Officials from some 450 pharmaceutical and other biotechnology companies will gather here early next month for an annual conference that seeks to promote cooperation and exchange between the world's leading companies, organisers said today.
The 5th Bio Korea Conference and Exhibition will be held September 1-3 at Seoul's Convention and Exhibition Center, or COEX, according to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).
About 140 companies from 20 countries will join the conference that will also bring together some 300 local firms while about 250 foreign and domestic companies have agreed to run booths at the exhibition.
Over 4,500 people are expected to attend the conference that will include small group discussions by some 170 officials and experts from across the world, according to KITA.
Ada E Yonath, a Nobel science prize laureate and professor at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, will offer a keynote speech at the opening of the three-day conference, along with John D Clemens, director-general of the International Vaccine Institute.
"The conference and the exhibition will be a chance to establish a network of information among related companies while also witnessing the latest global trends in the industry," the association said in a press release.
