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2004 US-Taiwan Biotech Forum, Sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan
Biotech Industry, a rising star in the worldwide technology has been identified to be the focused industry by the government of Taiwan. The Executive Yuan of Taiwan has set the goal to generate revenue in 2008 from Biotech Industry. To be a part of the booster, Chinese Bioscience Association together with Science & Technology Division of National Science Council, Taiwan has organized a 3-day Bio Conference to initiate a platform that will bridge the biotech experience between US and Taiwan. Please come to join us for information and networking.
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Nov 7, 2004, Sunday
South San Francisco Conference Center
255 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA 94080
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| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 - 9:50 AM | Reflections on Biotechnology 2004
Keynote Speaker Stephen Sherwin, PhD
CEO of Cell Genesys, Inc
Former VP of Clinical Research of Genentech |
| 9:50 - 10:30 AM | The Current Status of Taiwan Biotech Development and DCB's Role for the Drug Development
Jui-Lien Huang, PhD
President of Development Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan
Former CEO of Canji Inc, San Diego |
| 10:30 - 10:50 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:30 AM | The Business of Science: a Perspective from the Trenches
Benjamin Chen, PhD
Director and CSO - Strategic Partnering, Burrill & Company
Former VP R&D of Sentinel Biosciences
Former VP R&D of Roche Diagnosis |
| 11:30 AM - Noon | An Overview of US FDA's Review and Approval Processes for Drugs, Biologics and Devices
Duu-Gong Wu, PhD
Senior Director of PharmaNet Inc
Former Deputy Director of FDA, US |
| 12:10 - 12:30 PM | On Government Policy of Biotech Development
Maw-Kuen Wu, PhD
Minister of National Science Council, Taiwan
Former Director of Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
Former Professor of University of Alabama, Columbia University and National Tsing-Hwa University
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| 12:30 - 12:45 PM | The Mission and Business Model of HsinChu Biomedical Science Park, Taiwan
Jong-Tsong Chiang, PhD
Director of Biomedical Industrial Development, Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park, Taiwan
Professor of College of Management, National Taiwan University |
| 12:45 - 2:00 PM | Lunch and Social |
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Afternoon Track 1 - Diagnosis and Biomarker
Moderator - Ellson Chen, PhD
President & CEO of Vita Genomics, Inc |
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| 2:00 - 2:40 PM | A Nucleic Acid Biomarker Discovery Platform for Disease Risk and Drug Response
Thomas Willis, PhD
Founder and CSO of Parallel BioScience
Former Associate Director of Stanford Genome Technology Center |
| 2:40 - 3:20 PM | Biomarker Discovery by Mass Spectrometry: Applications to Drug Development and Disease Diagnosis
Christopher Becker, PhD
VP of Chemistry, Surromed Inc
Former Senior Director of Proteomic Technology ThermoFinnigan Corp
Former Founder and CTO of GeneTrace System Inc |
| 3:20 - 3:40 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:40 - 4:20 PM | Novel Molecular Differential Diagnostic Technologies and Products: SARS, Biodefense and Theranosis
Jian Han, PhD
President and Founder of Genaco Biomedical Products, Inc
Former Director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Molecular Diagnostic and Research Lab |
| 4:20 - 5:00 PM | Application of Novel and Traditional Serum Biomarkers to Improve the Sensitivity and Specificity of Cancer Detection
Nam Kim, PhD
Director, Diadexus Inc |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
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Afternoon Track 2 - Drug Delivery and Therapeutics
Moderator - Larry Hsu, PhD
President of Impax Laboratories, Inc | |
| 2:00 - 2:40 PM | Development of Ligand-targeted Liposomes for Cancer Therapy
Keelung Hong, PhD
CEO of Taiwan Liposome Company
CSO of Hermes Biosciences |
| 2:40 - 3:20 PM | A Novel Therapeutic Antibody for T-cell mediated Diseases
Rong-Hwa Lin, PhD
CEO and Founder of AbGenomics Corp, Taiwan
Former Professor and Director of Graduate Institute of National Taiwan University
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| 3:20 - 3:40 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:40 - 4:20 PM | Collagen as a Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications
George Chiu
Former Principal Scientist of Cohesion Technologies and Collagen Corp |
| 4:20 - 5:00 PM | The Development of Drug Delivery in DCB and in Taiwan
Chi-Feng Chang, PhD
Associate Director, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan
Former Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dept, National Taiwan University |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
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| 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Dinner Banquet |
| 8:00 - 8:40 PM | A Success Story About Taiyen's Business Transformation from Solar Salt Producer to Becoming a Top Taiwan Biotech Company
Dinner Speech - P C Cheng
Chairman of Taiyen Corp |
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Nov 8, 2004, Monday
For overseas participants only
Company Tour-- Visit 4 Local Biotech Companies
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Nov 9, 2004, Tuesday
For overseas participants only
Biotech Venture Capital Roundtable
Showcase of 6 mid-late stage start-up companies
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Accommodations:
Holiday Inn San Francisco Airport
275 South Airport Blvd
South San Francisco, CA
Tel : (650) 873-3550
Fax : (650) 873-4524
Rate: Check the rate from their website and make reservation as early as possible. Current rate for November 7 is only $72 dollar.
Direction: From SFO, take Hwy 101 north. Off at South Airport Blvd Exit of South San Francisco. Holiday inn is right at the ramp (1 mile from SFO). Free shuttle bus to San Francisco airport every 30 min. South San Francisco Conference Center is right next building.
Inquiry: CBA: Adam Yeh 925.461.3266 & STSF: Mei-Ling Chen 408.986.8686
Send Questions, and Comments to Webmaster/Database, info@cbasf.org © 2006-2007 by Chinese Bioscience Association. All Rights Reserved.
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