We look forward to welcoming you to the biotechnology industry flagship event of the year, AusBiotech 2013, in Brisbane. AusBiotech’s annual conference event attracts more than 1200 people from around the world each year and has been at the heart of AusBiotech since the very beginning, 27 years ago. AusBiotech 2013, with the theme ‘bio-economy in transition’, will focus on the transformation of the Australian industry as it evolves and adapts to current global forces, in an effort to grow the bio-economy in a global context. The event has long been valued as the best way to bring together like-minded people in biotechnology to share information and support he growth and prosperity of the industry – and we hope you can join us. I extend a special thanks to all our event partners this year, whose support make this event possible.

Dr Anna Lavelle, Chief Executive Officer, AusBiotech