Biobusiness Asia 2009 Conference Overview
Breakdown By Country
  More than 14 countries attended BBA 2009 in Taiwan, such as Australia,
   Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, HK, Israel, Japan, Malaysia,
   Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, U.S.A. etc.
 
 
286 participants attended 2009 BBA Conference,
   countries including as follows:
Attendees' Field of Expertise
 
Industry : 52.5%   Government : 1%
Media : 13% Venture Capital : 4.5%
Research Institute : 29%  
 
Conference Insights
 
Johnsee Lee, chairman of the 2009 BBA conference organizing committee and the president of Industrial Technology Research Institute, addressed in the opening ceremony.
Business to business session in the second day afternoon conference.
 
BioBusiness Asia 2009 Opening Ceremony. The conference aims to serve as a platform to foster international collaboration for biotech industry and to explore opportunities discovering potential partners. Participants from left to right: Wu Ming-ji, head of department of Industrial Technology under Ministry of Economic Affairs; Wan Chi-Chao, the secretary general of the Science and Technology Advisory Group under Executive Yuan; Reenita Das, senior vice president, Frost and Sullivan; Israel Makov, chairman od Given Imaging & Netafim; Johnsee Lee, president of the Industrial Technology Research Institute; Sung Yen-jen, vice president of Department od Health; Jeff Wang, president of Development Center for Biotechnology.
Successful Business Model and Strategy, the second-day morning session addressing innovative business models in biotech industry to overcome the recent economic recession. Participants from left to right: Jeng Her, CEO, Protevo Biotech; Tony Bishop, NZ Venture Capital Association; Frank Grams, Executive Director, Roche Pharma Partnering, Asia; Tomas Landh, Director, Novo Nordisk A/S; Ming-Chu Hsu, Founder, Chairman & CEO, TaiGen Biotechnology; Axel Polack, General Partner, TVM Capital; Dalia Cohen, Chief Scientific Officer, Rosetta Genomics.
 
Investor Forum: Exploring Trends, Paths and Opportunities in China, the first-day afternoon session. Pictured from left to right, George Yeh, President, Taiwan Liposome Company Ltd; Jennifer Hu, Director, Licensing & External Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme; Marietta Wu, General Manager, Greater China, Burrill & Co.; Nancy Chang, Chairman and Senior Managing Director , Asia team, OrbiMed; Frank Kung, Managing Partner, Vivo Venutres; Managing Partner, Perkins Coie LLP.
Participants in BioBusiness Asia 2009.
One-on-One Meeting Summary
 
Total presenting company number : 24
Match making company number : 63
Total number of one-on-one meetings: 153
 
Company presentations on Business-to-Business Partnering session.
Business-to-Business session: participants to meet with each other during BBA 2009.

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