The inaugural ceremony of the Conference will be graced by the presence of widely acclaimed scientist and Nobel Laureate Professor Dr. Sydney Brenner, chairman, Biomedical Research Council, Singapore.

The focal theme for the Conference is "Bio-Partnering for Global Challenges". The conference includes sessions on Round Table - Biotech Policy, Panel Discussion - Biotech Parks. The Conference will have various tracks like Frontier Areas Of Biotech Research, Clinical Research: Destination India, New Trends in Agri-Biotech Research, Human Resource Development, Bio Entrepreneurship, Bio Partnering - Advantage India, Bioinformatics - IT Solutions to Life Sciences, Nutraceuticals and Global Opportunities, Marine and Animal Biotechnology, Status Of IPR - 2005 & Beyond, etc

Prominent Speakers at Bangalore Bio 2005 Conference

Dr. George Atkinson Scientific Advisor to Secretary of State, USA
Mr. Jairam Ramesh National Economic Advisor, Government of India
Dr. Manuel Hallen Europeon Commission, DG Research
Dr. K. V. Balasubramaniam Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Ltd.
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw CMD, Biocon Prof. Sharat Chandra Director, Centre for Human Genetics
Mr. Venkat Subramanium CMD, EXIM Bank
Dr. Byrappa Venkatesh Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology Singapore
Dr. Kalidas Shetty Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts
Mr. Sanjeev Chaudhary Area Director S. Asia & Country Head India, Dupont, The Solae Company
Dr. Shaji George President, Biopharm Biologics Inc.
Dr. Indrani Karunasagar UNESCO, MIRCEN
Dr. Villoo Morawala Patell Avesthagen
Mr. Vijay Chandru Chairman and CEO, Strand Genomics
Dr. D. Balasubramanian Director, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
Mr. Vivekananda NALSAR
Dr. A.V. Balasubramanium Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
Dr. Uday Matrubutham Director, Invitrogen BioServices India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. V. P. Kambhoj Former Director, CDRI and Chairman, BCIL
Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan Consultant to WHO Geneva on Traditional Medicine.