Message from
the Director
Greetings from MABIC!
We are pleased to bring to your attention two important events this month. BiotechCorp, MABIC, MARDI, UPM, Academy of Sciences, and MBIO are jointly organizing a conference entitled “GM Technologies: Addressing Global Sustainability Needs and Challenges”, which will be held from 18-19 August. Expect to listen to excellent presentations from prominent speakers around the world on how GM technology can help combat the current global crisis on food security and other challenges. Click here for more information.
The other event is the annual Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show 2008 ( MAHA 2008 ) which is from 11-23 Aug. Don't miss the opportunity to see how agriculture transforms into lucrative business.
MABIC's blog: http://malaysia4biotech.blogspot.com is receiving a good stream of visitors since the first posting on 4 th July and has been linked to a number of foreign websites and blogs. We hope it will serve as platform for people from all walks of life to understand biotechnology and the industry.
Up to the end of August, MABIC would have organized 11 events and this is a record for MABIC. We have a few more events in the pipeline before year-end. Besides events, there are a number of projects that will be carried out to further assist in the development of biotechnology in the country. These will be announced when the projects are ready for launching.
I trust we will be meeting many of you in the next couple of months with many biotech events taking place. Keep charged!
Sincerely,
Mahaletchumy Arujanan
Executive Director