The sixth edition of Bangalore Bio, to be held between June 7, 8 and 9, 2006 is expected to see over 60 national and international speakers, 400 conference delegates, 125 exhibitors, 20000 business visitors from over 15 countries, various states of India. The theme of the event is DNA Discover, Nurture, Accelerate. The spotlight of this year's conference is Clinical Research and Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research will deliver the 'Vision Talk' at the CEO Conclave.
This flagship biotech event promoted by the Government of Karnataka and organized by the Vision Group on Biotechnology will have a conference, business forum and trade exhibition for the Biotech and allied industry.
This 1-billion USD Industry is poised to be the 5-billion USD by 2010 and Bangalore Bio has emerged as the undisputed unique platform for the Biotech Fraternity to interact, network and explore Business opportunities through its Trade Show and International Conference.
The event would bring together a wide spectrum of Biotech companies, Research Process Outsourcing (RPOs), Bio suppliers and Process Engineering Equipment Companies, R&D institutions, Biotechnology Educational Institutions, Venture Capital & Financial Institutions. An exclusive B2B platform will be provided to explore Business opportunities.
Among the global participants, the European Union has already confirmed its participation as an International Partner. The delegation from Netherlands is keen to hold Business to Business Meets. UK Trade and Investment and Intec have always played significant role. South Korea will be participating in the trade show.
At least 20 international speakers are expected to address the multi-track conference to be held at J.N. Tata Auditorium Bangalore. India is emerging as R&D lab of the world. Clinical Research and Research processes outsourcing is becoming the core strength of India. Other topics to be deliberated upon by over 60 International Biotechnology experts are Research Process Outsourcing, Drug Discovery and Development, Vaccines and Vaccinology for the developing world, Frontier Technologies, BioInformatics, Intellectual Property Rights, Portfolio Management, Human Resource Development, Biotechnology and Global Alliances.
With an additional focus on agri-biotech, the event will observe a Agribiotech Day on one of the days of the Bangalore Bio to address various important topics like Transgenic Crops, Regulatory Issues, Environmental concerns, Biofuel, Food Biotech, Nutraceuticals and so on.
In order to give importance to the budding biotech scientists, the event will feature a Poster Session in conjunction with the International Conference. The objective is to create a platform for young researchers, scientists and technocrats working in Universities, R&D labs, various government departments or Private sector to present their research work and projects and interact with industry top honchos and Indian and global venture capitalists.
More than 120 National and International participants are expected to showcase the latest in technology, research and trade in the exhibition sprawling over an area of over 4500 sq. mts. The sponsors include Biocon, Avesthagen, Sami Labs Limited, UK Trade and Investment, Exim Bank, Strides, Alfa Laval, Jetro, Biosys, Sartorius, Astrazenaca, Jalaja Technologies, Acharya Institute, Kendle, Strand Genomics, Invitrogen, Concordas, Manipal Acunova, NASDAQ, Ocimum Biosolutions, and Polyclone.