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BIO to Host Japan Trade Mission at Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial
Biotechnology


WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO), the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and the state of
Hawaii will host a Japanese Bio Mission at the Pacific Rim Summit on
Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy in Honolulu Jan. 11-13,
2006. BIO is sponsoring the conference in conjunction with the
state of Hawaii, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii Life Sciences
Council (HLSC), Enterprise Honolulu, and the Oceanic Institute.

"The purpose of the conference is to highlight the emerging
field of industrial biotechnology, which is being used to convert
agricultural wastes to renewable energy and to make many types of
manufacturing processes more environmentally sustainable," said
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial &
Environmental Section. "BIO sees regional biobased economies
emerging in various states of complexity and development. The trend
is clear that industrial biotech is growing in importance in the
Pacific Rim countries."
The trade mission will be made up of 13 individuals from
Japanese biotech and energy companies, universities, newspapers, and
embassy officials, all seeking opportunities to do business with
U.S. producers of biobased goods and materials. Japan and other
Pacific Rim nations are increasingly looking for sustainable sources
of energy, and cleaner, more efficient methods of industrial
production, including new ways to make pharmaceuticals and other
chemicals. Biotech applications that can enable industrial
processes to use agricultural instead of petrochemical feedstocks
are growing in importance in the Pacific Rim countries.
Participants in the Japanese BIO Mission include the Committee
for Energy Policy Promotion, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Bio Matrix
Research Inc., Kona Stones Inc., and Osaka University.

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations
across the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are
involved in the research and development of healthcare,
agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.

SOURCE Biotechnology Industry Organization
Web Site: www.bio.org

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