Agenda for CBA 2013 Annual Conference
Date & Time: Saturday, October 5, 2013 (8:30 am – 5:00 pm)
Location: Crowne Plaza Foster City, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
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9:00 – 9:05 |
Welcome & Opening Remarksby Dr. Lin Sun-Hoffman, President |
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9:05 – 9:10 |
Introductionby Dr. Shih-Chen Chang, Vice President & Conference Chair |
| Session I (9:10 – 11:00 am) | |
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9:10 – 9:50 |
Keynote Speech: Advancing Bioscience: The Galaxy Biotech Experience by Dr. Cary Queen, CEO at Galaxy Biotech |
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9:50 – 10:30 |
Alexza: The Long and Winding Road from Technology Concept through Research and Development to Commercialization by Dr. James Cassella, Executive VP at Alexza |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Develop Antibody Biotherapeutics in China by Dr. Boyan Zhang, CSO & VP at Beijing Mab Works, Inc |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
Break, Networking and Exhibitions |
| Session II (11:10 – 12:10 pm) | |
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11:10 – 11:40 |
USP Standards: What You Need to Know by Mr. Robert Shimahara, Director of Sales in South/West/Central America at USP |
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11:40 – 12:10 |
Elemental Impurities Initiatives and Current Statusby Dr. Assad J. Kazeminy, CEO and Founder at Irvine Pharmaceutical Services |
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12:10 – 1:00 |
Lunch Keynote: The Story of Statins by Dr. Jie J. Li, Associate Professor at University of San Francisco |
| Session III (1:00 – 2:30 pm) | |
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1:00 – 1:30 |
Regulatory Landscape in Asia Pacific Countries by Ms. Xiling Song, Associate Program Director of Regulatory Affairs at Genentech |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
Healthcare Data Application in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Dr. Indiana Strombom, Global Head of Healthcare Data Strategy at Genentech |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
Companion Diagnostic: Perspectives from a Diagnostic Company by Mr. Tsong-Chin Lin, Chairman & CEO at General Biologicals Corporation in Taiwan |
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2:30 – 2:45 |
Break, Networking and Exhibitions |
| Session IV (2:45 – 4:15 pm) | |
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2:45 – 3:15 |
Approaching Drug Discovery with a “3D” Vision by Dr. Alex Wu, CEO at Crown Bioscience |
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3:15 – 3:45 |
Growing a multi-cultural iternational company by Mr. Stanley Yang, CEO at NeuroSky |
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3:45 – 4:15 |
Entrepreneurship without Borders by Dr. Guo-Liang Yu, Former CEO/President at Epitomics |
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4:15 – 4:30 |
Closing Remarksby Dr. Shih-Chen Chang & Dr. Lin Sun-Hoffman |
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4:30 – 5:30 |
Reception |