As a sign of its international importance, the BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019 exhibition will feature 18 national pavilions, while the conference will feature speakers from 25 countries

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 12 June 2019 - At the recently concluded BIO 2019 International Convention, held in Philadelphia, president of BIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest biotech industry association) Jim Greenwood met with Johnsee Lee, chairman of the Taiwan Biotechnology Industry Organization (Taiwan BIO) and Wu Tsung-tsong, Minister without Portfolio, the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, to together announce the upcoming BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019 International Conference and Exhibition to be held in Taipei 24-28 July. The theme of this event will be 'Biotech as the Next Growth Engine for Asia'.

Together announcing BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019 during the BIO 2019 Convention in Philadelphia, USA, on 5 June, 2019 are: Jim Greenwood (3rd left) President of BIO; Johnsee Lee (5th left), Chairman of Taiwan BIO; and Wu Tsung-tsong (4th left), Minister without Portfolio, the Executive Yuan of Taiwan. 

Greenwood noted that the event,co-organized by BIO and Taiwan BIO, is being held in Taiwan for the first time,an important milestone and recognition of Taiwan's current standing and futurepotential within the global healthcare industry ecosystem. With Taiwan'slongstanding leadership position in a number of information and communicationtechnology (ICT) industries, and with healthcare moving more and more into thedigital realm--combining with advances in AI and Big Data for example--Taiwan iswell placed to become an important and essential link in the years to come.Greenwood mentioned that he would be attending BIO Asia-Taiwan in person, andwas looking forward to being a part of such an esteemed gathering ofinternational biomedical industry professionals.  

Johnsee Lee, chairman of the steering committee of BIOAsia-Taiwan, noted that the event had attracted significant internationalinterest, with the exhibition hosting pavilions from 18 different countries,including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy,South Korea, India, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Thailand, Austria,Hong Kong, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The number ofoverseas exhibitors so far is at least 70, including many multinational pharmaceuticalcompanies. At least 600 companies have confirmed their participation, taking up1,700 booths on the exhibition floor.

While in Philadelphia for the BIOConvention, Taiwan BIO representatives took the opportunity to call the localindustry association Life Sciences Pennsylvania, and also MassBio, the biotechassociation of Massachusetts. They also met with representatives of theThailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS), and with KoreaBIO and JBA, the associations of South Korea andJapan respectively, all of who indicated with be sending representatives toTaipei for BIO Asia-Taiwan.

Leading the Taiwan delegation toPhiladelphia was Wu Tsung-tsong, Minister without Portfolio, the Executive Yuanof Taiwan. Wu mentioned that in supporting BIO Asia-Taiwan, the governmenthopes that it will be an opportunity to showcase the country's strengths andcapabilities in biomedical research and development, and highlight itsachievements in such sectors as new drug development, diagnostics, biomedicalmaterials and precision medicine. In doing so Wu hopes it will attract more ofthe global biotech community to Taiwan for business and cooperation engagement.

BIOAsia-Taiwan 2019 Conference Highlights

The conference at BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019will feature international expert speakers on such finance-related topics ascross border financing and investment, M&A, regional cooperation. In'breakthrough technologies', sessions are scheduled on cancer immunotherapies,cell and gene therapy, and regenerative medicine. In so-called 'game changingtechnologies', speakers will deep dive into the exciting disciplines ofartificial intelligence, Big Data, IoT, gene sequencing and editing, and liquidbiopsies.

Registerfor BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019

Register now to confirm your ticket toattend the inaugural holding of the BIO Asia-Taiwan 2019 InternationalConference and Exhibition. This week-long festival of biotech-themedconferences, meetings, presentations and social get-togethers should not bemissed! Early Bird discounts end on June 22, so be sure to complete yourregistration soon!