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Globalization of BioPharma R&D
--- 2007 SAPA-West & CABS Joint Annual Conference
Type:   Annual Conference
Time:   8:00 am – 9:30 pm
Date:   2007-05-12
Location:   Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City
1221 Chess Drive
Foster City, CA 94404
Description:   8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Registration and Vendor Show with Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:10 am Opening Remark
Jing-Shan Hu, Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Conference
President, SAPA-West (2006 - 2007)

9:10 am – 9:15 am Welcome Remark
Naibo Yang, Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Conference
President, CABS (2007-2008)

Keynote Presentations

Chairpersons: Naibo Yang, Ph.D. & John Wang, Ph.D.

09:15 am – 9:50 am
David Lacey, VP Research & San Francisco Site Head, Amgen
“Amgen’s Robust Pipeline and R&D Strategy”

9:50 am – 10:25 am
Huacheng Wei, Chairman, Beijing Pharma Group
“The Advancement of Healthcare Industry in China”
- 中国医药卫生事业的新进展

10:25 am – 11:00 am Coffee Break

11:00 am – 11:35 am
Ge Li PhD, Chairman and CEO, Wuxi PharmaTech
“SmartSourcing”

Special Presentation

Chairperson: Jun Xiang, Ph.D.

11:35 am – 12:15 pm
Xingnan Yu, Mayor, Suzhou Wuzhong District
“Modern Wuzhong----An Ideal Investment Destination”
- 文明开放的吴中,投资创业的天堂

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Sit-down Lunch (Served)

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Yuwen Liu, MBA, General Manager, BioBay, Suzhou Industrial Park
“The Birth and Evolution of an Innovative Biotech Hub: Suzhou Industrial Park 's BioBay" Business Development and Leadership

Chairpersons: Liming Yang, Ph.D. & Jing-Shan Hu, Ph.D.

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Carlos Genardini, CEO, Hong Kong Sci & Tech Parks
“Making best use of knowledge and innovation”

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
George Koo, SciD, MBA, Board Member of Committee of 100, Director of Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche
“The advantages of a bi-cultural background in a flat world”

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Todd Morrill, VP of Business Dev, Bio-Rad
“Entreprenial Ventures in Biotechnology:
-Relative Risk and Value in Diagnostics, Data and Drugs”


3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break

Technology Innovation in the US and China

Chairpersons: Shuli Zhang, Ph.D. & Jing-Shan Hu, Ph.D.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Suneel Gupta, Senior Vice President, Clinical Pharm & Exper. Medicine, Alza Corp.
“Value to the Patient - Drug Delivery Beyond Convenience”

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Xianping Lu, CEO, ChipScreen Corp
“China: Future Driver in Global Pharmaceutical R&D”

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
William H Robinson, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University & Co-Founder, Bayhill Therapeutics
“Tolerizing DNA vaccines for autoimmune disease: From the laboratory bench to clinical trials”

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Zhaohui Peng, Chairman and CEO of SiBiono GeneTech
“Development of Gene Therapy in China”

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Social & Networking

Wuzhong Night

Chairpersons: Janet Yang, Siyu Fu

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Optional Dinner Banquet (Served Sit-down) with Entertainments

Entrepreneurship in BioPharma

Chairperson: Janet Xiao, Ph.D., J.D.

8:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Tony Chen J.D., Partner, JONES DAY, Shanghai
“Drug Discovery R & D in China --- How to Address IP Issues”

8:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Frank Kung PhD, MBA, Managing Partner, Vivo Ventures
“Entrepreneurship in Biotech: culture and business models.”

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm Social and Business Networking

9:20 pm – 9:30 pm Raffle Price Draw

Admission:   register on-site.

Registration Only
- Active Regular Member: $20
- Active Member (Student & Post-doc): $10 (Qualification to be verified at the door)
- Non-Member: $40

Optional Sit-Down Lunch & Dinner (Subsidized by sponsorship)
- Lunch & Dinner Combined: $20 (Actual Value: $60)
- Lunch Only or Dinner Only: $15 (Actual Value: $30)

Seats available to about 300 people only, we will follow first-come-first-serve policy.

Dress Code: Business Attire Encouraged

Organizers:   SAPA-WEST/CABS