Bioeconomy 2010

One of the greatest promises of science today is for the harnessing of living processes for human health, for bioenergy, for environmental remediation, and for food production. Each of these challenges can be centers for economic activity. We believe that the new bioeconomy will be fundamentally based on genomics, genomic reconstruction, and computational systems biology. This is because the fundamental basis for all life forms resides in its evolving genome.

This symposium will examine how the advancement of such genomic technologies and related bioinformatic developments will have an impact on the world economy. This impact will be manifest in biofuels, accelerated breeding of crops and livestock, personalized health products, pharmaceutical efficiency, and genomic monitoring of environmental health. Key speakers will address not only scientific but also economic challenges.

HUGO, OECD and the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network and the University of Toronto are joining forces to study this problem and to develop an analytical paper on the topic that will be used by the science policy community. This symposium will launch this effort.

We look forward to seeing you in Montpellier on 17 May 2010!

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Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is the international organisation of scientists involved in human genetic and genomic research. Established in 1989 by a collection of the world's leading human geneticists, the primary ethos of the Human Genome Organisation is to promote and sustain international collaboration in the field of human genetics.

Through its working committees and principles, HUGO promotes its activities and ideals to both today's and tomorrow's scientists.

Link: http://www.hugo-international.org/

OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to:

Support sustainable economic growth
Boost employment
Raise living standards
Maintain financial stability
Assist other countries' economic development
Contribute to growth in world trade

The Organisation provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.

The McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health is an academic centre at the University Health Network and University of Toronto. Our centre is made up of an international and multi-disciplinary team.

Our vision is to illuminate the path towards a world where everyone benefits from new diagnostics, vaccines, drugs and other life science solutions. Our mission is to conduct translational research in global health and help researchers and companies get their life sciences technologies to those who need them in the developing world.

Our focus is from 'lab to village' and our programs include developing grand challenges, providing ethics consultation, developing models of commercialization, and conducting translational research.