Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Bangalore Bio 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009 08:00 PM IST (02:30 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Economy, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical, Information technology; Technology; Healthcare
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Bangalore Bio 2009 Beats Recession
Drives Industry through Partnerships, Innovation and Thought Leadership, 10th Edition of Bangalore Bio to be held from June 2nd to 4th 2010
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Saturday, June 20, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The ninth edition of Bangalore Bio, successfully concluded today. Bangalore Bio, India's premier Biotechnology event organized by the Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Vision Group on Biotechnology and MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications Co concluded on 20th June 20, 2009. The event was a grand success with the focal theme, 'Biotechnology beyond boundaries - the promise of India'.
The THREE-day long event, held at Hotel Ashok Lalit consisted of Multi-Track Conferences, an International Trade Show, BioPartnering, CEO Conclave, Bio IP Zone, Bio Excellence Award and a host of other events.
The highlight of the event was the inaugural keynote address by Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard J. Roberts at the Opening Plenary of the Conference on day 2.
With global recession glooming the world economy and outlook, Bangalore Bio 2009 has led the way to recovery by being recession proof. While the conference was truly reaching 'Beyond Boundaries', the speakers echoed each others words. While industry honchos clearly stated that for the growth of the Biotech industry, it was critical that governmental regulations and testing standards had to be relaxed. They also felt that governmental support and financial aid was required to provide the much needed impetus. If India has to be the world leader in Biotechnology, we have to develop innovative & cost effective biotech services. Another sentiment that was echoed was relating to wasted talent and the brain drain. They appealed to NRIs to come back home and continue research for the country and its progress.
Bangalore Bio has continued its growth track in spite of various challenges and hurdles due to the global economic meltdown. 685 Delegates from across the globe participated in the six focused tracks and 22 conference sessions. 115 Indian and International speakers participated in these conference sessions. 340 Delegates participated in the Bio-Partnering session and around 5000 business visitors visited during the 3 days.
BioPartnering, the first of its kind initiative by MM Activ and Technology Vision Group (TVG), the world leaders in Partnering received a resounding response. Out 1500 requests that came only 610 business meetings could be accommodated through this initiative due to time constraints, which is quite phenomenal.
The Exhibition at Bangalore Bio attracted 106 National and International organizations showcasing their innovation including, 12 organizations from Germany and exhibitors from UK, Australia and Singapore as well.
Bangalore Bio 2009 played host to a large delegation from Germany, UK & Australia. There was also participation from several other Countries like France, Spain, Italy, Holland, US, Canada, Cuba, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Iran & UAE.
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson, Karnataka's Vision Group on Biotechnology & CMD, Biocon, said, "it was an important global event that has become truly international. More and more international companies are looking forward to the Bangalore Bio platform for B2B meetings and eventually business. Ultimately, biotech is all about developing business models and India has a great potential for Biotech and that's where the future is."
Mr. Ashok Kumar C Manoli, Karnataka Principal Secretary for IT & BT and Science & Technology, said, "the state govt. is providing support even during recession and will continue to do so. There will be a new policy drafted for the domestic and foreign investors and will be announced in month. We are very happy that the event was a great success as echoed by the delegates."
Entrepreneurship Day on the first day of Bangalore Bio 2009 consisted of Entrepreneurship Showcase, Panel Discussion and Entrepreneurship Clinic addressed by 23 Speakers & Panelists.
It received high acclaim from the young researchers and start-up companies.
78 Young Researchers participated and presented their innovation in the Poster Session.
Bio-Excellence award, instituted by the department of IT-BT & ST, Govt. of Karnataka, identified and awarded biotech companies that have shown dynamic and significant leadership and outstanding contribution to their fields of biotech activities. This year companies from 4 sectors of Biotechnology namely - Healthcare, Agri-bio, Industrial Bio-tech and Bio-tech Services were recognized for their contribution to the industry. The parameters for evaluation were Technology, Thought Leadership, Significant Contribution, and Turnover.
The Bio Excellence Award under the Health Care Sector was jointly shared by Serum Institute of India & Biocon Ltd., the Bio Excellence Award under the Agri - Bio Sector was awarded to Mahyco, the Bio Excellence Award under the Industrial Bio-Tech went to Praj Industries and the Bio Excellence Award under the Biotech Services Sector went to Syngene International.
One of the exhibitors Mr. Martin Pohle - Consulting Manager, Service Engineering Technologietransfer from Germany said, "Bangalore Bio has been an excellent platform for exhibition. We are delighted to be here for the second year representing Germany. We had good response and got lots of business leads. Bio technology is huge in India and Bangalore is the centre for networking. The Indian visitors who visited our stall had exceptionally good knowledge about Bio-Science. We look forward to coming here again next year."
Mr. Philip Kendall, Delegate leader from the UK Trade Investments said, "Bangalore Bio is an excellent platform for the Biotech fraternity. I had wonderful experience on my first visit to this wonderful Nation. The UK delegation has made some strong contacts here which will lead to a stronger relationship between to the 2 Nations. We look forward to coming here next year."
On of the speakers Mr. Peter Cartwright from La Trobe University, Australia said, "This has been a great opportunity to see the Biotech Industry in India first hand and to speak with potential research partners. The conference sessions provided excellent platform for networking and getting a broad understanding of the current issues in Life sciences."
"The BMBF Research Campaign - India and Germany - Partners for Innovation is extremely happy to have participated at the Bangalore Bio 2009 and have made great progress in our efforts towards increasing Indo-German Partnership for collaborative research and development. We look forward to coming again next year", said Mrs. Anandi Iyer, Representative of the Campaign.
Mr. Gopi Shankar, Trade Manager - Govt. of Victoria, Australia said, "This is 3rd time we are associated with Bangalore Bio as sponsor. Bangalore Bio has been an excellent platform for the delegates from Victoria State to build a long term relationship with the biotech tech fraternity. The quality of visitors this year was very good. We will certainly be here next year with a much larger delegation."
With the astounding response that Bangalore Bio 2009 received, it is only stating the obvious that Bangalore Bio is here to stay and will be a greater success in 2010.
Highlights of the event:
-- Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard J. Roberts delivered the keynote address at the Opening Plenary of the Conference at Bangalore Bio 2009
-- Several partnership initiatives took place between Indian companies and research institutes through a series of meetings with delegations from UK, Germany, Australia.
-- 685 Delegates from across the globe participated in the six focused tracks and 22 conference sessions.
-- 106 Indian and International speakers participated in these conference sessions
-- BioPartnering, the first of its kind initiative received phenomenal response. 610 business meetings took place through this initiative
-- Exhibition at Bangalore Bio 2009 attracted 106 National and International organizations showcasing their innovation.
-- BIO Excellence Awards were presented to the Top Biotech Tech companies from sectors namely - Healthcare, Agri-bio, Industrial Bio-tech and Bio-tech Services.
-- 78 Young Researchers participated and presented their innovation in the Poster Session Many young researchers and scientists from leading Indian and International research laboratories participated in Bangalore Bio 2009.
-- 340 Delegates participated in the BioPartnering meetings.
-- Around 5000 business visitor visited during the 3 days of Bangalore Bio 2009.
CONTACT DETAILS
Rajiv Shankar, Equator Communications, +919880893823, rajiv@equatorpr.net
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ECONOMY, PEOPLE, MARKETING, HEALTHCARE, IT, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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