BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025 亞洲生技大會

BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025 亞洲生技大會

PROGRAM

2024 Regional Collaboration Forum

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Jul.24 - Australia

Australia-Taiwan Clinical Trials and Biotech

Room 703 / Hall 2

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※ Seminar cancel  due to tropical storm GAEMI.
Date / Time : July 24 08:30-16:00

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 (Room 703, 7F)

Co-organizer: Austrade Taiwan, Taiwan Bio Industry Organization, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office, MOEA
 

Duration Topic Speaker
08:30-9:00

Registration

 
09:00-9:30

Welcome Remarks

Robert Fergusson, Representative, Australian Office

Opening Remarks 

Dr Chung-Hsiun Wu
Chairman, Taiwan Bio Industry Organisation

Special Remarks Mr Michael Huang
Director, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office (BPIPO) & Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneur Core, DCB
09:30–09:40

Keynote:
Australia – A powerhouse for science and innovation in Biotechnology

Helen Dai
Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australia Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)

09:40–09:50

Group Photo

09:50–10:20

Panel Discussion:
Australia’s Clinical Trial Capabilities - Insights from Australian Industry Leaders

Moderator:

  • David Lloyd, Managing Director, Southern Star Research


Panellists:

  • Yvonne Lungershausen, CEO, Avance
  • John Lin, Taiwan Country Manager, George Clinical
  • Yooni Kim, Vice President, Global Head of Clinical Trials Service, Novotech
  •  Robert Lin, CEO, GreenLight Clinical
  • Ya-Han Chang, Vice President Commercial Strategy, HiRO


 

10:20–10:40

Panel Discussion:
World-class Clinical Trial Facilities - Practical Experiences Sharing from Clinical Trial Sites

Moderator: 

  • Yvonne Lungershausen, CEO, Avance


Panellists:

  • Chris Saracini, Business Development Officer, CMAX
  • Jeffery Wong, Senior Director, Nucleus Network
  • Chris Stellatos, Director, Scientia Clinical Research
  • Tam C. Nguyen, Deputy Director of Research, St. Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
10:40–10:50

Tea break

10:50–11:05

Case Study- Success Story from a Taiwanese Biotech Company

George Yeh
President, Taiwan Liposome Company
11:05–11:25

Panel Discussion:
Maximising Clinical Trials Efficiency - Intelligence from Clinical Associated Service Providers

Moderator: 

  • Tam C. Nguyen, Deputy Director of Research, St. Vincent Hospital

Panellists:

  • Sharon Sim, Senior Business Development Manager, 360biolabs
  • Amelia Wee, Senior Business Development Manager, Agilex Biolabs
  • Clara Ya, Business Development Executive, PCI
  • Minh-Thu Cao Xuan, Business Development Manager, TrialKey
11:25–11:40

Panel Discussion:
Levering R&D Incentive Program – Best Practices Sharing from Health Corporate Service Providers

Moderator:

  • Jeffery Wong, Senir Director, Nucleus Network

Panellists:

  • Luis Silva, Regional Business Development Manager, Acclime Australia
  • Pavel Reddy, R&D Tax Advisor, Global R&D
11:40–12:15

Panel Discussion:Next-Generation Therapies through Innovative Solutions between Australia and Taiwan

Moderator: 

  • Michael Huang, Director, BPIPO & Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneur Core, DCB

Panellists: 

  • Afsar Ahmed, Chief Scientific Officer, Aeterna
  • Andrea Wang, CEO, AHEAD Medicine Corporation
  • Yi-Lun Chiang, Business Development Manager, BRIM Biotechnology Inc
  • Patty Sung, President & COO, Intelligene
  • Authur Lung, CEO, NaviFUS Corp
12:15

The morning session concludes

12:15-13:30

Lunch

13:30-16:00

One-on-One meetings

Venue: Room 702, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall 2

Jul.25

Plenary Session

Room 403 / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 25 09:00-12:00

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 403, 4F)
Co-organizer: Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Taiwan Bio Industry Organization, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office, MOEA

 

