Detailed Conference Programme
Bangalore INDIA BIO 2012
6th to 8th February, 2012 ,
The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore
Monday, 6th February, 2012
10.00am to 12.00noon
Inauguration of Event, Exhibition & Poster
Chief Guest:
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
Hon'ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India
Presided by :
Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka
Dr.V. S. Acharya
Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education,
Planning & Statistics, Muzrai and IT & BT,
Government of Karnataka
Dignitaries:
Mr. Ron Somers
President, U.S.India Business Council (USIBC), USA
Dr. M.K. Bhan
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
Shri M.N.Vidyashankar, IAS
Principal Secretary, Dept. of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology,
Government of Karnataka.
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotechnology;
Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Ltd.
Shri.S.V.Ranganath, IAS
Chief Secretary of Karnataka;
12.00noon to 01.30pm
India's Vision 2015 Leadership Series
Chair
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotechnology;
Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Ltd.
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. M.K. Bhan
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Mr. Ron Somers
President, U.S. India Business Council (USIBC), USA
Ms. Terri Bresenham
President & CEO,
GE Healthcare India
Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare
02.30pm to 04.00pm
Biosimilars Opportunities and Regulatory Harmonization
Chair & Panelist:
Dr. Dhananjay B. Patankar
Vice President - Biologics,
Syngene International, Bangalore
Panelists:
Dr. V.K. Vinayak
CSO, Biologicals,
Panacea Biotec
Mr. Patrick M. Dentinger
President & CEO, Absorption Systems, USA
Dr. Ranjan Mogre
Director, Analytical Solutions
Mr.Haresh Parandhaman
Assistant Director - Bussiness Development
Lupin Limited(Biotech Division)
Dr. Sanjay Singh
CEO, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
04.30pm - 06.00pm
Triggering Investments in Innovation & Fostering Entrepreneurship
Chair:
Mr. Sujay Shetty
Executive Director - India,
Pharma Life Sciences Leader,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
Panelists:
Dr. Vijay Chandru
President, ABLE,
Chairman & CEO, Strand Life Sciences
Mr. Utkarsh Palnitkar
Managing Director - Pluripotent Capital
Executive Director - Centrum Capital Ltd.
Ms. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Managing Director & CEO, IKP Knowledge Park
Dr. Tania Fernandez
Director - India, Burrill & Company, USA
02.30pm - 06.00pm
Bio Nations
Indo - German Healthcare Dialogue
European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC)
07.00pm Onwards
CEO Conclave
Chair:
Dr. Vijay Chandru
President, ABLE,
Chairman & CEO, Strand Life Sciences
Co - Chair:
Mr. Narayanan Suresh
Group Editor - Technology Review India & BioSpectrum
CyberMedia India Ltd.
Panelists:
Mr. Sridhar Mosur
CEO & President - Global Discovery & Development
Jubilant Life Sciences Limited
Dr. Rashmi H. Barbhaiya
CEO & Managing Director, Advinus Therapeutics Ltd.
Mr. D. A. Prasanna
Chairman & Managing Director, Ecron Acunova
Dr. Suri Venkatachalam
CEO and Managing Director, Connexios Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. K.V. Subramaniam
President & CEO, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Jignesh Bhate
Founder & CEO, Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Day - 2 Tuesday 7th February, 2012
11.30am - 01.00pm
Next Generation Genomics & Making Sense of Complexity
Chair & Speaker:
Prof. Partha P. Majumder
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
Speakers:
Dr. Binay Panda
Chief Officer & Head - Ganit Labs Bio - IT Centre, IBAB
Prof. Asoke K. Talukder
Chief Scientific Officer, Geschickten Biosciences, Bangalore
Dr. Amit Dutt
Assistant Professor & Principal Investigator (SOE)
Ramalingaswami Fellow (DBT), Tata Memorial Centre, ACTREC
02.00pm - 02.30pm
India's Vision 2015 Leadership Series
Chair:
Shri M.N.Vidyashankar, IAS
Principal Secretary, Dept. of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology,
Government of Karnataka.
Key Note Speaker
Dr.T.Ramaswami,
Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology,
Government of India
02.30pm - 04.00pm
Clinical and Contract Research - Building Capabilities through Strategic Partnerships
Chair:
Dr. Krathish Bopanna
President & Executive Director, Semler Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Panelists:
Dr. Amar Kureishi
Chief Medical Officer and Head of Strategic Drug Development
Quintiles in Asia - Pacific
Dr. Abhijeeth Chandrasekaran
Clinical Scientist, RxMD
Dr. Surinder Kher
Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Ecron Acunova
Dr. Partha Gokhale
Head Clinical Operations India, Boehringer Ingelheim
Dr. Keith Bostian
CEO, Vanta Bioscience
04.30pm - 06.00pm
Transforming Healthcare through Companion Diagnostics
Chair
Dr.Satya Dash
COO, ABLE
Speakers:
Dr. Sudeep Gupta
Professor of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital/Centre
Dr. Meeta Patnaik
MD, Transtek Clinical Systems Inc, California, USA
Dr.Moni Abraham Kuriakose
Proff & Director, Surgincal Oncology, Mazumdar - Shaw Cancer Centre, Narayan Hrudalaya Health City
11.30am - 01.00pm
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Chair & Panelist:
Mr. B.N. Manohar
CEO, Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd.
