFO chapters throughout the country. National conferences are held at a convention locale near the sponsoring local Chapter. Past conferences have been held in San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Scottsdale, and Washington, D.C..
  
  
• The 2008 National ABFO Conference is being held in San Diego, California, June 3 through 6, 2008. Please visit our ABFO National website at http://www.abfointernational.org for conference details and to register.