Duration Topic Speaker
09:00-09:30

Registration

 
09:30-09:40

Opening Remarks

  • Simon Wang, President & CEO, Taiwan External Trade Development Council
 
  • Wallace Lin, Secretary General, Taiwan Bio Industry Organization
09:40-09:55

BIO Asia Awards-Successful Stories

 
09:55-10:10

Development and Applications of Gen AI in Clinical Research

Tong Guo,
Vice President, Head of Sales, Greater China, IQVIA

10:10-10:25

Break

 

10:25-11:35

Regional Collaboration Summit-Partnership, Collaboration & Synergy

  • Helen Dai, Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australia Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
  • Els Verhulst, Science & Technology Counselor, FLANDERS INVESTMENT &
    TRADE, Embassy of Belgium in Tokyo, Japan
  • Cheung Hoi (Albert) Yu, Chairman, Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization
  • Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association
  • Bryan See, the Vice President of PhytoGaia Sdn. Bhd.
  • Nares Damrongchai, Co-Founder, Accel Group Co., Ltd.
  • Murali Panchapagesa Muthuswamy, Chairman, Jananom Private Limited
11:35-11:50

Cultivate Business Growth by Listing on TWSE

Peter CHNG, Assistant Manager, Taiwan Stock Exchange

11:50-12:00

Closing

 

Jul.25 - Belgium

Belgium – The Health & Biotech Valley, In the heart of Europe Today and Tomorrow

Room 404 / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 25 13:30-17:30

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 404, 4F)

Co-organizer: Flanders Investment and Trade / Belgian Office Taipei 
 

Duration Topic Speaker
13:30-14:00

Registration and networking

 
14:00-14:15

Opening Presentation:
Belgium – The Health & Biotech Valley, In the heart of Europe Today and Tomorrow

Mr. Matthieu Branders, Director of Belgian Office Taipei

14:15-14:40

Flanders Life Sciences - A Thriving Combination of Biotech and Pharma

Speaker:
Mrs. Els Verhulst, Science & Technology Counselor
FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE,
Embassy of Belgium in Tokyo, Japan

14:40-15:05

Biocovergence: how the intersection of biology and technology advance human health

Speaker:
Dr. Paru Deshpande
Vice-President R&D, Health technologies, imec

15:05-15:30

IBA’s Proton Therapy and Pharma Solutions

Speaker:
Mr. Florian Vanlangendonck,
Technical Operations Leader, IBA

15:30-15:55

Revolutionizing the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases by advancing the science of epigenetics - Volition’s nucleosome quantification technology (Nu.Q®)

Speaker:
Dr. Jasmine Kway, CEO Volition Asia

15:55-16:20

Q&A and Networking time

 
16:30-17:30 Happy Hour at Belgium Pavilion Nangang Exhibition Hall 1, 4F, Booth NO. M807

Jul.25 - Japan

An Approach to Promising Collaboration with Japanese Bioecosystem

Room 403 / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 25 15:00-16:45

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 403, 4F)
Co-organizer: Japan Bioindustry Association, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan

 

Duration Topic Speaker
15:00-15:03

Opening Remarks 

Prof. Yoshiaki Tsukamoto
Session Chair; Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association

15:03-15:06

Opening Remarks 

Dr. Michael Huang
Director of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion
Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan

15:06-15:18

Bioecosystem in Japan

Prof. Yoshiaki Tsukamoto
Session Chair; Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association

15:18-15:30

Takeda’s Partnering Strategy to Access Emerging Innovations across Asia-Pacific

Masanori Sato
Head, Center for External Innovation Japan/APAC,
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

15:30-15:42

Business expansion at AGC Biologics and collaboration with partners

Shigeru Kunii
Head of Business Development, Asia, AGC Biologics

15:42-15:54

Partners For Life, Expansion of FUJIFILM's Lifesciences
Business in Asia

Takeshi Yamamoto
Corporate Vice president. Deputy General Manager, Lifescience
strategy HQ. General Manager, Bioscience & Engineering laboratories,
FUJIFILM

15:54-16:06

Latest topics in Japanese life science innovation ecosystem

Prof. Akihiko Soyama
CEO, Life Science Innovation Network Japan

16:06-16:45

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Panelists:

 

Jul.25 - Thailand

The Thailand Session of the Regional Collaboration Forum

Room 504A,5F / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 25 15:00-16:45

