MEDIA ADVISORY BIO 2001 PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Today the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a schedule of press conferences to be held during the BIO 2001 International
Biotechnology Convention and Exhibition.
All press conferences on this schedule will be held in Room
5B on the upper level of the San Diego Convention Center. Call the BIO Press
Room at 619-525-6241 for more information.
Monday, June 25
| 8:15 a.m.: | BIO Plenary Breakfast Speaker Dylan Coburn Glenn, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy |
| 9:30 a.m.: | Brent Erickson, Director of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology, BIO |
| 10 a.m.: | IBM will make a series of announcements related to its DiscoveryLink data integration and management software for life sciences. |
| 10:30 a.m.: | Golden Rice: Public/Private Cooperation to Battle Malnutrition. Dr. Peter Beyer, Swiss Federal Institute and Dr. Ronald Cantrell, Director General, International Rice Research Institute, Manila will discuss how fortified rice to fight vitamin A and iron deficiencies was developed through public and private sector cooperation. They will also highlight its importance for malnourished populations and lessons learned for future improvements to the world's food supply. |
| 2 p.m.: | Leonard Gianessi, Senior Research Associate, National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy, will discuss the results of a recent NCFAP study on the economic impact of 30 crops improved through agricultural biotechnology. |
| 3 p.m.: | The Honorable Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland, Australia |
| 4 p.m.: | French Biotechnology Prospects on the Rise - Delegation at BIO 2001 presents French biotechnology industry assets and challenges with an overview of the Ernst & Young report on biotechnology in France - Pascal Brandys, Co-Founder and Director of France Biotech, Patrick Cheenne, Essonne Development Partners, and Francois Huwart, Minister for Foreign Trade |
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Tuesday, June 26 |
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| 8:15 a.m.: | BIO Plenary Breakfast Speakers: Vernon Ellis, International Chairman, Accenture, and Michael Jackson, Global Discovery, Johnson & Johnson |
| 10 a.m.: | Question and Answer Session with Dr. Walter Seufert, President, Environment, Safety and Energy division, BASF (This session immediately follows Dr. Seufert's symposium on Convention Manufacturing and Chemical Waste Generation - Can a Marriage of Chemistry and Biotechnology Bring Solutions? - which is held in Room 3 on the upper level of the San Diego Convention Center). |
| 11 a.m.: | EuropaBio and members of the European Parliament |
| 2 p.m.: | BIO Plenary Luncheon Speaker, Art Laffer, economist |
| 3 p.m.: | Florence Wambugu, Director, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) - African Biotechnology Program (ISAAA AfriCenter), will discuss the role of biotechnology in ending hunger and poverty in Africa. Dr. Wambugu will also be available to sign copies of her new book entitled Modifying Africa: How Biotechnology Can Help Overcome Hunger and Poverty: A Case Study from Kenya. |
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Wednesday, June 27 |
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| 8 a.m.: | BIO Plenary Breakfast Speakers: Dr. Frances S. Collins, Director of the Human Genome Institute at NIH, and Dr. J. Craig Venter of Celera Genomics Corporation. |
| 9:30 a.m.: | TBD |
| 11 a.m.: | Israeli Export Institute: The Israeli Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Trade and Compugen Ltd., will give an overview of the biotechnology industry in Israel. |
| 2 p.m.: | BIO Plenary Luncheon Speakers: Naomi Judd, country music singer, and Alan Hobson, cancer survivor and Mt. Everest climber. |
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtechNOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling “innovations transforming our world.” Subscribe to BIOtechNOW.
