- The UAE BioTech Symposium is designed for U.S. and
international BioTech owners and executives new to exploring
opportunities in the UAE market
- The UAE BioTech Symposium will be hosted by Secondcell Bio
in partnership with AmCham Abu Dhabi's new BioTech Committee and
Masdar City
- Secondcell Bio CEO Dr. Kambiz
Shekdar, PhD will serve as symposium Chairman
https://linktr.ee/kambizshekdar
ABU
DHABI, UAE, Sept. 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Arab Emirates' leadership is heavily
investing in developing its knowledge-based economy, with a
strategic focus on expanding the biotechnology sector. The UAE
government provides heavy incentives for BioTech companies to
establish a presence in the UAE.
The UAE BioTech Symposium aims to pioneer biotech sector
development in Abu Dhabi and
leverage the Emirate's leadership potential within the global
industry.
"The UAE has no legacy BioTech, allowing stakeholders to
cherry-pick from cutting-edge technologies to leapfrog the global
BioTech industry," says Dr. Kambiz
Shekdar, PhD, Secondcell Bio CEO and AmCham Abu Dhabi
BioTech Committee Founding Chairman, "100% foreign ownership and
attractive tax incentives offered by the UAE government makes the
UAE a desirable place for BioTech companies to explore
expansion."
Hosted by Secondcell Bio with the support of the American
Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee and Masdar
City, the Symposium will take place November
6-8, 2024 in Masdar City, Abu
Dhabi. The inaugural symposium will be followed by quarterly
roadshow events at destinations throughout the Arab Gulf States,
including Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Qatar.
The premier event is limited to 150 qualified U.S. and
international BioTech owners and executives interested in exploring
the rapidly expanding BioTech and Life Sciences sector in the
UAE.
"We are pleased to invite BioTech owners and executives from
around the world to explore firsthand what has attracted Secondcell
Bio to the UAE," says Fabienne Duchini, Abu Dhabi Partnership
Officer at Secondcell Bio, "The UAE has committed to becoming a
global biotech hub and is making strategic investments to attract
biotech companies to the UAE."
Attendees of the symposium will have the opportunity to hear
from an esteemed group of internationally recognized speakers and
government representatives, including Her Excellency Dr.
Maryam Matar, Founder and
Chairperson of UAE Genetic Diseases Association, who will share her
expertise on "Rare Disease and Precision Medicine."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Fi08xnCGg
Exclusive immersive visits to local laboratories and research
hospitals in Abu Dhabi and
Dubai will showcase
the cutting-edge capabilities and facilities in the United Arab Emirates healthcare and research
sectors.
The symposium will be held at Masdar City, a pioneering
sustainable urban community and world-class business and technology
hub that has cultivated a thriving ecosystem of leading global
organizations dedicated to evolving research and innovation.
The UAE BioTech Symposium will offer an optional weekend agenda
featuring a variety of cultural, leisure and lifestyle experiences
in Abu Dhabi and
Dubai. The weekend
activities have been selected by luxury travel agency 2xceed
Destination Management to enable participants to explore all that
these two Emirati destinations have to offer outside the official
program.
The mission of the AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee is to
establish a BioTech sector in Abu
Dhabi with a focus on promoting opportunities for U.S.
BioTech companies in Abu Dhabi and
throughout the Middle East,
bringing together government, investor, corporate and academic
stakeholders.
The founding members of the AmCham BioTech Committee include
Secondcell Bio, Intelligenix Advanced Diagnostic, Extend
Biosciences, Halia Therapeutics and Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL.) Dr.
Kambiz Shekdar, PhD, CEO of
Secondcell Bio, serves as Founding Chairman.
UAE BioTech Symposium Agenda
MASDAR CITY, ABU
DHABI & DUBAI, UAE
November 6-8,
2024
Join us and explore what's unfolding in the UAE!
We are thrilled to invite 150 BioTech owners and executives new to
the UAE to our exclusive guided lab tours. RSVP to AmCham Abu Dhabi
Events at http://www.uaebiotechsymposium.ae/ [To go live shortly
via https://linktr.ee/kambizshekdar].
CHAIRMAN'S PERSONAL PORTAL & CONTACT
INFORMATION
AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee Founding
Chairman Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD
https://linktr.ee/kambizshekdar
BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
Day 1 Agenda | Thursday November 7, 2024, Masdar City,
Abu Dhabi
Master of Ceremony
Masdar City Representative Mohamad Marwan (Arabic)
Secondcell Bio Abu Dhabi Partnerships Officer
Fabienne Duchini
(English)
9:00am
Registration
9:50am Opening Remarks
| AmCham Abu Dhabi CEO Liz
Beneski
9:55am Welcoming Remarks
| Masdar City CEO Ahmed Baghoum, MS, MBA
10:00am Abu Dhabi to Lead the World in
BioTech |AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee
Chairman; 1st UAE Inventor-Class Golden Visa Recipient;
The Rockefeller University alumnus;
Secondcell Bio CEO Dr. Kambiz
Shekdar, PhD
10:15am BioTech Sector Growth
in Different Geographies
Moderator: Tareq Abu
Nadi, CEO and Co-Founder, Attentive Science and/or
Islam ElTantawy from IROS CRO (M42 Company)
- United States of America
| Former Executive Director The
Rockefeller University Population Council R&D; Sr.
