As the Asian biotech and pharma industries are making significant strides in the the global market space, Bio Asia 2010 , a four track conference focusing medical biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, agri biotechnology and animal biotechnology, with an anticipated participation of over 5000 to 6000 delegates from about 45 countries will give a booster shot to the biotech industry in this region and will also assist biotech and pharmaceutical companies around the globe to create new business partnerships, academic and industrial collaborations and for exploring and sharing resources.
With over 100 confirmed speakers / panelists , Bio Asia 2010 being held from February 3-6 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) is the seventh consecutive edition of the BioAsia held annually at Hyderabad. The event will comprise conference, bio-business partnering and inter national exhibtion.
While K Rosaiah, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh will be inaugurating the function, Dr. Prithvi Raj Chouhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology will be the chief guest. Dr. Gulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health will be the chief guest at the valedictory ceremony.
Owing to the tremendous response from the biotech/ biopharma/ agribiotech industries, BioAsia 2010 will lay major emphasis on biopartnering and tradeshow. The international tradeshow is expected to attract more than 100 participants.
Delegations led by Biocat (Barcelona), European Federation of Biotechnology (Barcelona & Denmark), European Business and Technology Centre (Across Europe), Association of German Biotechnology Companies (Dechema), UK Trade & Investment (UK), Bioindustry Park (Italy), Russia Biotechnology Society(Russia), FABA Chapters of Taiwan, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Japan etc will be participating in the event.
Mr. Joel S. Marcus , Chairman, CEO & President, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. USA Mr. Ajit Shetty, President and CEO of Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium, Dr. Ganesh Kishore, CEO of Malaysian Government Investment Branch, Malaysia,Dr. Alexander Von Gobain, CEO, Intercell AG, Austria,Dr. Richard Mole COO, Inocul, Edinburgh, UK will be attending the event.
Policy Makers who will be participating in the event include Mr. Josep Hugueti Biosca, Minister of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise, Catalonia Government, Spain;Dr. Maive Rute, Director General, Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology, European Commission, Brussels;r. Alfredo Aguilar, Head of Unit Biotechnology, Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, European Commission, Brussels;Dr. Swapan Datta, DDG-Crops, ICAR, New Delhi; Prof. M. K. Bhan, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Biotechnology;Dr. V.M. Katoch, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Govt. of India and Dr. Tipvon Parinyasiri, Director, Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
Major scientists and industry representatives who will be taking part in the event include Dr. Raman Venkataraman, University of Pittsburgh, USA,Dr. William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Prof. James E. Womack, Director, Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas A&M University, USA,Dr. Peter Hudson, Willoman Professor of Biology, Penn State University, USA
Dr. Mitchell Abrahamsen, Vice President (Research), Hills Pet Nutrition, USA, Dr. Yoshiya Oda, Executive Director, Biomarkers & Pharmacomics core function unit, Eisai Boston research Lab, Eisai pharmaceutical company, Japan and Dr. Anand Mushesh Gautam, Sourcing Director, Novo Nordisk, Denmark. Prof. Raif Vasilov, President, Russian Biotechnology Society, Russia and Dr. Manel Balcells, President, Biocat,Spain .
The organisers expect a large number of business to business meetings on-site during the conference.
The special events at BioAsia 2010 will include
■ CEO conclave,coordinated by Ernst and Young, Hyderabad
■ Bio-Banquet Dinner
■ Bioparks session
■ Genome Valley Excellence Award
■ Dr. YSR BioAsia Innovation Award for Young Scientists
■ BioAsia Young Minds Award for School Children
Genome Valley Excellence Award will be given to Prof. C. R. Rao, Director of the centre for Multivariate Analysis, Pennsylvania State University and Prof. Janet Thornton, Director of EMBL European Bio-informatics Institute, Cambridge in the inaugural session
Organisers of the BioAsia 2010 event include Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA), Genome Valley, Government of Andhra Pradesh,University of Hyderabad ,All India Biotech Association (AIBA) and is being co-organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) is a non-profit society (registered under Societies Act) engaged in various activities related to promoting biotechnology in Asian countries.
FABA has achieved a significant landmark in creating a common platform for interaction among member countries and discuss the issues of common interest for improving the biotech space including technology transfers, resource sharing, business collaborations, industry-academia linkage, cross border trade and investments, etc. among its member countries.
Considering the role of FABA in the success of BioAsia and establishing it as a global brand, over the past few years, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has entrusted the responsibility of organizing Bio Asia 20010 to FABA similar to Bio Asia 2009.