Bio Asia 2018, The 15th Edition, Annual International Life science and Health the Chemical, Plastics, Construction, Mining Industry and Allied Products will be held from March 22nd – 24th, 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India.

Government of Telangana together with the Government of India and 19 other Asian Countries is organising BioAsia 2018, the 15^th edition of the annual international life sciences and healthcare convention at Hyderabad during 22-24 February 2018. Over the years the event has gained significant stature and prestige, and witnessed participation of more than 1500 global leaders from over 50 countries.

2. The 14^thedition of this event was very successful with delegates from 51 countries, including Dr. Paul Stoffels (Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson), Dr. Vas Narasimhan (Incumbent Global CEO, Novartis), Dr. Patrick Vallance (President R&D, GSK), Nobel Laureate Prof. Kurt Wuthrich (Scripps Institute), among others. Glimpses of the 2017 event is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tp-iOy6Qb0
3. BioAsia will be an ideal platform for the visiting delegations to meet with the counterparts in India to explore potential partnerships. The convention will host an array of activities including business partnering, exhibition, and technology conferences with talks from some global thought leaders, interactive sessions, CEO Conclave, business partnering, start-up showcase, bio park visit, networking dinners and more. BioAsia 2018 will bring together the global industry leaders, researchers, policy makers, innovators, and investors together on one platform discussing the new opportunities and develop strategies to succeed in emerging markets like India. While the participation requires a registration at USD 380 per delegate, Government of Telangana has decided to waive off 25% for the registration on each delegate provided the delegation size is 5 and above. Some benefits of participation are as below: 

4.Industries: 

• Business partnerships (B2B and B2C)
• Technology licensing 
• Awareness on the India and global market trends
• Visit to facilities and bioparks
• Opportunity to meet with scientific institutions for partnership
• Opportunity to showcase their product / service portfolio

Scientists / Scientific Institutions:

•         Scientific collaboration
•         Linkage with industry
•       Exploring funding opportunities from global funding agencies
•         Global trends in scientific advancements
•         Visit to biopark and scientific institutions
•         Opportunity to present their work

 Government

• Government to Government partnerships
• Promote inward investments
• Enhance trade opportunities
• Create awareness on the local policies
• Collaboration and exposure visit to Bioparks

5. Further information and contact details can be found at http://2018.bioasia.in/  and may like to directly contact the following for registration:-  

Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS (Prl. Secy & CIP)

Industries & Commerce Department

Government of Telangana

D- Block, 2^nd Floor, Room No. 347, 

Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad,

Tel: +91 40 2345 4449

Email: prlsecy-inds@telangana.gov.in