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SAPA 9th Annual Conference Program

Saturday, August 4th
Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Registration - 8:00 am to 9:00 am

Morning Session - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Welcome
Zhi-Xin Xu, President of SAPA & Conference Chair

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Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Lee Babiss
Vice President, Division of Preclinical Research and Development,
Chair, Roche Genetics Executive, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, NJ
"Enhancing the quality and success rate of Drug Discovery:
New insights from Genetics and Genomics"

Dr. Thomas Rossi
Senior Vice President, Process Excellence, Global Change Management
At the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute.
"The Strategies to Improve Pharma. R&D Overall Performance."

Dr. Steven Dinh
Vice President of Research, Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
"Improving Medicines through Drug Delivery"

Luncheon - 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Afternoon Session - 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

SATELLITE SESSION I:
Modernization of Herbal / Natural Medicine (Chair: Zhi-Yuan Wang)

Dr. Kin-Kai Hwang
Head in charge of high throughput screening technologies at Aventis Pharma,
Adjunct Professor at the School of Pharmacy, UMKC.
"New Technology for Isolation & Identification of
Biological Active Compounds from Natural Products"

Dr. Jian Shen
Scientist, Molecular Modeling, Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc.
"What We Have Learned From the Discovery and Development of a Wonder Drug Flavopiridol"

Dr. Junyan Hong
Associate Professor, School of Public Health/Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
"Drug Metabolism and Herb-Drug Interations"

Dr. Zhi-Yuan Wang
Deputy Director for the Center of Botanical Science and Health
American Health Foundation
"Licorice and Cancer"

SATELLITE SESSION II:
Career Development (Chairs: Ying Wang, Jin Wang)

Dr. Charlie Wright
Technical Recruiter, Judge, Inc.
    "How to effectively manage your career search in today's hot job market"

Ms. Anne Zientek
Manager of Human Resources, Novartis Pharma
    "Managing Your Own Development"

Dr. Qun Yi Zheng
Executive Vice President, Pure World Botanicals, Inc.
    "Survival in the America -- my personal story and view"

Dr. Jin Wang
Global Business Director, CTI
    "Switch from Bench Research to Business World"

SATELLITE SESSION III:
Business Opportunity in China (Chair: Jian-Zhong Guo)


Dr. Wang Jian Ping
Director, Biotech. & Pharm. Shanghai. Sci. & Tech. Commission of Shanghai Municiplity
"Shanghai Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry Development Strategy"

Mr. Liu Dianbo
CEO, Luye Group
Dr. Sam Lu
Vice President, Luye Pharam. (USA)
"Challenges and Opportunities of Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry and Luye Group"

Dr. Chun Shen
President, Egan Corporation
"Bio-Entrepreneurial experience of One Million Flying Miles"

Mr. Xijun Yan
President & CEO, Tasly Group Co. Tianjin, The People’s Republic of China
"The Recent Development of the Modern Herb Medicine in China"

SATELLITE SESSION IV:
Immuno-Medical Therapy & Career Opportunity (Chairs: Min Li, Lijuan Tang)


Dr. Wei-Wu He

Co-founder and general partner of Emerging Technology Partners
"Entrepreneurship in the Genomics/Life Sciences Arena"

Dr. Wei-Wei Zhang
Co-founder and CEO, GenWay Biotech Inc.
"GenWay Biotech and the AMIGAP Technology"

Dr. Yajun Guo
Professor of Surgical Oncology, Immunology & Pathology
President of SIJCI and SLSGJBI
"Approaches for Generation of Therapeutic Tumor Vaccines"

Dr. Leiping Chen
Professor, Department. of Immunology, Mayo Clinic
"Novel Cancer Immuno-therapy"

EVENING SESSION: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Dinner at KC-Seafood Restaurant