The Bio-IT World Asia Conference, Keynote Session includes:
The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Prospects for Control
David D. Ho, M.D., Scientific Director & CEO, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Featured Presentation:
Chris Dagdigian, Founding Partner and Director, Technology, BioTeam, Inc.
Integrated Bioinformatics Solutions in Drug Discovery & Development
Yaron Turpaz, Ph.D., Vice President, Informatics & Information Sciences, Research & Development Information, AstraZeneca Plc.
The IT Infrastructure and the Cloud program includes:
Dynamically Scalable, Accessible Analysis with Galaxy Cloud
James Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Biology and Mathematics & Computer Science Emory University Atlanta
High Performance Data Management and Computational Architectures for Genomics Research at National and International Scales
William K. Barnett, Ph.D., Director, Science Community Tools and National Center for Genome Analysis Support, Indiana University
Janis Landry-Lane, World-Wide Deep Computing Sales, IBM
Building a Bioinformatics Centre
Andrew Lonie, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head, Life Sciences Computation Centre, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative
Talk Title to be Announced
Glenn Moloney, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director, NeCTAR, The University of Melbourne
Modern Enterprise and Standalone Cheminformatics Solutions
Wei Deng, Ph.D., Application Scientist, ChemAxon Ltd
Introduction of Samsung SDS Bioinformatics Service
Sung Kwon Kim, MBA, General Manager, Bioinformatics Lab, Samsung SDS
Dynamic Linkage of Data Facilitates Collaborative Medical and Bioinformatics Research
Maureen TurnerMaureen Turner, BA (Hons), M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, BioGrid Australia Ltd.
Building an Oasis for Discovery through an Integrated Research Informatics Model
Anqi Qian, Ph.D., Project Director, Research, Sidra Medical and Research Center
Understanding and Addressing the Risks of Cloud Computing
Thomas Shaw, Esq., Attorney at Law, CPA, CIPP, CISM, CRISC, ERMP, CISA, CGEIT, CCSK, CloudRisk Asia
Big Data in the Cloud
Simone Brunozzi, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services APAC
GigaScience:
Scott C. Edmunds, Ph.D., Editor, GigaScience/
e-Science 2.0: From Building Services for Science to Science-as-a-
Yike Guo, Ph.D., Professor, Computing Science, Imperial College London
Using High Performance Cluster Computing in Cancer Research and Treatment
Krishna Sankavaran, Director, Research Information System and Technology Development, MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Bio-IT World Asia 2012 Conference will bring together, life sciences, pharmaceutical, informatics and IT professionals from all over Asia and the rest of the world to one unique location. The Event provides the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process.
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Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, held each Spring in Boston, has established itself as a premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. Over 2,000 delegates representing 30 countries have gathered yearly to attend 125+ technology and scientific presentations and view an expansive exhibit hall of 100+ companies. Bio-IT World Conference continues its exceptional series of educational programming with the announcement of the Inaugural Bio-IT World Conference Asia.
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Bio-IT World focuses on the tools and results of predictive biology, drug discovery, informatics, clinical trials, and personalized medicine as well as the strategic decisions made by companies in this area and the impact on the company’s performance.
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