SABPA从2005年开始组织举办『太平洋论坛』到今年已是第九届第九个年头了。『太平洋论坛』促进了中国和美国生物医药同行之间的关系培养和交流，有着不可替代的联姻纽带作用。论坛初办时期, 中国在行业内并不是一个经常被提起的话题，药明康德那时名气之响, 但只在对中国发展“外包”服务有兴趣的公司中被传说；华裔科学家海归那时还比较稀少; 国际间仅有寥寥无几的人士因为有机会参加了中国的会议开始了解到中国生命科学产业在崛起。
2005年，随着中国生物科技产业的迅速发展和大型制药公司“外包”策略的兴起，对发展跨越太平洋两岸的合作和商机的兴趣日益高涨。乔爽、沈竹、董增军起意筹办一个新的以太平洋两岸为中心的会议，以着重介绍此间与亚洲、与中国企业相关的话题。在郭明、贺耘（当时的SABPA会长）和李辉的帮助下，第一届太平洋论坛于当年11月12日召开，与会者有二百余人。论坛得到了听众和讲员的一致好评。SABPA凭着天时，地利，人和，建立起了太平洋两岸三地间 的联系，打开了环太平洋区域生物医药团体间共同合作的新局面。从那以后，太平洋论坛带来了巨大的影响，使愈来愈多的圣地亚哥人“海归”，加入或成功创建了属于自己的新公司。
『太平洋论坛』所帮助建立起的友谊和合作关系为以后与中国相关活动的兴起打下了坚实的基础。随着中国在世界生物医药和制药领域里担当日益重要的角 色，很多中国的城市和省份纷纷派遣代表团赴美寻找合作发展机会和吸引高端人才。自2009年以来，SABPA接待过超过二十个各省市地区的政府和各界来此 招商推介，吸纳人才的代表团。SABPA已经成为一座真正的连接太平洋两岸生物医药界的桥梁。
有关上一届『太平洋论坛』本网的报道：
时间: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday, October 5, 2013
地点: Institute of Americas, UCSD
报名表: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=bkprn
$20 for early birds by Sept 30; $30 online regular registration closes on Oct. 03; $50 for onsite registration (cash or check onsite); $10 off for students and postdocs. Fees include program brochure, continental breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch and onsite reception.
论坛日程：
8:15 am Breakfast and Registration
8:45 am Welcoming
Mingzhu Zhang, Ph.D. – President, SABPA, San Diego Chapter; VP of Business Development, Shanghai Medicilon
Yung-Chih Wang, Ph.D., MBA – Chair, Pacific Alliance, SABPA; VP, Corporate Dev., China, HUYA Bioscience
9:00 am San Diego’s Conducive Environment for Trans-Pacific Collaboration
Ron Roberts, M.Arch. – Supervisor, Fourth District, San Diego County Board of Supervisors
9:10 am China-US Collaborations in a Boundaryless World
William Brody, M.D., Ph.D. – President, Salk Institute
9:40 am Cancer Research: Leveraging Global Partnerships to Address the Burden of a Global Disease
Steven Adams, Ph.D., DVM – Chief Operating Officer, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer
10:10 am The Ever Changing Phase of CROs in China
Chen Chen, Ph.D. – Chief Executive Officer, Sundia MediTech
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am From an Emerging Market to an Emerging Innovator
Will Liu, Ph.D. – Head of External Innovation, R&D Beijing Hub, Merck Serono
11:20 am Discovery and Development of Biopharmaceutics in China
Zeling Cai, Ph.D. – Senior Vice President, Shanghai Celgen Biopharm
11:50 am Yama Abassi, Ph.D. – Vice President, ACEA Life Technologies
12:10 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Opening of Afternoon Sessions
Stephanie Shi, Ph.D.- Co-Chair, Pacific Alliance, SABPA; Integrated Sourcing Lead, External Res. Solutions, Pfizer
1:35 pm Implications of Myriad on IP Protection for Personalized Medicine and Protecting IP in US and China
Peng Chen, Ph.D., J.D. – Partner, Morrison & Foerster
2:05 pm Nutritional Sciences Integrated with Genetics as an Approach to Personalized Disease Management
Yan Chen, M.D., Ph.D. – Professor & Director, Institute for Nutritional Science, Shanghai Institutes for Biological
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2:35 pm Genomic Applications at the Frontiers of Cancer Management
Daniel S. Grosu, M.D. – Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Illumina
3:05 pm Global Delivery of Precision Medicine.
Paul Billings, M.D., Ph.D. – Chief Medical Officer, Life Technologies
3:35 pm Coffee Break
3:50 pm Panel Discussion: Genomics Service-Delivering the Promise of Sequencing Now
Session Leader: Xing Yang, Ph.D. – Vice President, System Development, BioNano Genomics
Panel Speakers:
Ardy Arianpour, MBA – Senior VP of Business Development, Ambry Genetics
Amy Liao, Ph.D. – President & Chief Operating Officer, GeneWiz
Michael Nova, M.D., Ph.D. – Chief Medical Officer, Pathway Genomics
Joyce Peng, Ph.D. – Marketing Director, BGI
4:50 pm Closing Remarks
5:00 pm Close of Forum
Pre-Forum Event: Introduction of UNISource 江苏产业技术国际研究院; Friday, October 4, 6-8 pm, at MoFo (12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130); free registration at a separate site http://sabpa.org/web/reg_2013_unisource.php
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