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   Come and meet these speakers!

    
   Professor of Public Health Sciences and Surgery at the University of Toronto and Director of Ethics and Policy at the McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine.
 
    
   President of Merck Vaccines, Merck & Co. Inc.
 
    
   Professor of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt & Senior Scientist, AGERI, ARC, Giza, Egypt
 
    
   Professor of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University; and Director, Egyptian Association for Continuing Education and Training
 
    
   CEO of Aventis CropScience.
 
    
   Head of the Unit Community Cooperation Activities. Directorate International Scientific Cooperation, DG Research, European Commission.
 
    
   Vice Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation, Vice President of Novo Nordisk Corporate Stake holder Relations – Asia, and Trustee of the Novo Nordisk Education Foundation.
 
    
   Vice President, Corporate Research Affairs
 
    
   Vice President of the European Federation of Biotechnology.
 
    
   Head of the Biotechnology Advisory Unit, English Nature.
 
    
   Associate Professor at Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Head of Molecular Immunogenetics Group at the Diabetes Center Karolinska.
 
    
   Professor, Department of Endocrinology at the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China.
 
    
   Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics and the Director of Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University.
 
    
   Programme Director for Biotechnology, Agriculture & Food Research at the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission.
 
    
   Secretary General of the European Federation of Biotechnology & Strategic Adviser, Europe Unlimited SA.
 
    
   President and founder of "Hypothesis" company.
 
    
   Chairman and Founder of The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).
 
    
   President of the Latin American Federation of National Biotechnology Companies Associations (FELAEB) and Director of the Uruguayan Association of Biotechnology Companies.
 
    
   Professor of Genetics at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin and Chairman of The Irish Times Trust. He is also a coordinator in EAGLES.
 
    
   Senior Evaluation Officer, Global Environment Facility (GEF).
 
    
   Senior Editor of the Disease Control Priorities Project & Fellow in Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health.
 
    
   Professor Emeritus, Department. of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture in Alexandria, Egypt
 
    
   Current director of the National Institutes of Health, appointed by George W. Bush in May 2002
 
    
   President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences.
 
    
   General Manager of Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Limited and Manager of Triticarte.
 
    
   Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
 
    
   Founder and CEO of Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (AHBFI).
 
    
   Honorary Permanent Secretary at the Académie des Sciences.
 
    
   CEO of Trans Am Group.
 
    
   Director of Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) II.
 
    
   Executive Vice President of the Discovery Research at Wyeth.
 
    
   Former Director of Office of Intellectual Property, Michigan State University.
 
    
   Chair, Doyle Foundation
 
    
   Prof. of Environmenal Law, University of Ghana
 
    
   Technical officer Diabetes, WHO.
 
    
   Former Geneticist in IRRI and Professor in the University of California.
 
    
   Minister of Higher Education, Egypt.
 
    
   Director, PLanetarium Science Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
 
    
   Director of HarvestPlus.
 
    
   Director of Beijing Genomics Institute & Co-Vice-Chairman at the European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES).
 
    
   Head of Biotechnology Division, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD.
 
    
   Former Minister of Health, Egypt.
 
    
   Director for Advanced Medical Science, Division of Life Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology.
 
    
   Professor of Plant Sciences, specifically of Biotechnology of Plants, at the Institute of Plant Sciences of the ETH Zurich.
 
    
   Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina; and Chairman of European Action on Global Life Sciences, EAGLES.
 
    
   Professor of Public Health, University of Helsinki; and Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Finland.
 
    
   European Commissioner for Science and Research, European Commission.
 
    
   Executive Director of the European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES).
 
    
   Senior Associate Dean for Institutional and Global Initiatives at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), the health and biomedical sciences center of Columbia University
 
    
   Executive Director of the Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Biotecnologia (ABRABI).
 
    
   Director of Office of International Affairs National Cancer Institute and a Cancer Consortium Implementation Group Member.
 
    
   Senior Scientific Advisor at the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health.
 
