Diamond sponsor Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN) is a global company with revenues of $1.15 billion. We provide products and services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as academic and government research institutions. More than 4,300 employees work for Invitrogen and we conduct business in over 70 countries. We offer more than 25,000 unique products and services to support disease research, drug discovery and commercial bio-production. The company's areas of focus include Bioproduction, genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, cell culture, and cell biology, among others. Importantly, we continue to expand our capabilities by partnering with the brightest minds in the world on revolutionary diagnostic methods and therapeutic treatments. Invitrogen's product family includes many of the most widely recommended names in the industry, including Molecular Probes, BioReliance, Gibco, Cascade and Dynal Biotech. Our products can be found in nearly every major laboratory in the world. Many of the greatest medical discoveries of the last two decades were made using Invitrogen products, including the discovery of the AIDS virus, advancements in cancer treatment, and the development of tools to assist in stem cell research. Invitrogen's Quest is to better the human condition through innovations in science and technology. Through our Passionate People Making a Difference program, we serve as good corporate citizens in the communities in which we live and work.

Platinum sponsors

Exploit Technologies Pte. Ltd. (ETPL) is the marketing and commercialization arm of A*STAR (the Agency for Science, Technology and Research). Our Vision is to be a world-class Technology Transfer Organization (TTO) and it is our mission to support A*STAR in transforming the economy with the commercialization of R&D. Through licensing deals and spin-offs with industry partners, ETPL enhances the research output of its scientists by translating their inventions into marketable products or processes.

A*STAR's research institutes have researchers and scientists developing technologies and intellectual property across multiple Science and Engineering disciplines and Biomedical Research areas. ETPL manages and consolidates all of its research institutes' intellectual property under one roof, serving as a one-stop centre for research institutes, industry partners and enterprises.

ETPL provides access to Singapore's large pool of intellectual property and knowledge generated by over 2,000 researchers at A*STAR's research institutes. 

Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a leading provider of cutting-edge technologies and services for the development, quality assurance and production processes of the biopharmaceutical industry. Our integrated solutions covering fermentation, filtration, purification, fluid management and lab technologies are supporting the biopharmaceutical industry around the world to develop and produce drugs safely, timely and economically. For next generation processes, we focus on single-use technologies and added-value services to meet upcoming requirements of the industry we serve. Strongly rooted in the scientific community and closely allied with customers and technology partners, we are dedicated to our philosophy of "Turning science into solutions".

Gold sponsor

As Cold Chain shipments face increased scrutiny from internal bodies and international agencies alike, strict adherence to temperature control is critical for compliance with international regulatory, manufacturing and safety standards. With our proven track record in Cold Chain Management, World Courier is the only specialty logistics provider that offers comprehensive and customized temperature-controlled transportation services 24/7/365 worldwide. In addition to Cold Chain Management services, we conduct regular Cold Chain Awareness Courses that explore the latest handling techniques and equip you with effective strategies to optimize your cold chain distribution processes. Wherever your destination, World Courier will deliver your shipment in exactly the same condition it left.

Silver sponsors 

Quintiles is the global leader in pharmaceutical services, providing quality professional expertise, market intelligence and partnering solutions to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries.  Quintiles has over 18,000 employees and offices in 54 countries. 

Quintiles East Asia was established in 1995 and enjoys unparalleled geographic reach, with established operations in 12 AsiaPacific nations. Offering the full spectrum of clinical development services, including clinical research, laboratory services, regulatory affairs and consulting, the Quintiles clinical team (over 1500 personnel) in Asia Pacific has completed over 900 clinical trials involving about 5,500 sites and over 195,000 patients.

Siemens is a leading supplier to manufacturers in the Pharmaceutical Industry, with product and solution offerings in the area of automation (building and process), drives, electrical infrastructure, power distribution, fire, safety, logistics, and water systems.

In addition to a broad and innovative product portfolio, Siemens offers services and competencies from dedicated engineering services to a multidisciplinary optimization approach throughout pharmaceutical manufacturing in order to address the key issues of the industry and improve their business. This covers not only state-of-the-art technology, but also work on strategic, long-term and comprehensive concepts to benefit the customer's business worldwide.

Conference badge sponsor

Millipore is a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and in clinical,analytical and  research laboratories. The company is organized in two operating divisions. Its Bioprocess Division enables pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to optimize their manufacturing productivity, ensure drug quality, and scale up the production of difficult-to manufacture biologics. Its Bioscience division helps to optimize laboratory productivity and workflows by providing reagents, kits and other enabling technologies and products for life science R&D.

Luncheon sponsor

 

Founded in 1989, Miltenyi Biotec is currently a world market leader in magnetic cell separation. Our proprietary MACS® Technology has established the gold standard in cell separation technology. We offer comprehensive systems for biomedical research; we develop, manufacture and sell products and services for cell separation, cell analysis, cell culture, cellular therapy, and molecular biology.

Miltenyi Biotec has successfully translated bench top research into clinically applicable therapies in the fields of organ regeneration, immune modulation and transplantation. The CliniMACS® Instrument is an automated cell selection system based on the MACS® Technology. We are currently supporting more than 35 cell therapy clinical trials for a wide variety of applications.

In our continuous pursuit for innovation, Miltenyi Biotec collaborates with many prominent academic researchers and companies worldwide to advance emerging fields of life science research and development

Document Bag sponsor

Lonza is a leading partner to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and life science industries. For over 25 years, Lonza Custom Manufacturing has been helping emerging and large biotech and pharmaceutical companies improve and advance their products. Whether for clinical or commercial supply, Lonza's complete development services, industry-leading manufacturing processes, and broad technology platform enable products to reach their full potential.
 
Fine chemicals, (advanced) intermediates, (highly) active pharmaceutical ingredients, conjugates, peptides, recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, research products, and cell-based therapeutics... Lonza Custom Manufacturing has the know-how and proven track record to handle almost any pharmaceutical or biotechnology challenge, around the globe.

Networking sponsor

SAFC is the custom manufacturing and services group within the Sigma-Aldrich group. SAFC offers a "total supply chain partner capability" with manufacturing facilities around the world to produce custom manufactured materials including precision-weight packaging and multiple packaging types. SAFC, with several business segments, provides world-class chemistry and biochemistry support for all levels of our customer's development processes.

SAFC Biosciences is the world's leading supplier of critical raw materials and specialized cell culture reagents to producers of marketed biological products. With multiple cGMP facilities it has unique offers for those involved with industrial-scale biopharmaceutical research, process development, materials management, quality assurance and manufacturing. SAFC Supply Solutions(R) manufactures nearly half its 100,000 raw materials and is considered an industry leader in providing customers with compliance expert advise on ever-changing regulatory requirements. Comprehensive product line covers pharmaceutical raw materials, flavors & fragrances ingredients, kit components for diagnostics manufacturers and raw materials for DNA and RNA oligonucleotide synthesis.