PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Avicena Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AVGO - News; Avicena), a developer of novel pharmaceutical and therapeutic products, today announced that Belinda Tsao-Nivaggioli, Ph.D., Avicena's chief executive officer, will deliver a corporate presentation at the Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Investor Summit. The conference will be held September 18 - 20, 2006, at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA.