BIT's 10th World Gene Convention-2019 (WGC-2019)

Introduction to WGC-2019

Following the great success of past nine years, BIT’s 10^th World Gene Convention-2019 (WGC-2019) will be held during September 20-22, 2019 in Qingdao, China. WGC had been successfully organized in Singapore, Macau, Shanghai, Qingdao and Haikou in last nine years. To update the frontiers of life sciences and Industrial Biotechnology, WGC-2019 comes back to Qingdao.
WGC-2019 is a dedicated event where you will have the opportunity to learn about new developments in the field of gene, biotechnology and life sciences, share aspects of your own work by submitting a oral presentation or poster. With the participation of outstanding international experts, we hope productive discussions would stimulate new creative ideas to translate new discoveries into better practice and application. We hope your participation would contribute to your professional development and relationships. Wish you enjoy the conference.
We have no doubt that networking with your colleagues, on an international scale, will result in a creative exchange of ideas and be personally rewarding. We hope that you enjoy the meeting enough to join us in 2019.

Highlights

• 400+ Oral Presentations Covering the Hot Topics and Cutting-Edge Technology in the Field of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
• 50+ Posters Demonstrating
• Cutting-Edge Keynote Addresses by Prominent Leaders from All Over the World
• Creating a Harmonious Environment for Project Matchmaking and Promotion
• Opportunities to Visit Beijing Natural and Humanistic Landscapes

