Bangalore Bio 2007 Think BIG – Biotechnology Innovation Growth 07 - 09 June, 2007

Bangalore Bio 2007 drives business through international partnerships, innovation and thought leadership The Bangalore Bio 2007's theme - “Think BIG – Biotechnology Innovation Growth" successfully concluded with over 81 national and international speakers (33), 625 conference delegates, 30,000 visitors ( 12000 business  and 15000 students & general interest group), 152 exhibitors, from over 12 countries, eleven  States of India, convened at this premier annual event for the biotechnology industry. This was the seventh edition of the Bangalore-Bio and attracted large delegations from leading biotech countries including State of Victoria , Australia , UK , France , Germany , Holland , UK , USA , South Korea , Singapore, Spain and Bavaria.

Indiancompanies like Avesthagen, Biocon, Histogenetics, Biozeen, GE Healthcare, and States like Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh to name a few, participated in large numbers.  Mr. Vidyashankar, Secretary to Government, Department of IT and BT, Government of Karnataka, said, “ The seventh edition of Bangalore Bio has indeed had a successful run. True to the theme of innovation and growth, the event created a platform to forge ahead on various issues of R&D, Life Sciences Informatics, ethics in Clinical Trials to name a few and built partnerships.

Several country partnership initiatives took place between Indian companies and research institutes through a series of meetings with delegations from UK , France , Holland , Germany , US and Australia One of the highlights of this year's event was the Poster Session; wherein over 35 papers were presented by young scientists and innovators. Overall, the Bangalore Bio 2007 facilitated over 500 one-to-one business meetings for potential collaborations, partnerships & alliances. Biotalent zone hosted career interactive session. Career interactive session is being held for the third consecutive year. It is platform that addresses and allows potential employers to meet and recruit candidates.

This year's main event sponsor was Avesthagen and Biocon was the platinum sponsor, the CEO Conclave was sponsored by Histogenetics, Canara Bank sponsored the awards nite, State of Victoria, Australia was the country partner and Chhattisgharh was the partner state. UK Trade and Investment  was the co-host for the conference and Metahelix hosted the AgriBiotech Day. The Diamond sponsors were Alexandria and Biozeen, the gold sponsors were Sartorius and GE Healthcare and the silver sponsor was Peninsula. TCG Real Estate and Kinfra were the CEO Conclave co-sponsors. Yes Bank was the knowledge partner and Leader Prospects was the bio talent partner. Lab India came in as the conference session sponsor.

Media support was provided by BioSpectrum, ExpressPharma, Chronicle Pharmabiz, Radio City 91.1 FM, Businesswire India and Advanced Biotech. The programme document was brought out by the Australian Government and the event was supported by KBITS and ABLE.