A
two-day international conference on “Biotechnology and
Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Asian Region”
is being organised in New Delhi on February 26 and 27, 2002
by Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and
Other Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based Think
Tank in the field of development and cooperation. On this
occasion a new journal called Asian Biotechnology and Development
Review will also be launched. This new journal will come out
thrice a year and shall be supported by UNESCO and Department
of Biotechnology, Government of India.
Shri K.C. Pant, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and Chairman
RIS will inaugurate the conference on Tuesday, February 26,
2002 at Hotel Kanishka, New Delhi. Dr. William G. Padolina,
Deputy Director General, International Rice Research Institute,
Manila, will deliver the keynote address on “Biotechnology,
Innovation and Development”.
A large number of eminent experts from Bangladesh, Belgium,
China, France, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
inter governmental international bodies, senior officials
from various Indian government departments, and representatives
from academic, business and industry circles of India shall
present theme papers and take part in the proceedings of the
conference. The programme of the conference include extensive
discussions on a number of crucial issues like potential and
challenges from biotechnology for developing countries; agricultural
biotechnology in Malaysia, Thailand, etc.; biotechnology for
pharmaceuticals and health; trade, IPR and regulatory issues;
convergence of technologies and implications for economic
development; financing of biotechnology; and learning from
experiences.
The conference is also aimed at evolving an agenda for future
research work programme in the field of biotechnology and
to establish a network of research institutions working in
this field.
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