Commercial Use of Microbial Diversity
WFCC Workshop in Melbourne, Australia
6-7 December, 2003



Day 1
9am-9.40am
(40min talk)
Presidential Address: Role of Culture Collections in Biodiscovery
Prof. Swings, BCCM/LMG Culture Collection, Gent, Belgium
9.45am-10.05am
(20 min talk)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) related to Microbial Genetic Resourses (MGRs) Part I
Mr. Philip Desmeth
MOSAICC Coordinator, BCCM, Belgium
10.10am-10.30am
(20 min talk)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) related to Microbial Genetic Resourses (MGRs) Part II
Dr Chii-Cherng Liao, Dr Yu-Fen Chen
(FIRDI) Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Republic of China
10.35-11.00am
Coffee Break
(20min talks)
Role of Bioinformatics in Biodiscovery
Chair: Prof. Hideaki Sugawara, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan

11.00am-11.20am
Prof. H. Sugawara, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
11.25am-11.45am
Assoc. Prof. Matthew I Bellgard, Director, Centre for Bioinformatics and Biological Computing, School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
11.50am-12.10pm
Dr Stuart Cordwell (Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
12.15pm-12.35pm
Dr Bruno Pot
Applied Maths B.V.B.A. Business Development Department, Keistraat 120, B-9830 Sint-Marten-Latem, Belgium
12.35pm-1.30pm
Lunch
Role of Taxonomy in Biodiscovery
Chair: Prof. Michael Goodfellow, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

1.30pm-1.50pm
Dr John Bowman, University of Tasmania, Australia
1.55pm-2.15pm
Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Sly, University of Queensland, Australia
2.20pm-2.50pm
Prof. Michael Goodfellow, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
2.55pm-3.15pm
Coffee Break
Developing Countries' Perspective
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Tsetseg Baljinova, Institute of Biological Sciences, Mongolia
3.20pm-3.40pm
Dr Gilson Manfio, CPQBA/UNICAMP, Brazil
3.45pm-4.05pm
Prof. Kandavel Dhandayuthapani, Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Ariyalur, Tamilnadu, India
4.10pm-4.30pm
Dr. K. Numata, Nimura Genetic Solutions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4.35pm-4.55pm
Assoc. Prof. Tsetseg Baljinova, Institute of Biological Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
5.00pm-5.20pm
Dr Nina Chanishvili, Eliava Institute, Georgia
7.00pm
Dinner


Day 2
9am-9.40am
(40min talk)
Dr Amanda Caples
Director/Biotechnology
State Government of Victoria, Australia
9.45 am-10.30am
(40 min talk)
Ms. Sue Coke
Senior Policy Officer
Science and Research Policy and Strategy Group
Department of Innovation and Information Economy, Sport and Recreation, Queensland, Australia
10.35-11.00am
Coffee Break
(20min talks)
Industry Perspective
Chair: Dr. Gina Koenig, Roche Molecular System, USA
11.05am-11.25am
Dr Dwight Baker, Albany Molecular Research, Inc., Bothell, WA, USA
11.30am-11.50am
Dr. Joachim Wink, AVENTIS Pharma, Germany
11.55am-12.15am
Dr David Gelfand, Roche Molecular System, California, USA
12.20-1.30pm
Lunch
Australian Initiatives
Chair: Dr. Ipek Kurtb?ke, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

1.30pm-1.50pm
Prof. Rob Capon, MBC, Australia
1.55pm-2.15pm
Prof. B. Patel, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
2.20pm-2.40pm
Dr. Russell A. Barrow, Microbial Natural Products Research Group, Australian National University, Australia
2.45pm-3.05pm
Dr Rohan Davis, Astra-Zeneca R&D Griffith University, Australia
3.10pm-3.30pm
Dr David Bourne, AIMS, Australia
3.35pm-3.55pm
Dr Ipek Kurtboke, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
3.55pm-4.30pm
Coffee Break
4.30pm
Concluding remarks from Prof. Swings, BCCM/LMG Culture Collection, Gent, Belgium
6.00pm
Dinner

Updated 25 November 2003