Biotechnology companies around the world face the challenge of finding enough of the right people to make their dreams real. As China and India build their own biotech industries, the "brain drain" from less developed countries is beginning to flow back. Smaller developed countries like Ireland and New Zealand also face "brain drain" and immigration challenges. Technical recruiters from Big Pharma through small biotech are looking for smart people everywhere, and Web 2.0 has made the world smaller, as physical travel becomes more costly. Companies are meeting the challenge through various novel tactics: social networking, growing their own, cross-nation collaborations, multinational locations, and enticing natives back after a career in the US or Europe. Globalization means you CAN go home again!

• Illuminate the growing global competition for skilled bioworkers and show how global flows of talent are evolving rapidly
• Raise and discuss important issues such as matching labor to need
• Show how large and small biotech companies worldwide are facing the challenges of recruiting and keeping workers