Friday, December 4, 4 PM

Georgia China Life Sciences Forum

Co-Sponsored by the Georgia China Alliance and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

Along with our fellow sponsor and GCA member Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, the Georgia China Alliance is pleased to announce the Georgia China Life Sciences Forum, to be held on Friday, December 4th, 2009.  This forum will be held in conjunction with a meeting of the Atlanta Chinese Scholars Club.

Georgia's advances in building its life sciences industry gained significant momentum in recent years.  For instance, Dendreon Corporation, a Seattle-based biotechnology company, will locate a new $70 million manufacturing facility in Union City to manufacture a drug for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Georgia's academic institutions have been the bedrock of this growth.  Most of these institutions have benefited significantly from Chinese professors and researchers, hence our partnership with the Atlanta Chinese Scholars Club in hosting this forum.

The life sciences industry is ideal for developing collaboration, partnership, and cross-investment between Chinese and U.S. companies and institutions.  This forum will explore those opportunities in depth.

Many of these professors are not only engaged in research with their respective institutions, but are involved with private life sciences companies in both China and the United States.  Consequently, they have direct experience in Georgia-China life sciences connections.

 
Panel List:
 
Dr. Gang Bao,
College of Engineering Distinguished Professor, Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Xiaoping Hu,
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance, Endowed Eminent Scholar in Imaging, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University

Dr. Jin-Tang Dong,
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Jin-Xiong She,
Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Genomic Medicine, Director, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine

Dr. Zhen Huang,
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University

Dr. Qi Guo,
CEO/President of Omega Bio-Tek, Inc., Norcross,

Event Details:
 
Where:  Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP
              Court Room
              999 Peachtree Street, 28th Floor
              Atlanta, GA 30309

When:   Friday, December 4, 2009, 4 pm to 7 pm

RSVP: hanjie.song@georgiachina.com

Please feel free to contact us at the following email address if you have any questions, concerns or comments:  hanjie.song@georgiachina.com