    
   Founder and Professor Emeritus of the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI).
 
    
   Regional Chair IDF Africa Region
 
    
   Director of Plant Science Center, Riken Yokohama Institute.
 
    
   President of the Science Council of Japan and of Pacific Science Association
 
    
   Director of the Botanical Garden, University of Bern.
 
    
   Former Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy and the Chairman of the Diet Members Promotion Alliance for Life Science.
 
    
   President of Illinois Institute of Technology and is a Professor of Law.
 
    
   Head, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, the National Polytechnic Institute.
 
    
   Assistant Director General - International Cooperation of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
 
    
   Senior Vice President & Head of Chemical & Screening Sciences, Wyeth.
 
    
   Professor of Plant Molecular Biology and Executive Director of The Norman Borlaug Institute for Crop Improvement.
 
    
   Chairman of Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries.
 
    
   Chairman of the Global Water Partnership and the chairman of the Centre for Bioscience and Agriculture (CABI).
 
    
   United States Embassy in Egypt
 
    
   Director of the National Research Center on Food Technology, Embrapa.
 
    
   Coordinator at the Biotechnology Commission in University of Costa Rica.
 
    
   Director of the International Futures Programme, OECD - French Delegation.
 
    
   Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the developing world, (TWAS).
 
    
   UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology & Chairman M S Swaminathan Research Foundation.
 
    
   Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Alexandria; President of the Egyptian Diabetes Association; and Regional Chairman of EMME Region International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
 
    
   Director, World Bank/ European Union Education Enhancing Program, Program Planning & Monitoring Unit
 
    
   Regional Medical Director of Novo Nordisk.
 
    
   Director, ICT Department, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
 
    
   Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
 
    
   Professor of Animal Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and Chairman of the Irish biotechnology company IdentiGEN Ltd.
 
    
   Emeritus Professor of Immunology at University of Cambridge & Head of Microbial Immunology Group at Centre for Veterinary Science.
 
    
   Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.
 
    
   Communication Head at the IDF
 
    
   Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.
 
    
   Chairman of Scientific Foundation- BioVision (France).
 
    
   Principal, IMS Health.
 
    
   Broadcaster/Science Journalist
 
    
   Professor of biotechnology at Simón Bolívar University, and former Director of Research and Innovation of Empresas Polar.
 
    
   Director of Personnel Department, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
 
    
   Dean of Graduate Schools, Wagenigen University & Co-chair of InterAcademy Council (IAC) Study -Food for Africa.
 
    
   Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh.
 
    
   Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria.
 
    
   Professor in Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
 
    
   Director of The Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
 
    
   Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region.
 
    
   Scientific Officer in the International Scientific Cooperation unit, Research Directorate General, European Commission.
 
    
   Deputy Director Senior Grade, Head of Division of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis Research Centre.
 
    
   Senior Scientist of Diversity for Livelihoods Programme at The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI).
 
    
   Deputy Director of UNICEF Supply Division.
 
    
   Former Chairman, CEO of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. & Member, Board of Japan Bioindustry Association.
 
    
   Founder & CEO of Avesthagen.
 
    
   Senior Scientist, ICRISAT, Crop Physiology Laboratory, GT-1 Biotechnology, India
 
    
   Investigator, The Institute for Genomic Research.
 
    
   Chairman and Chief Diabetologist of Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre.
 
    
   CEO of the Brazilian Biofuels Programme and Senior Scientist at the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
 
    
   Former Minister of Health of Norway, and chair of the Biotechnology Advisory Board of Norway.
 
    
   Assistance to Young Diabetics-AYD
 
    
   Executive Director of International Biotech Regulatory Services BVBA, Belgium.
 
    
   Director of R&D Promotion for Innovative Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices.
 
    
   Head of Academic and Cultural Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina , Alexandria, Egypt
 
    
   Project Director and Chief Scientist, Genome Exploration Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center.
 
    
   Founder, member and vice president of the World Alliance of Organizations for the Prevention of Birth Defects.
 
    
   President of China Agriculture University.