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Day 0 - 18 November 2008 (Tuesday)
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| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Registration |
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| Day 1 - 19 November 2008 (Wednesday) |
| 07:30 - 08:30 |
Registration |
Session 1: Value of Biodiversity
Chairperson: Mr Chua Teck Kheng
Technical Advisor, State Planning Unit |
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Keynote Paper - Biodiversity in Malaysia : The Most Undervalued Natural Asset
Emeritus Prof. Dato' Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamad
University Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Oral Paper 1 - Biodiversity Conservation in Sarawak
Mr Malcom Demies
Sarawak Forestry Corporation |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Oral Paper 2 - Traditional Forest Related Knowledge (TFRK) about Mushroom Utilization of the Sub-tribe, Semai, in Peninsular Malaysia
Dr. Chang Yu Shyun
Forest Research Institute Malaysia |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
Q&A Session |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Refreshment & Poster Viewing |
| Opening Ceremony |
| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Arrival of Invited Guests |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Arrival of VIPs & YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Welcoming address
YB Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot
State Secretary of Sarawak & Sarawak Biodiversity Council Chairman |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Organising Collaborator's Address
YBhg Dato' Iskandar Mizal Mahmood
Chief Executive Officer, BiotechCorp |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Opening address
YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
Chief Minister of Sarawak |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
Poetry Reading
International Poetry Heritage Festival 2008 |
| 11:40 - 12:25 |
Plenary Paper - Biodiversity Conservation and Utilisation in Sarawak
Dato' Sri Gathorne (Earl of) Cranbrook
International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature |
| 12:25 - 13:40 |
Lunch & Press Conference |
| 13:40 - 13:55 |
Oral Paper 3 - Biodiversity Conservation by Tribal Soliga Community of B. R. Hills Biosphere Reserve, South India
M. Jayashankar
Bangalore University, India |
| 13:55 - 14:10 |
Oral Paper 4 - Meeting the Biodiversity Challenges with Semantic Technology
Dr. Sheng-Chuan Wu
Franz Inc., USA |
| 14:10 - 14:25 |
Oral Paper 5 - Revealing Padawan Rich Orchid Flora and What's Next?
Dr. Rusea Go
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| 14:25 - 14:45 |
Q&A Session |
Session 2: Policy and Laws on Biodiversity
Chairperson: YBhg Datuk Fong Joo Chung
State Legal Advisor |
| 14:45 - 15:30 |
Plenary Paper - Law and Policy on Biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Shaik Md. Noor Alam Bin S.M. Hussain
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Keynote Paper - Bio-diversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property: Is sui generis the way forward for Malaysia?
Prof. Dr. Ida Madieha Bt. Abdul Ghani Azmi
International Islamic University Malaysia |
| 16:15 - 16:35 |
Refreshment & Poster Viewing |
| 16:35 - 16:50 |
Oral Paper 1 - Title to be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia |
| 16:50 - 17:05 |
Oral Paper 2 - Policy and Action Plan on Biodiversity Special Reference to India
Prof. Dr. Hiware Chandrashekhar Jaiba
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, India |
| 17:05 - 17:20 |
Oral Paper 3 - The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA): A Global Rules for Food Security
Dr. Mohd Shukor Nordin
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) |
| 17:20 - 17:35 |
Oral Paper 4 - Biodiversity-Biotechnology in the Context of Knowledge Generation and Management
Dr. Francis S. P. Ng
Forest Research Institute Malaysia |
| 17:35 - 17:50 |
Oral Paper 5 - Interpretation of the Agreement on Access to, and Benefit Sharing from, Teff - an Ethiopian Plant Genetic Resource
Ms Abeba Gebreselassie
Arhus School of Business, Denmark |
| 17:50 - 18:10 |
Q&A Session |
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| Day 2 - 20 November 2008 (Thursday) |
Session 3: Natural Product and Drug Discovery
Chairperson: Assoc.Prof.Dr.Fasihuddin Badruddin Ahmad
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Plenary Paper - Back to The Future: The Continuing Value of Natural Products For Drug Discovery
Prof. Dr. Alan Harvey
University of Strathclyde, Scotland |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote Paper - Realizing The Value of Rainforests: The Role of Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Md Nordin Haji Lajis
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Refreshment and Poster Viewing |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Oral Paper 1 - Addressing the Challenges of Natural Products Drug Discovery
Prof. Dr. David Ross Appleton
University of Malaya, Malaysia |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Oral Paper 2 - New Derivatives of Aaptamine from the Malaysian Marine Sponge, Aaptos aaptos
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khozirah Shaari
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
10:45 - 11:00 |
Oral Paper 3 - Antimicrobial Compounds from Australian Traditional Medicines
Dr. Jacqui M Mcrae
