ITSSD President Participates in Moscow EurasiaBIO Conference Following Well-Received IP Tech Transfer Article

As the result of the well-received article entitled How Market-Based Policies Could Spur Biotechnology Growth In Russia, recently co-authored by ITSSD President/CEO Lawrence Kogan and Russian government lawyer Yelena Bakulina, accessible at: http://www.wlf.org/upload/03-21-08balukina.pdf; http://www.insideronline.org/summary.cfm?id=7019; and http://www.itssd.org/Publications/03-21-08balukina.pdf , the ITSSD was invited to participate in the First EurasiaBIO Congress Conference convened in Moscow, Russia during April 24-25, 2008.


A copy of the press release announcing the Kogan-Bakulina article appears on the EurasiaBIO website at: http://www.eurasiabio.org/; and http://www.eurasiabio.org/media/news/itssd_russia_can_secure_greatest_biotech_market_advances_following_us_not_eu_innovation_model/

The Official Program of the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOENERGY AND BIOECONOMY is accessible at: http://www.eurasiabio.ru/images/Program/Program/EAB%20V19eng%20FINAL-site.doc .


The ITSSD powerpoint presentation delivered at the EurasiaBIO event is accessible at:
http://www.itssd.org/Programs/KoganPresentationEurasiaBIOMoscowConferenceApril2008.ppt .



The EurasiaBIO Congress is the global event for Biotechnology and Renewable Energy in Russia and CIS countries. The Congress is hosted by the Yu.A. Ovchynnikov Russian Biologists Society and the Russian National Biofuel Asociation. The event offers an unparalleled opportunity for biotechnology, pharmaceutical and energy companies, academic research institutions, and investors from around the world to gather in one place at one time to learn about each other, meet one-on-one, and discuss business opportunities of mutual interest.


The EurasiaBIO is supported by:
The State Duma of the Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Energetics of the Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian FederationRussian Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of Agricultural SciencesEuropean Federation of BiotechnologyEuropean Commission Research DG