South Australia to Host Largest Bio Conference in Southern Hemisphere; Biotechnology Industry Organization -- BIO -- Backs AusBiotech 2003.Biotech & Lifesciences Editors AusBiotech 2003 BIOWIRE2K WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003 The South Australian Government announced today that the State had been selected to host the largest bio conference in the Southern Hemisphere, AusBiotech 2003 (August 16-19, 2003) www.ausbiotech2003.com. South Australian Premier Mike Rann Michael David Rann (born 1953), Australian politician, is the 44th Premier of South Australia. He is the parliamentary leader of the South Australian State Labor Party, the member for the seat of Ramsay and the Senior Vice President of the Federal Labor Party. made the announcement to a gathering of more than 30 South Australian biotech delegates and industry leaders in Washington at the opening of Bio 2003. The Premier also announced that the BIO would be exhibiting at AusBiotech and will be involved in the Business Partnering and Investment Forum. "South Australia South Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,236,623), 380,070 sq mi (984,381 sq km), S central Australia. It is bounded on the S by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and many smaller islands off the south coast are included in the state. is internationally renowned for its physical bioscience infrastructure," Rann said. "The State is home to Australia's first dedicated commercial biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. precinct and also the largest precinct for plant bioscience in the southern hemisphere." "Our mission is to enable the creation of 50 new bioscience companies and 2500 jobs by 2010." SA biotech companies include Bionomics bi·o·nom·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) See ecology. [From French bionomique, pertaining to ecology, from bionomie, ecology : Greek bio-, bio- , BresaGen, GroPep, Medvet Science, Primegro, and TGR TGR Teton Gravity Research TGR Total Goiter Rate TGR Tiergenetischer Ressourcen (German: animal-genetic resources) TGR Things Gone Right TGR Thermal Gradient TGR Terminal Growth Rate (finance theory & valuation) Biosciences. Dr. Tony Coulepis, Executive Director, AusBiotech said BIO's support was further recognition of Australia's growing position in the global biotech sector. "The Asia-Pacific region is set to achieve new heights in the coming decade, with Australia firmly taking a leading position, as identified in the Ernst and Young Global Report," he said. Caroline Ruggieri, Manager of International Relations for BIO sees Australia playing an expanding role in the world scene. "We believe that in again supporting AusBiotech 2003 -- it will help drive industry partnerships between Australian and US companies, and the relationship between BIO and AusBiotech," she said. AusBiotech 2003 keynote speakers include Richard Haiduck, a Director with Burrill and Company, who has over 25 years experience in 'deal making' between life sciences companies. Richard will join Dr. Russell Howard, the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of Maxygen Inc. (Nasdaq:MAXY) in California, Dr. Maire Smith, CEO of Manchester Innovation Ltd (MIL), a new UK incubator, Michael Moodie, Co-founder and President, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute The Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization established in 1993 to address the challenges to global security and stability in the early twenty-first century, with a special, but not exclusive focus on the , US, and Professor Huajian Gao, from the Max Planck Institute of Metals Research in Stuttgart, Germany as key note speakers. |
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