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Monday 5 October 1998
Meeting at Kanagawa Science Park
Part of Kanagawa High-Tech Week 5-9 October 1998 and arranged by the Asia-Pacific Technology Network, partners with the Japan Economic Foundation in the 13th UK-Japan High Technology Forum.
Nippon Glaxo and MIDAS are the sponsors of this event, which is co-organised by KSP and the Kanagawa High Technology Foundation, the region's premier technology transfer organisation.
Honorary President:
Professor Kenichi Arai, Director, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo University
Co-chairmen:
Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Dr Colin Picton, Research Co-ordination, Glaxo Wellcome
PROGRAMME Registration & Coffee (shuttle buses from hotels to start at 08:45)
09:55-10:10: Opening Remarks by Professor Kenichi Arai and Dr Brian Newbould
10:10-11:25: The Role of Bioinformatics in the Drug Discovery Revolution
Dr David Pioli, Bioinformatics Manager, Research Department, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Dr Andy Brass, School of Biological Sciences University of Manchester
Questions and Answers
11:25-12:05: Structural Bioinformatics and Drug Design
Dr Nicolas Guex, Informatics Worldwide, Glaxo Wellcome Geneva
Questions and Answers
12:05-13:05: Lunch
13:05-14:20: Efficient use, capture and generation of knowledge in Bioinformatics
Professor Minoru Kanehisa, Institute of Chemical Research,Kyoto University
Speaker from Oxford Molecular Group
Questions and Answers
14:20-15:35: Integrating Bioinformatics into a Proteome Project
Professor Akira Tsugita, Life Sciences Institute, Science University of Tokyo
Dr Walter Blackstock, Medicines Research Centre, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development
Questions and Answers
15:35-16:05: Coffee Break
16:05-16:45: Bioinformatics: the Future
Professor Laurie Hall, FRS, Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Questions and Answers
16:45-17:15: The Industry Academia Partnership for the Discovery of New Therapeutics
Dr Yoshiji Fujita, Research Director, Tsukuba Research Laboratory, Nippon Glaxo Ltd
Questions and Answers
17:25-17:40: Closing Remarks by Dr Brian Newbould and Dr Colin Picton
17:40-18:30: Networking Session