Biotechnology India 2000 Conference
Venue

 

Date

 United Nations Asian & Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology Qutab Instt. Area,
New Delhi, India

16-18 February, 2000
Transform biotech potential into business kinetics

The biotechnology India 2000 Conference brought together bioindustry executives, venture capiltalists, regulatory institutions and research scientists to discuss how the industry can forge ahead and increase the market for products produced through biotechnology. It provided an interactive forum for experts from the research areana to deliberate on newer technological breakthroughs and the potential of commercializing biotech research, with their counterparts from the industry. The technical paper presentations and panel discussions insured that the latest development in bioscience research reaches the targeted audience.
Conference Programme
Day 1 : 16th Feb. 2000
1000-1100 hrs Session I Conference Inaugural
1145-1315 hrs Session II    Relevance of biotechnology in India
Panel Discussion:
Dr P K Ghosh, Advisor, Dept of Biotechnology
Dr P L Gautam, Director, National Bereau for Plant Genetic Resources
Dr H C Bhandari,  Director Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd
Dr Akilesh Tyagi, Head, Plant Molecular Biology South Campus, Delhi Univ.
Dr Malathi Laksmikumaran, Fellow, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
Day 2 : 17th Feb. 2000
Day Keynote Address: Prof. Asis Datta, Vice-Chancellor JawaharLal Nehru University
"Designer crops for better nutrition"
0930-1145 hrs Session III Transgenics & Genetically Modified  Organisms
Keynote Address:
Dr C S Prakash, Director, Centre for Plant Biotechnology Research Tuskgee University,USA
"Why India Needs Agricultural Biotechnology for its Prosperity."
Dr Manju Nath, R & D Head, Monsanto India Ltd.
"Insect resistant transgenic crops - and exciting tools for pest management."
1200-1330 hrs Session IV Tissue Culture in Industry
Keynote Address:

Dr Renu Swarup, Department of Biotechnology
"Plant tissue culture from research to commercialization
Dr. Gaurav Laroia, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies
Dr Vibha Dhawan - Tata Energy Research Institute
"Tissue culture in the Indian Industry"
Video Presentation by :
Dr. Neil Campbell, Life Technologies-Gibco BRL
"Current trends in PCR & RT - PCR"
Day 3 : 18th Feb. 2000
0930-1145 hrs Session V Biotechnology in agriculture
Keynote Address:
Prof. Sudhir K. Sopory, Senior Scientist & Group Leader, Plant Molecular Biology,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Dr K C Bansal, Principal Scientist, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
"Chloroplast genetic engineering as a tool to improve crop plants"
Dr V V Madhusudan, Biodiscovery, New Zealand
"High - Throughput Screening (HTS) and discovery of bioactive natural products - A New Zealand perspective"
1200-1330 hrs Session VI Bioprocess technologies & techniques
Keynote Address:
Mr.Kurt Gerlach, Senior Director, B.Braun - Germany
"Bioreactor design for vaccine production and Ind. scale cell culture processes."
Mr Cyrus Boomla, Manager Asia Pacific, Sepragen Corporation
"Economics in the automation of process scale separation of bio threaupatic drugs"
Mr.Francis Pejot, Orelis - France
"Advntage of Membranes for downstream processing vis -a - vis RVF for Antibiotic Fermentation."
Dr. E. Petri, Greiner Labortechnik GmbH
"GermanyImproved detection of pyrogenic substances on polymer surfaces with an ex-vivo human whole-blood assay in comparison to litmulus amebocyte lysate test."

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