2019 BIO International Convention & Study Mission
2019 BIO International Convention (BIO 2019) – June 3-6, Philadelphia, PA &
Side Mission – 30 May – 3 June, Los Angeles and Philadelphia
BIO is the largest, most influential biotech meeting in the world with an average of over 1800 exhibitors and 15,500+ top tier biotech executives from 69 countries.
Why BIO
We were able to showcase, in our previous participations, PolyU’s research excellence and establish valuable connections with leading scientific and industrial partners, such as Harvard School of Public Health, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Illumina, Wyss Institute, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, The Scripps Research Institute, Gladstone Institute, etc.
Financial Support – Limited, First-come-first-served
ITDO is able to offer financial support to interested PolyU faculty members e.g. flight ticket and accommodation within event period, biotech mission participation fee.
ITDO Support to Your Participation
ITDO will continue to promote our research capabilities at BIO 2019, through
1. Preparing your technology leaflet - Please fill out the Collaborative Opportunities Exploration Form and return to us by April 12, 2019.
2. Exhibiting and promoting your research at the Hong Kong Pavilion.
3. Coordinating participation in the biotech mission to introduce our research capabilities (please click here for tentative program), and
4. Scheduling one-on-one partnering meetings with potential collaborators.
More Information and Contact
If you are interested in participating, please contact Ms. Nelly Lam, Senior Manager, ITDO (Email: nelly.lam@polyu.edu.hk, Tel: +852 3400 2819) preferably by April 10 so that we could work with you on how to best prepare for the event.
More information about BIO 2019 - check out https://convention.bio.org/2019/ and the BIO 2018 Event Summary.
To learn more about ITDO’s Life Science & Biotechnology Collaborative Platforms, please click here.
