International Agro-biotechnology Conference

Heilongjiang, China2005

6 - 10 th September, 2005, Harbin, China


The International Agro-biotechnology Conference will be held in Heilongjiang, China on September 6- 10th. You are cordially invited to attend this conference. The International Agro-Biotechnology Conference will be jointly sponsored by Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, England Royal Agricultural College, Chinese Bio-engineering Society, and Wenhui Newspaper of Hongkong.

Worldwide eminent experts will be invited for plenary speakers. The goal of this conference is to enhance agricultural biotechnology and its future development, and establish widely co-operation and exchange information on agricultural biotechnology. The conference includes invited presentations, group presentations and bio-technology exhibition.


Theme of the Conference: Biotechnology & Modern Agriculture

Subjects being included:

1. Bio-technology and its application in plants.

2. Bio-technology and its application in animals.

3. Bio-technology and its application in microbe.

4. Bio-safety evaluation of transgenic plants and animals.

5. Trend of agro-biotechnology and its industrialization


Date and Place of the Conference

Date: Sept. 6 - 10th, 2005.

Place: International Exhibition Center, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.


Call for Papers:

Participants wishing to present an oral presentation or a poster are invited to submit paper in English that should be an unpublished research report or review and within the above fields. The papers or abstracts will be published in “Journal of Chinese Biological Engineering” as special issue. The deadline for submitting abstract and paper is July 15, 2005. The format for submitting can be found at www.iac2005.haas.cn, and preferably submitted by email to haas2005@vip.163.com or haas2005@126.com.

Registration

All participants including invited speakers must register. The registration form is enclosed and can also be downloaded from the conference website at www.iac2005.haas.cn. Please send registration form by no later than 15th, July to Dr. Di Liu, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 368# Xuefu Road, Harbin, China, 150086, Fax: +86-451-86695508, Email: haas2005@vip.163.com or haas2005@126.com. Registration fees are US$ 380 per participant. It covers conference program, publications, meals, coffee breaks and transportation from airport or train station to hotel after arrival and from hotel to airport when departure in Harbin.

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Cultural and Ecological Tour after the Meeting:

The sightseeing will be arranged for 9-10th. The sightseeing includes the following three sites

  1. Cultural visiting and academic tour: National Garden of Agricultural Science and Technology; Guogeli Street and the Sun Island.

  2. Ecological tour: Xingkai Lake and Jingbo Lake for choosing.

  3. Russian border tour: Vladevostok, far-east of Russia (five days) (Visa may be required for visiting Russia, please check with Russian Embassy in your Country).


Invited International plenary speakers:


Dr A. Roger N. Beachy
President of Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre


Professor W. Paul Davies
Vice Principal of Royal Agricultural College


Professor Sir Brian Heap CBE, FRS

Sir Brian Heap CBE ScD FRS is Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, Honorary Fellow of Green College, Oxford, and Special Professor in Animal Physiology in the University of Nottingham. He was Vice-President and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, Senior Visiting Scientist in the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Director of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (Cambridge and Edinburgh) and Director of Science, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Swindon.


Professor Yoichiro Iwakura

Division of Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo


Ganesh M. Kishore, Ph.D

Vice President of Technology--DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition


Professor Sing Kong Lee
Dean of National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University


Professor Peter Langridge

Australian Centre for plant functional Genomics, Director


Professor Luis Salazar

Expert of virus measures, International Centre of Potato Research


Chinese invited speakers:

Jianzhang Ma

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, protection and application in wild animals


Lianzheng Wang:

Former vice-president of the Chinese Technology Association, vice minister of Agriculture, soybean gene transformation.


Jizhou Ren:

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, grass industry science


Rongxian Shen

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, animal virus and immunology


Dabing Zhang

Commissioner of standard of management and technique of National agricultural transgenic biology committee, biotechnology in rice and bioreactor in plants

Qi Zhou

One of the ten famous scientists of China in year of 2003, animal histology and embryology


Zhikang Li

Chief Scientist of the Chinese Great Science Project with crop gene improvement, Chinese represent of International Rice Research Institute, plant genetics


Kexuan Tang

Dean of school of Agricultural and biology sciences of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Vice-president of Shanghai Plant Physiology Association, biotechnology in plants


Shengli Yang

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, medical biotechnology.


Hongwei Xue

Deputy Director of Shanghai Plant Physiological Research Institute, plant physiology.


Jingrui Dai

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, genetic breeding in crop



Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences

England Royal Agricultural College

Chinese Bio-engineering Society

Wenhui Newspaper of Hongkong


April 9, 2005



Registration form



Name


Age


Sex


Professional title


Position


Name of employer


Address


Telephone


Fax


Email


( ) I will participate in this meeting , please send me the second notice

( ) I will attend sightseeing (please choose the place ):

( ) I will submit abstract or paper, the title is:

( ) Oral presentation; ( ) poster presentation


Note:

1. Oral presentation will be 10 to 15 minutes for each person.

2. The registration form, abstract or paper can be sent to: haas2005@vip.163.com.

3. Please return your registration form before July 30, 2005