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From: Audrey Pearson <afp@u.washington.edu>
To: "Society for Conservation Bio. Puget Sound Chapter" <psscb@u.washington.edu>
Subject: "Bioprospecting" Conference (fwd)
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See below for more information.

Audrey
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 97 10:52:53 -0700
From: Len Thomas <lthomas@unixg.ubc.ca>
To: Van Cons Net <van-cons-net@unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject: "Bioprospecting" Conference (fwd)

>>>****************************************************************************
>>>                                Announcing:
>>>****************************************************************************
>>>                        Commercial Issues of Biodiversity
>>>                     The Biodiversity Conference for Business
>>>                                Organized by
>>>                SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and Scherago International
>>>            Chair:  Thomas Lovejoy of The Smithsonian Institution
>>>
>>>****************************************************************************
>>>
>>>                                April 7-10, 1997
>>>                              The Camino Real Hotel
>>>                              San Jose, Costa Rica
>>>
>>>****************************************************************************
>>>
>>>The conference will focus on issues regarding nature-derived chemicals and
>>>their commercial potential.  This forum will present the needs of
>>>developing and developed countries and their pharmaceutical, cosmetic,
>>>agricultural, paper, and other industries interested in developing products
>>>from natural resources.  The two-day conference will include presentations
>>>from developing and developed countries and their industries, legal and
>>>financial issues, and an overview of bioprospecting.  Optional field trips
>>>following the conference include guided tours of the rain forest and
>>>Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (InBio).
>>>
>>>Advisors and accepted speakers include:
>>>        Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution
>>>        Thomas Eisner, Cornell University
>>>        Rodrigo Gamez, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
>>>        Daniel Janzen, University of Pennsylvania
>>>        Ishmail Serageldin, World Bank
>>>        Braulio Dias, Ministry of the Environment (Brazil)
>>>        Barry Marrs, Arres Enterprises
>>>        Francesca Grifo, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
>>>        Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives (India)
>>>        Rita Colwell, Maryland Biotechnology Institute
>>>        Setijati Sastrapradja, KEHATI Foundation (Indonesia)
>>>        John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Magazine
>>>
>>>Who should attend:  corporate executives and leaders of industry,
>>>government, and academia; policy makers, technical directors and technology
>>>transfer specialists; and legal/financial, research, and business
>>>development professionals.
>>>
>>>You will learn about the technical, legal and economic issues of product
>>>development from natural resources.
>>>
>>>To request registration information, updates, sponsorship opportunities,
>>>and airline discount information, call 212-643-1750, ext. 28; fax
>>>212-643-1758; or e-mail:
>>>                           biodiversity@scherago.com


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