Moderator:
Dr. Nigel Whittle
Technology Specialist, Life Sciences, UK Trade & Investment, London
Lead Panelist:
Panelists:
Dr. Christine O'Toole
Head of Research Regulation, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), UK
Dr. Stephen Minger
Global Head of R & D, Cell Technologies, GE Healthcare, Life Sciences, London, UK
Dr.Chandra Vishwanathan
Head Regenerative Medicine
Reliance Life Sciences
02.30pm - 04.00pm
Medical Technology, Devices and Biomedical Instrumentation
Chair:
Dr. Jai Pal Singh
CSO, Saint Joseph Translational Research Institute, Atlanta, GA USA
Speakers:
Mr. David B. Hartnett
President, South East Medical Device Association(SEMDA, USA)
Ms. Carol Henderson
Director, Health Science and Advanced Technologies,
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Georgia
Dr. Syed F. Hossainy
Director of Innovation Incubator (i2), Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA USA
Dr. Bobby V. Khan
Executive Director, Carmel Biosciences,
Atlanta Vascular Research Foundation, Atlanta, GA USA
04.30pm - 06.00pm
Scientific Evidence Based Natural and Traditional Knowledge in Healthcare
Chair & Speaker :
Dr. V. Prakash
Distinguished Scientist of CSIR - India
President of Nutrition Society of India
Speakers:
Dr. G.G.Gangadharan
Medical Director, Institute of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine
Mr. Rajiv Vasudevan
Founder & CEO, AyurVAID
Dr.A.G.Appu Rao
Emeritus Scientist, CSIR at University of Mysore, Mysore
07.00pm onwards
Awards Function
Day - 3, Wednesday, 8th February, 2012
10.00am - 11.00am
Role of High Performance Computing (HPC) in Accelerating Innovation in Biotechnology
Chair :
Dr. Pawan K. Dhar
Professor, Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences
Director, Centre for Biodesign,
Symbiosis International University
Speakers:
Prof. Manju Bansal
Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Prof. R. Sowdhamini
National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), NCBS
Dr. Ramesh Hariharan
Co founder and CTO, Strand Life Sciences
11.00am - 12.00noon
Synthetic Biology: How Should India Leverage this Transformational Technology?
Chair& Speaker:
Dr. P.M. Murali
Managing Director, Evolva Biotech Private Limited
Speakers:
Dr. Pawan K. Dhar
Professor, Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences
Director, Centre for Biodesign, Symbiosis International University
Dr. Daniel van der Lelie
Senior Director, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Discovery and Analytical Sciences, RTI International, USA
Dr. H. V. Thulasiram
Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
12.30pm - 01.30pm
Creating Healthcare Accessibility Through Mobile Technologies
Chair:
Dr. S. K. Mishra
Prof. & Head, Dept. of Endocrine Surgery
Nodal Officer, SGPGI Telemedicine Program
Sanjay Gandhi PG Inst. of Medical Sciences
Lucknow
Speakers:
Mr. Sham Banerji
Chairman & CEO, i2i TeleSolutions Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur
CEO & Chief Radiologist of Teleradiology Solutions.
Mr. K. Chandrasekhar
CEO , Forus Health
10.00am - 11.30am
Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security
Chair:
Dr. K. K. Narayanan
Managing Director, Metahelix Life Sciences Limited
Speakers:
Dr. Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
Professor, Department of Food Science, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Safiyh Taghavi
Sr. Scientist, Program Director,
Sustainable Agriculture/Climate,
Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology,
RTI International, USA
12.00noon - 01.30pm
Biofuels & Green Chemicals
Chair
Mr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan
Chairman, Sea6 Energy; Hon. D.G., ABLE
Speakers:
Dr. Syed Shams Yazdani
Group Leader, Synthetic Biology and Biofuel Group,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Mr. Sayash Kumar
Co-founder & Acting CEO
Sea6 Energy
Dr. Ashvini Shete
Senior Staff Technologist
Praj Matrix - The Innovation Center, Praj Ind Ltd.
Dr. Santanu Datta
VP, Cellworks Research India Pvt Ltd
02.30pm - 06.00pm
Workshops
I - Drafting Successful Grant Applications
Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee
Strategic Advisor - R&D Initiative India, Wellcome Trust
Soft Skills for BTFS Students
Dr.Maulishree Agrahari
Professor & Key Resource Person - Biotechnology
PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Mr.Neeraj Gupta
Director & CEO - FormulateIP
Prof.M.S.Ananth
Visiting Professor, IISc, Bangalore & Former Director - IIT Madras.
03.00pm
BioQuiz