Scientific Program

Theme 1
Latest Research of DNA, RNA and Nucleic Acid

Theme 2
Updates on Genetics & Genomics

Theme 3
Cutting-Edge Technologies

Theme 4
Emerging Topics of Life Sciences

Theme 5
Biotechnologies and Bio Industry

Theme 6
Emerging Areas for Medicine Applications

Theme 7
New Biotherapy Discovery

Theme 8
Robust Technology Development

Theme 9
Satellite Events
-BIT's Joint Meetings

Theme 10
Joyful Commune
-Social/Cultural Events

Past Renowned Speakers

$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Владимир Хавинсон (1).jpg$	*Dr. Vladimir Khavinson,* Professor and Director of Saint Petersburg Institute of Bio regulation and Gerontology, Russia	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\1.bmp$*	*Dr. Andrew A. Potter,* Director& CEO, VIDO-InterVac, Canada	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\genomeediting-minl-2018--krishna-dronamraju-1764452621.png$*	*Dr. Krishna Dronamraju,* President, Foundation for Genetic Research, USA
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Michael-D.-West-Ph.-D..jpg$	*Dr. Michael D. West,* Chief Executive Officer, AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., USA	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\2646566566.bmp$*	*Dr. Torsten Hoffmann,* Chief Operating Officer & Senior VP, Silence Therapeutics, Germany	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\2163680738.bmp$*	*Dr. William Rice,* Chairman, President and CEO, Aptose Biosciences Inc., USA
	*Dr. Constantinos Koumenis,* Professor & Vice Chair, University of Pennsylvania, USA		*Dr. Weiqiang Zhao,* Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, USA	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\11.bmp$*	*Dr. Irene Caesar,* CEO, Matrix City LLC, Russia; President, Wave Genome LLC, USA
	*Dr. Lingwen Zeng,* Director, Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, China		*Dr. Jeffrey LBennetzen,* Professor, Anhui Agricultural University, China; University of Georgia, USA		*Dr. Sushanta K. Mitra,* Professor, York University; Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada
	*Dr. Stefan Gluck,* Vice President, Celgene Corporation, USA		*Dr. Philipp Kapranov,* Professor & Director, HuaQiao University, China	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Stem-cell-2018-Mariusz-Z-Ratajczak-18875.jpg$*	*Dr. MariuszZ.Ratajczak,* Professor & Endowed Chair, University of Louisville, USA
	*Dr. Bruce D. Given,* Chief Operating Officer, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA		*Dr. Tamara Maes,* Chief Scientific Officer & Vice-President, Oryzon Genomics S.A., Spain		*Dr. Christophe Thiriet,* Principal Investigator, University of Nantes, France
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\11.jpg$	*Dr. Ilan Chet,* Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\1404423026.bmp$	*Dr. Eugene Howard,* Seymour, CEO, NanoViricides, Inc., USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\1082326082.bmp$	*Dr. Richard M,* Weinshilboum, Professor, Mayo Clinic, USA
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\img-liuxy.jpg$	*Dr. Xin-Yuan Liu,* Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China		*Dr. Shu-Hui Liu,* Director, Pfizer, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\3587611307.bmp$	*Dr. Gabrielle Heilek,* Director, Roche Molecular Systems, USA
	*Dr. Alexander Kharazi,* Chief Technology Officer, Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., USA		*Dr. Salvador Borges,* Professor, Duke University School of Medicine, USA		*Dr. Jan H Tavernier,* Chair of the Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\3028633559.bmp$	*Dr. Leen Kawas,* President & CEO, M3 Biotechnology, Inc., USA		*Dr. Madhavan Nair,* Chair & Professor, Florida International University, USA	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\3580783733.bmp$*	*Dr. John L. Cavallo,* Senior Vice President, Trilogy Essential Ingredients, USA
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\100523114.bmp$	*Dr. Joseph Orban,* Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Director, Office of Biomedical Research Development, Southern University, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\782701447.bmp$	*Dr. Adam Hyland,* Principal, Franke Hyland, Australia	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\1976411536.bmp$	*Dr. Kurt-Peter Raezke,* Senior Director Food Safety, Food Services, Intertek Food Services GmbH, Germany
	*Dr. Douglas T Carrell,* Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\daniel-scherman.jpg$	*Dr. Daniel Scherman,* Professor, CNRS UMR8258 - Inserm U1022, France		*Dr. Francisco M. Goycoolea*, Professor, Westfaelische Wilhelms Univeristaet Muenster, Germany
	*Dr. Jacky Le Goslès,* Principal Administrator of the European Commission, Belgium		*Dr. Yong Qian,* Chairman, BioMedicure Group, USA and China		*Dr. Katherine J Aitchison,* Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\2826583951.bmp$	*Dr. Bernard Vanhove,* Professor, OSE Immunotherapeutics, France		*Dr. Henry M. Sobell,* Emeritus Professor, University of Rochester, USA		*Dr. Bhanu P. Jena,* Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University, USA
	*Dr. Ming Guo,* Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, USA		*Dr. Judah A. Denburg,* Professor, McMaster University/AllerGen NCE, Canada		*Dr. Jeffrey Pudney,* Professor, Boston University Medical Centre, USA
	*Dr. Mitchell S. Albert,* Professor, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Canada		*Dr. Nicholas J. Ashbolt,* Research Chair in Water, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada		*Dr. Il Kim,* Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea
	*Dr. Bill R Wilson,* Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\2235251102.bmp$	*Mr. Brad Choi,* CEO, Noanix Corporation, Republic of Korea		*Dr. Li Li,* Director, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, USA
	*Dr. Ben Chih,* Scientist, Genentech Inc., USA	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\11.bmp$*	*Dr. Hartmut Juhl,* Professor, Indivumed GmbH, Germany		*Dr. Felix Schiele,* Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim Pahrma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
	*Dr. SongyanZheng,* Senior Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA		*Dr. Liewei Wang,* Professor, Mayo Clinic, USA		*Dr. AlexandreFontayne,* Head of Biotherapeutics Engineering, LFB-Biotechnologies, France
	*Dr. Yue Yun,* Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, USA		*Dr. Joseph Seckbach,* Professor, Retired Hebrew University, Israel		*Dr. NaotakaFuruichi,* Professor, Niigata University, Japan
	*Dr. George Acquaah,* Dean, Bowie State University, USA		*Dr. Xiaoqiang Yan,* Chief Scientific Officer, Generon (Shanghai) Corporation, China		*Dr. Yingli Sun,* Professor, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\3288635372.bmp$	*Dr. Andrzej Kloczkowski,* Professor, Nationwide Children's Hospital, USA		*Dr. Joseph Purita,* Director, IRMO, USA		*Dr. Weiying Lin,* Dean and Professor, University of Jinan, China
	*Dr. Yun Tang,* Associate Director, Roche - Genentech, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\445281984.bmp$	*Dr. Samir Sukkar,* Professor, Università di Genova, Italy	*$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\1.bmp$*	*Dr. Erdogan Ceylan,* Research Director, Silliker Food Science Center, USA
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\1779076333.bmp$	*Dr. Hui Li,* Professor and Director, University of Virginia, USA		*Dr. Yves Durocher,* Research Officer, National Research Council Canada, Canada		*Dr. Jian-Dong Li,* Professor and Director, Georgia State University, USA
	*Dr. Naoki Sugimoto,* Professor and Director, Konan University, Japan		*Dr. Steven E Wilson,* Professor, Cole Eye Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, USA		*Dr. Emily M. Leproust,* CEO, TwistBioscience, USA
	*Dr. Warren C Ladiges,* Director, University of Washington, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\776187323.bmp$	*Dr. Yuyou Duan,* Professor, UC Davis Medical Center, USA		*Dr. Katrin Bach,* Professor, Food Technology & Nutrition (MSc), Austria
$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\feiq\RichOle\2538329813.bmp$	*Dr. Richard Green,* Professor, University of California, USA	$说明: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\s200_madeleine.chagnon.jpg$	*Dr. Madeleine Chagnon,* Adjunct Professor, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada		*Dr. Martin Fluck,* Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
	*Dr. Chunxiang Zhang,* Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Rush University, USA		*Dr. Yun Tang,* Senior Manager, Roche – Genentech, USA		*Dr. David R Morris,* Professor, University of Washington, USA
	*Dr. Bing-Hua Jiang,* Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, USA		*Dr. David J. Kyle,* CEO, Evolve BioSystemsInc, USA		*Dr. Bernard Grodzinski,* Professor, University of Guelph, Canada
	*Dr. Qinghua Sun,* Professor, Assistant Dean for Global Public Health, The Ohio State University, USA		*Dr. Jeffrey Bennetzen,* Professor, University of Georgia, USA		*Dr. Julian Mitchell Menter,* Research Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA

Exhibition and Poster

WGC-2019 provides an ideal platform to showcase your novel technologies and products in China. It is developed to offer comfort to delegates while maximizing exhibitor exposure, the coffee breaks and poster sessions will all take place in the exhibition area promoting frequent repeated opportunities for delegates to visit the exhibits.

Exhibitors' advantages
• The exhibition will be visited by participants of the conference who are your authentic target group from China and other countries.
• The exhibitors have the opportunity to present their exhibits more detailed, and have the opportunity for longer discussion with inquiring visitors – in most cases specialists – than during session discussions.

Exhibition Date:
Set-up date: September 19, 2019
Show dates: September 20-22, 2019 09:00-18:00
Place: Qingdao, China

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