GIW Roundtable Workshops

Round table 1 - Monday 1 December 15:50 - 17:00

Deriving value from bioinformatics through innovative commercialization models

Chair/Moderator:
Mervyn Thomas, CEO, Emphron Informatics Pty Ltd, Australia

Panelists:
Ming Li, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Limsoon Wong, School of Computing and the School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Dato' Badlisham Ghazali, Chief Executive Officer, Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Jeremy Barker, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics, Australia

Description:
Bioinformatics grew out of the early genome sequencing projects and has now developed into an enabling platform, essential for life science research. Advances in technology provide the opportunity to ask more expansive questions and present challenges through the ever increasing rate of data production, integration, analysis and visualization which demand innovative bioinformatics and ICT solutions.

Bioinformatics organizations are tackling these challenges in a variety of ways and have applied various models of commercialization with varying degrees of success. Examples include providing open source and proprietary software solutions, focused skills provision, developing integrated analysis tools and providing access to curated data.

The challenge is to identify innovative commercialization models that will meet the demands of the life science researcher and deliver the greatest and sustainable return to the organization. This workshop will draw on the extensive experience of the panelists to present and consider current and future models of bioinformatics innovation.

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Round table 2 - Tuesday 2 December 15:50 - 17:00

The Development Of Genome Bioinformatics In China And India

Chair:
Shoba Ranganathan

Panelists:
Ashok Kolaskar
Yixue Li

Description:
The round table will discuss the emerging bioinformatics strengths in India and China.

An introduction by Prof. Shoba Ranganathan, President, Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network, will be followed by updates from Prof. Ashok Kolaskar, who spearheaded bioinformatics in India and Prof. Yixue Li, Director of the Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology.

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