The theme of the AusBiotech 2007 National Conference was 'Smart Targeting into Global Markets'.

The Conference program is attached.

Topics that will be addressed across the various biotechnology sectors include:

· Riding the Dragon – Biotechnology in China
· Biofuels – a Global Revolution
· Investing is the Key
· Clinical Trial Strategies
· Intellectual Property – Regional Enforcement and Harmonisation
· Devicing the Future
· Biologicals – New Ideas, Global Benefits
· Medical Devices, the Challenge of Growth
· Regulatory Issues in Drug Discovery
· Vaccines, the Solution is Global
· Biomarkers Identification and its Potential Role in Personalised Medicine
· Corporate Governance, everybody’s concern
· Issues in Pre-Clinical and Clinical Trials involving Stem Cells
· A World View of Device Regulation
· Livestock Genomics, Research to the Marketplace
· Targeting Tumours
· When is the Right Time to List?
· The Great Debate – Ethics of Innovation
· Regulatory Challenges of the Ag Biotech Sector
· Italo-Australian Biotech Transfer