* Informatics in Biotechnology 26.8.2008

Time: 26.8.2008
Place: Mauno Koivisto Centre, Auditorium, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6 A, Turku

The seminar will offered the opportunity to take a broader view at informatics in biotechnology, to identify new trends as well as cooperation and business opportunities between informatics and biotech / Life Science organisations. Company cases and achievements of academic projects were presented and more about different players in the informatics sector was told.

The seminar was arranged by the HealthBIO and Ubiquitous Computing Clusters in cooperation with Biocenter Finland.

Programme

10:30 – 10:45 Registration and coffee
10:45 – 10:50 Opening words

Chairman Juho Eväsoja, CEO, Systems Biology Worldwide

10:50 – 11:10 Bioidentification on your fingertips

Juha Turunen, CEO, Deltabit Oy

11:10 – 11:45 Current and future needs; where supply and demand do not encounter

Tuomas Nikula, a CGH platform specialist, PerkinElmer LAS - Wallac Oy

11:45 – 12:30 Industry foresight – Big field and huge expectations

John Overington, Senior Director, Discovery Informatics, Biofocus DPI, UK

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 13:50 Medical Bioinformatics

Olli Kallioniemi, Director, The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland/FIMM

13:55 – 14:15 A coordinated bioinformatics structure for services, training and innovation

Garry Corthals, Coordinator, Quantitative Biology infrastructure, Biocenter

Finland

14:20 – 14:40 Ubiquitous company case presentation

(to be confirmed)

14:45 – 15:05 What Life Science research needs IT?

Christophe Roos, Principal analyst, Medicel Oy

15:05 – 15:30 Discussion, conclusions and coffee