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Orange County/Los Angeles Biomedical Forum, 2006
by SABPA

Overview

This is a premier annual gathering event and platform for entrepreneurs, scientists, industry executives, investors and policy makers in the life sciences industry in Southern California and across the Pacific. You are cordially invited to join our members and sponsors to enjoy the gathering. For more information about our organization, please visit http://www.sabpa.org or http://www.sabpa.org/web/index.php.

The event main topics include:

• The Clinical diagnostics, Bioanalytical Instruments and Pharmaceutical Markets in China are estimated to be growing at double digit rates and in some markets, as high as 30% each year. And they are poised to grow explosively in the next 5 - 10 years. How can local companies take advantage of such business environments as well as develop effective export and operating strategy to become market leaders?
• As manufacturing and R & D of medical and biotech products increasingly moves to China, Orange County companies share success stories and lessons learned in going through such transitions and how this practice has helped the companies to gain competitive advantages in the market they serve.
• Presented by companies in Southern California, current trends in the following markets: Biotech Instruments, Medical Devices, Bioinformatics, and Investments.

Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:30 am Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Ying Zhao, President, SABPA Orange County / Los Angeles Chapter
Yun He, President, SABPA
Ming Guo, Board Member, SABPA
Goran Matijasevic, Ph.D., Research Director, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, UC Irvine

9:30 am – 11:00 am Clinical Diagnostics and other Market Opportunities and issues in China, IP Issues
The clinical diagnostics market is estimated to be growing at 30% each year, and is poised to grow explosively in the next 5 years. Globalization in drug discovery will be the future trend in the next 5 years to facilitate and reduce the cost for drug development. The panel will share successes and failures in marketing, operation strategies and technology products adopted by new and established local companies operating in both Southern California and China. IP issues in China will be discussed.

Jay Dong, Pacific Asian Business Manager, Instruments and Reagents, BD Biosciences, Moderator
Jason Jin, Sr. Vice President of Business Development, Shanghai Biochip
Peggy Fu, Attorney, Paul Hastings
Ying Zhao, Alpha Technics, Moderator

11:00 am - 11:30 am Break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Current Trends in Bioanalytical Instruments
New and established companies in Southern California presenting on the latest trends in molecular imaging and microfluidic chip technology.
Hau Duong, Vice President, Product Development and Manufacturing, Nanostream
Frederick Wagner, Business Area Manager, Molecular Imaging and labeling, Invitrogen

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Mini-Keynote
David Schetter, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research & Technology Alliances, UC Irvine

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Current Trends in Bioinformatics for Drug Discovery & Development and Computational Analysis
New and established companies in Southern California presenting on the latest developments in bioinformatics for drug development and molecular analysis.
Jackson Wan, Director of Informatics, Johnson and Johnson
Bob Molinari, CEO, Coda Genomics

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Current Trends in Medical Devices
New and established companies in Orange County presenting on the latest trends in diagnostic optical imaging, biosensor and implantable devices.
Hengchu Cao, Ph.D. Sr. Principle Engineer, Heart Valve R&D, Edwards Lifesciences
Lisa Marie Ryan, Vice President of Marketing, Alpha Technics
Zhongping Chen, CEO, OCT Medical Imaging, Inc.

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Ying Zhao, President, SABPA OC/LA

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Networking

Speakers and Panelists

A list of speakers and panelists, with their biographies, can be found here.

Registration

Guests and visitors - $35 online, or $40 onsite at the forum
Students - $25 online, or $30 onsite at the forum
Please register for the SABPA OC/LA Biotech Forum here.

Location

Saturday, March 25th, 2005
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
1107 Jamboree Road
Newport Beach, California, USA

Directions and Parking

Directions from Los Angeles
Directions from San Diego
SABPA Event - Discounted Parking Rate $8.00, no validation required

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please email us for more information. Donations are also accepted via PayPal.

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