Event Overview
AusBiotech 2010 national conference, with its key theme 'Creating Global Solutions,' was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 19 – 22 October 2010. It was proudly hosted by AusBiotech Limited, the biotechnology industry organisation representing more than 3,000 members, in the interests of developing the biotechnology sector in Australia.
The event was once again supported by the State Government of Victoria. The Premier of Victoria, the Hon John Brumby, joined by the Hon Gavin Jennings, the Minister for Innovation, opened the event.
The AusBiotech 2010 conference witnessed the growing reputation of the Australian biotechnology sector on the world stage. With rising interest from international delegates, investors and speakers, Australia’s achievements in biotechnology innovation are gaining attention across the globe.
Growing on the triumph of last year, AusBiotech once again began its annual conference with the highly successful Australasian Life Sciences Investment Summit (ALSIS) 2010. The premier life sciences investment event for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region attracted 150 invited investors from 99 organisations to view a showcase of 35 selected Australian biotechnology companies. Of the unprecedented number of attendees (256), 49 investors representing 39 companies joined ALSIS 2010 from overseas, with 19 US investor companies sending at least one representative.
AusBiotech 2010, the industry’s biotechnology conference for the Asia Pacific region and associated events, attracted 1,503 participants to Melbourne for the annual meeting. Registered delegates included 190 international delegates from 20 countries, with the largest delegations coming from New Zealand, the US, the UK, Canada and Singapore.
The Hon Gavin Jennings, the Victorian Minister for Innovation, the Premier of Victoria, the Hon John Brumby and Dr Anna Lavelle, CEO of AusBiotech pictured at the ALSIS.
The world-class Business Matching Program facilitated 2,947 meeting requests and 1,051 confirmed meetings during the three-day period of AusBiotech 2010, an indicator of business confidence and continued strength for the industry.
Delegates at AusBiotech 2010 had the chance to attend a series of plenary speakers and agenda-setting sessions from influential international biotechnology leaders including Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO); Professor Nadia Rosenthal, founding director of Monash University’s Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute; and a number of senior heads of global pharmaceutical companies. The conference proudly presented 174 speakers in a range of fields, 47 of whom travelled from overseas.
Further information can be found via the links below:
Registered Delegates In Attendance
Registered Companies Attending
Conference Program Speakers Satellite Events
Business Matching Program Log-In
Future Event Dates:
AusBiotech 2012 30 October - 2 November Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
AusBiotech 2013 29 October - 1 November Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
AusBiotech 2014 28 October - 31 October Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
