TAIWAN-US BIOTECHNOLOGY FORUM
Towards Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine
The Conference Center, Harvard Medical School Amphitheater
May 5, 2007
Program
1:00 - 1:30 Registration
1:30 - 1:40 Opening Remarks, Wen-Cherng Lee, Ph.D. Chairman, Monte Jade Science & Technology of New England
1:40 - 2:20 Genetics and Genomics in Clinical Medicine, Raju Kucherlapati, Ph.D. Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics and Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Scientific Director, Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics
2:20 - 3:00 Translating the Promise of Genomic Medicine into Clinical Reality: Challenges of Pompe Disease, Yuan-Tsong Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
3:00 - 3:20 Coffee Break
3:20 - 4:20 Panel Discussion: Taiwan's Positioning and Opportunities in the Value Chain of the Asian Biomedical Industry, Jeng-Shin Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Ming-Chi Wu, Ph.D., Developmental Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan; Yio-Wha Shau, Ph.D., Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan; Chung-Cheng Liu, Ph.D., Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan; Chong-Chou Lee, Ph.D., Science & Technology Advisory Group (STAG); Executive Yuan, Taiwan
4:20 - 5:00 Tanox Story: My Personal Journey, Nancy T. Chang, Ph.D. President & CEO, Tanox
5:00 - 5:20 TAITRA Services and the Taiwan Bio Industry, Julian Lee, Executive Director, Taiwan Trade Center, New York
5:20 - 6:00 Booth Exhibit/Networking
Admission:
Free - Seating is limited and registration is required.
Pre-registration: email the following info to mjne2007@gmail.com
Full name
Phone or email
Title and company
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Contact:
Dr. Wen-Cherng Lee
Chairman, Monte Jade New Englandnd
Wenlee192@gmail.com
(617) 538-1466
Dr. Yen-Ming Hsu
yenminghsu@gmail.com
(617) 679-3384
Dr. Jeng-Shin Lee
jlee@receptor.med.harvard.edu
617-432-6465
Directions: here
Parking:
Limited free parking is available in The Conference Center building on a first come, first serve basis. The entrance of the garage is at the right hand side of the building when facing it, going to the lower levels. Tell the garage attendant that you are coming to the Taiwan US Biotechnology Forum at the Conference Center and you will be let in. It is good through the entire event.