HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-17 August 2008-BIO Releases Upcoming Conference and Convention Information(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced upcoming conferences and conventions through 2009.

- 2008 Pacific Rim

Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy - September 10-12, Vancouver, BC, Canada- BIO Intellectual Property Counsel Committee Conference 2008 - Oct. 20-22, Orlando, Fla.- BIO HR Conference 2008 - Oct. 26-28, San Diego, Calif.- Advanced Business Development Course - October 27-29, San Francisco, Calif.- BIO Investor Forum 2008 - October 29-31, San Francisco, Calif.- Advanced Business Development Course - November 14-16, Heidelberg, Germany- BIO Europe 2008 - International Partnering Conference - November 17-19, Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany- BIO Asia - January 19-20, 2009, Tokyo, Japan- BIO CEO & Investor Conference - February 9-11, 2009, New York, NY- BIO Europe Spring - March 16-18, 2009, Milan, Italy- BIO National Venture Forum - March 31-April 1, 2009 (dates tentative), Boston, Mass.- BIO Windhover - April 13-15, 2009, New York, NY- Advanced Biotech Development Course - May 16-18, 2009, Atlanta, Ga.- 2009 BIO International Convention - May 18-21, 2009, Atlanta, Ga.- BIO Equity Europe - May 28-30, 2009 (TBD)- Partnering for Global Health - July 13-15, 2009 (dates tentative), Washington, D.C.- BIO India - September 15-16, 2009, Hyderabad, India- BIO Investor Forum 2009 - October 28-30, 2009, San Francisco, Calif.- BIO Europe - November 2-4, 2009, Vienna, Austria

BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations

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