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Oral Paper 4 - Silvestrol: An Emerging Compound for Cancer Therapy
Dr. Charlie Yeo Tiong Chia
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Oral Paper 5 - Endophytic Fungi in Malaysian Medicinal Plants: Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential
Dr. Jacinta Santhanam
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Q&A Session |
| 11:50 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
Session 4: Commercialisation
Chairperson: YB Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot
Sarawak State Secretary & Sarawak Biodiversity Council Chairman |
| 13:00 - 13:45 |
Plenary Paper - The World of Tsunamis (Financial, Energy, Food, Climate Change, Aging Population) and the Life Science Industry
Dr. Ganesh Kishore
Burrill & Company / Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Ltd |
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Keynote Paper - Technology Commercialization
Dr. Sunny Tan Chiok Ling
Biomedical Strategy Consultants Pte Ltd |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Refreshment and Poster Viewing |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
Oral Paper 1 - Commercialisation: Incentives Provided by BiotechCorp
Mr Razif Abd Aziz
BiotechCorp Sdn Bhd, Malaysia |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Oral Paper 2 - Commercialising the Traditional Knowledge & Biodiversity through Science
Mr Matthias Miller
Biotropics Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Oral Paper 3 - Commercialisation Tips on Bio-Prospecting
Mr Satoshi Nimura
Nimura Genetic Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia |
| 15:30 0- 15:45 |
Oral Paper 4 - Translating Biodiversity into Wealth through Collaboration
Mr Stuart Soo
Furley Group of Companies, Malaysia |
| 16:00 - 16:20 |
Q&A Session |
| Symposium Gala Dinner (19:30 - 22:00) |
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Taxonomy, Taxonimist & Biodviersity
Prof. Dr. Susan L. H. Lim
University of Malaya, Malaysia |
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| Day 3 - 21 November 2008 |
Session 5: Food/Flavour Biotechnology
Chairperson: Datin Dr.Zaliha C.Abdullah
CRAUN Research Sdn Bhd |
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Plenary Paper - Genomics: Recent breakthrough and its impacts
Prof. Dr. Yang Huanming
Beijing Institute of Genomics, China |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote Paper - Biotechnology Applicatino to Ensure Food Security
Prof. Dr. Paul Teng Piang-Siong
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Refreshment and Poster Viewing |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Oral Paper 1 - Frangrance Compounds of Pomelo (Citrus grandis) Blossom Flowers from Various Extraction Techniques
Dr. Mohd Azlan Mohd Ishak
Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis, Malaysia |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Oral Paper 2 - The Effect of Processing Parameter on the Yield of Inulin in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Ms Noor Azwani Zainol
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Oral Paper 3 - Economic Valuation of PGRFA for Assessment of PGR Policy Options - The GPRI Experience
Mr LIm Eng Siang
Bioversity International, Singapore |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Oral Paper 4 - Metabolomic Changes upon Agrobacterium Infection: Suppression of Flavonoids and Phenylpropanoids in Brassica rapa
Dr. Sanimah Simoh
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Oral Paper 5 - Traditional Knowledge Documentation in Sarawak: Benefit towards Food, Flavours and Fragrance Research
Margarita Naming
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre, Malaysia |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Q&A Session |
| 11:50 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
Session 6: Industrial Biotechnology
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Clem Kuek
Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak |
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Plenary Paper - Biotech: Changing the Practice of Medicine
Dato' Dr. Kim Tan
SpringHill Management Ltd, UK |
| 14:45 - 15:30 |
Keynote Speaker - The Discovery of Rainforest Endophytes with Enormous Biological Promise
Dr. Gary A. Strobel
Montana State University, USA |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Refreshment and Poster Viewing |
| 15:45 - 16:00 |
Oral Paper 1 - Production of Taxol and Other Taxane from Selected Cell Lines of Taxus spp. Cell Suspension Cultures
Dr. Khairiah Abd Karim
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Oral Paper 2 - Cloning and Expression of Industrial Important Thermostable Amylase Gene
Mr. Mohd. Ropaning @ Rofandi Sulong
Universiti Industri Selangor, Malaysia |
| 16:15 - 16:30 |
Oral Paper 3- Adaptation of Compact Callus of Pomelo Citrus grandis) to Liquid Media as Potential Apporach to Increase Growth
Dr. Zarina Zakaria
Universiti Malaysia Perlis |
| 16:30 - 16:45 |
Oral Paper 4 - Microbial Diversity of Spontaneous Bambangan (Mangifera pajang) Fermentation, A Traditional Fermented Fruit from Northern Borneo
Ms Ching Seng Yee
Universiti Malaysia Sabah |
| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Oral Paper 5 - Preliminary Study on an Endophytic Fungus with Endopeptidase Inhibitory Activity
Ms Ng Lee Tze
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre, Malaysia |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
Q&A Session |