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 504A, 5F)

Co-organizer: Thailand Trade and Economic Office, VNU Asia Pacific, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, TW, Development Center for Biotechnology
 

Duration Topic Speaker
15:00-15:03

Opening Remarks 

Dr. Shiing-Jer Twu
Chairman, Development Center for Biotechnology

15:03-15:06

Opening Remarks 

Mr. Narong Boonsatheanwong
Executive Director, Thailand Trade and Economic Office

15:06-15:16

Delivering essential medicine and vaccine via transdermal

Mr. Veerachat Petpisit, MD
CEO, Mineed Technology Co., Ltd, Thailand

15:16-15:26

Perspective of precision health and next generation probiotics

Dr.Cheng-Chih (Richard) Hsu
CEO, Leeuwenhoek Laboratories Co. Ltd.  

15:26-15:36

Introduction of SciVision Biotech

Ms. Janet Wang
Business Development Representative, SciVision Biotech Inc.

15:36-15:46

Advancing Healthcare: Precision and Preventive Solutions by MP Group

Ms. Phansa Phitthayaphong,
Product Manager, MP Group (Thailand) Co. Ltd.

15:46-15:56

Accelerated computing platform empowering healthcare providers to accelerate healthcare transformation with multi-omics technologies, bridging the gaps in diagnostic demands throughout patient journey

Allen Chang
CEO & EVP of Business Development, Atgenomix

15:56-16:06

Entering the Cancer Arena: The Birth of  Avatar Medicine

Mr. Po Chen,
Founder & CEO, CancerFree Biotech, Taiwan

16:06-16:45

Panel Discussion or Conclusion

Moderator: 

Panelists:

 

Jul.26 - India

India Session

Room 404 / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 26 09:30-11:00

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 404, 4F)

Co-organizer: India Taipei Association

 

Duration Topic Speaker
09:30-10:00

Registration

 
10:00-10:10

Opening Remarks

Manharsinh L. Yadav
Director General, India Taipei Association

10:10-10:30

Introduction of India Biotech Ecosystem

Murali Panchapagesa Muthuswamy
Chairman, Jananom Private Limited

10:30-10:40

India's Pharmaceutical Prowess on the Global Stage

Representative from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory

10:40-10:55

India-Taiwan Collaboration and Potential in Pharmaceutical Industry

Kumar Surupa, Business Development Manager, Gongwin Biopharm Co., Ltd.

10:55-11:00

Conclusion

 

Jul.26 - Malaysia

Malaysia, Your Bio-economy Partner

Room 403 / Hall 1

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Date / Time : July 26 13:00-17:00

Venue : Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (Room 403, 4F)

Hosted by: Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre, Taipei (MFTC)
Organizer: Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre, Taipei (Trade Division)
Co-organizer: Taiwan Bio Industry Organization

 

Duration Topic Speaker
13:00-14:00

Registration

 
14:00-14:03

Welcoming Remarks

Madam Aznifah Isnariah Abdul Ghani
President
Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre (MFTC)

14:03–14:10

Appreciation to speakers & Group photo

 
14:10-14:40

Futuristic 5G Biotic: Innovation in Postbiotic Production

​Mr. Chin Kok Tian, Managing Director, My Myracle Sdn Bhd
14:40–15:10

Gems from the Rainforest: Modern Approach to Healthy Ageing through Patented and Clinically Validated Herbs

Mdm. Haliza Binti Ramli, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Biotropics Malaysia Berhad

15:10-15:40

Revolutionising OMICs Data for Global Disease Management via AI/ML

Mr. Fadzhairi Jabar, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadia Life Sciences Sdn Bhd

15:40-16:10

Tocotrienols – Safeguarding of Cognitive Health and Brain Vitality

Mr. Bryan See, Vice President , PhytoGaia Sdn Bhd

16:10-16:40

Taiwan-Malaysia: Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Industry Linkage and Business Collaboration

Mdm. Patty Wang
Acting General Manager, Medical & Pharmaceutical Industry Technology & Development Centre, Taiwan

16:40-16:50

Q&A session

 
16:50-17:00

End of program / Networking session