Bio-entrepreneurship: Driving the New Economy

Posted by Daniel CerVentus on Nov 11, 2008 in Press Release | 980 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.entrepreneurs.my%2Fbio-entrepreneurship-driving-the-new-economy%2FBio-entrepreneurship%3A+Driving+the+New+Economy2008-11-11+08%3A29%3A03Daniel+CerVentushttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.entrepreneurs.my%2F%3Fp%3D98

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The 21st century has been widely touted as a century for the renaissance of the ‘New Biology’ in the form of life science and biotechnology. Asia is currently a source of global economic growth where the demand for bio0based products for food, feed, fiber and industrial materials is fast growing. Putting all these together gives an exciting mix for innovation and entrepreneurship. Malaysia realized these opportunity and has a forward looking biotechnology policy in place which was launched in 2005.

The Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC) and Malaysian Bio Industry Organization (MBIO) are jointly organizing a seminar on “Bioentrepreneurship: Driving the New Economy”. This seminar is hosted by University Kuala Lumpur and is in conjunction with the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) which is a global initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation and creativity.
The seminar will feature industry players from Synamatix Sdn Bhd (a bioinformatics company with global presence), Infovalley Sdn Bhd (a BioIT company), StemLife Sdn Bhd (the pioneer in stem cell banking and therapy), and a scientists from Forest Research Institute Malaysia who has successfully created many entrepreneurs producing planting materials from tissue culture. Dr. Arif Anwar, Mr. Mathavan Chandran, Ms. Su Hu Yong, and Dr. Kodiswaran Kandasamy will speak on the various opportunities available in biobusiness based on their scope of business, starting up biobusiness, the challenges, potential, the needs of the business, and what it takes to be successful in this area.

The details of the seminar is as below:
Date: 19th Nov 2008

Time: 8.30am – 2pm

Venue: Dewan Bestari, University Kuala Lumpur

Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

For more information, please call Mr. Liew Kong Cheng: 016 3681987 or email: cheng@bic.org.my

Visit www.bic.org.my

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