The Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy Comes to VancouverBIO Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology & BioenergySeptember 10-12, 2008  400+ conference attendees mingle during a coffee break at Bio PacRim Co-organized by LifeSciences BC www.bio.org/pacrim Bio Pacific Rim was a tremendous success - LifeSciences BC, along with BIOTECanada and BIO, was a proud co-host of this Summit. With a total of 500 total registrants from 20 countries, nearly half of which were Canadian, double the number of exhibitors and 20% more registrants over the previous year, Bio Pac Rim 2008 was a tremendous success. This meeting continued the expansion of the essential exchange between industry, academia and government that has been so successful at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. The Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy brought together scientists, government officials, industry executives and investors from North America and throughout the Pacific Rim region to highlight recent advances in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics in the energy and manufacturing space. We fostered international business relationships in the hopes of spurring the development of biobased economies in countries that have large agricultural feedstock resources. Local supporting organizations of this conference were NRC-IRAP, Genome BC the BC Innovation Council, and the Vancouver Economic Development Commission. Read more. LifeSciences BC was also pleased to organize the Inaugural Farris and Friends Reception. Exceedingly well attended, guests networks in the late summer sunset and enjoyed canapes and cocktails with other conference attendees and conference attendees.  Alan Winter, Karimah Es Sabar, Joan McIntyre and Hector McKay-Dunn  Reception guests enjoy cocktails and networking at Lift Bar & Grill  Karimah Es Sabar introduces Joan McIntyre at the podium  Guests enjoy late summer weather Nations on all sides of the Pacific are increasingly looking for sustainable sources of energy and cleaner, more efficient methods of industrial production, including new ways to make pharmaceuticals and other chemicals. Biotech applications that can enable industrial processes to utilize agricultural instead of petrochemical feedstocks are growing in importance in the Pacific Rim countries. LifeSciences BC and BIO were delighted to bring this opportunity to our community in Vancouver.   Left: Soren Harbel addresses conference attendees Right: A full room for the luncheon plenary session Highlights: Program tracks included:
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