Scientist Reproductive Health Global Program; Associate Editor and
past President Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology (FASEB); Secondcell Bio Chief Scientific and Health Policy
Advisor; The Rockefeller University
Guest Investigator, Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology Dr.
Patricia L. Morris, MS,
PhD
- United Arab Emirates
| Abu Dhabi Investment Office [Representative
TBD]
- United Arab Emirates
| Masdar City Asset Management/Business
Development Officer Karim
Deen, MRICS
- European Union | Minister of Economy and
Innovation of the Republic of
Lithuania, Acting Director of Innovation Department
Edvinas Grikšas
- Kuwait
| Deerfield Management Operating Partner and Kuwait
Life Sciences Center Former Chief Business Development Officer
Dr. Moussaad Al-Razouki, MD, MBA
11:15am Coffee
11:45am Introduction to
AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee
Members
Launch of "BioTech Cluster in
Abu Dhabi and GCC" White Paper,
led by JLL on behalf of the AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech
Committee.
Moderator: Dr. Kambiz
Shekdar, PhD, AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee
Chairman, CEO Secondcell Bio
- Intelligenix Advanced Diagnostics | CEO Dr.
Carlton Donald, PhD
- Extend Biosciences | CEO Dr. Tarik Soliman, PhD
- Halia Therapeutics | COO Jared Bearss, MBA
- Innova Therapeutics | CEO Dr. Robert Ryan, PhD
- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL) |Head of
Healthcare and Life Sciences Sandeep
Sinha, MBA
12:45pm Lunch
1:45pm The Emirati Genome and
Future of Medicine in the UAE
Moderators: National Reference Laboratory,
M42, Molecular Genomics Department Head Dr. Hemad
Yasaei, PhD and Secondcell Bio CEO Dr.
Kambiz Shekdar, PhD
- Rare Disease and Precision Medicine | UAE
Genetic Diseases Association Founder and Chairperson Her
Excellency Dr. Maryam Matar, MD,
PhD
- Longevity | Columbia
University Center for Human Longevity Director, Columbia University Medical Center Hamilton
Southworth Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Medicine, and
Secondcell Bio Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Donald Landry, MD PhD
- Medicine for the World | Research Foundation for
Cure Initiatives Director and former Clinton Health Access
Initiative board member John
Rockefeller, JD, MPH, DrPH
- Clinical Trials | Abu Dhabi Department of Health
Director of Research Dr. Shahrukh
Hashmi, MD, MPH
2:45pm Closing Remarks: From
UAE to GCC to the World
GCC Connect Consulting CEO,
founder and former Embassy of the United
States of America in Kuwait
U.S. Commercial Specialist Yousif
Almahdi, MBA
2:50pm Joint Announcement by
AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee founding
members
Secondcell Bio | Intelligenix Advanced
Diagnostics | Extend Biosciences | Halia Therapeutics | Jones
Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL)
3:00pm Ticketed Tour of BioTech
and Healthcare Entities in Abu
Dhabi
Grouping of: National Reference Laboratory
and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi of M42 | PureHealth/SEHA | *SeaWorld
Abu Dhabi Veterinary Hospital & Laboratories | [*TBC + List in
Formation]
8:30pm Powered Mix & Meet
Reception in Masdar City
10:00pm Transportation
to Dubai
Group transportation
and black car service accommodation options are available
Day 2 Agenda | Friday November 8, 2024, Dubai
9:00am Ticketed Tour of BioTech
and Healthcare Entities in Dubai
Al Jalila Foundation |
King's College of London Hospital in Dubai | Grouping of: Dubai Equine Hospital, Zabeel
Veterinary Hospital, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory &
Molecular Biology & Genomics Centre
GRATEFUL THANKS &
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UAE BIOTECH SYMPOSIUM FOUNDING
PARTNERS
AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee| Masdar
City
AMCHAM ABU
DHABI BIOTECH COMMITTEE (*Founding
Member)
Secondcell Bio* | Intelligenix Advanced
Diagnostics* | Extend Biosciences* | Halia Therapeutics*
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL)* | Innova Therapeutics
To learn more, go here:
www.uaebiotechsymposium.com | For more information,
contact committee chairman Kambiz
Shekdar at
(kambiz.shekdar@secondcellbio.com)
AMCHAM ABU
DHABI BUSINESS COMMUNITY
AmCham Abu Dhabi
corporate members representing established sectors, welcoming
friendship and support [List in Formation]
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY
The UAE is open to the world. The
USA leads the world in the BioTech
and Life Sciences sector.
The following business chambers
are sharing our forum with their own BioTech nationals interested
in building an international community of pioneers.
[List
in Formation]
American Business Council Kuwait (ABCK AmCham
Kuwait) | Oman American Business Council (AmCham Oman)
KNOWLEDGE PROVIDER
Jones Lang LaSalle
Inc. (JLL) | Research Foundation for Cure Initiatives
FOUNDING SPONSORS
Halia Therapeutics |
Innova Therapeutics
UAE-EXCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT
EXHIBITORS
UAE government-linked entities with
information about their services and business
incentives
Hosted by Masdar City: Abu Dhabi Investment
Office (ADIO)/Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO) | UAE University |
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)/Hub71* | [*TBC + List in
Formation]
INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT & FOUNDING
CORPORATE EXHIBITORS
U.S. and other international
corporate and government-linked entities [*TBC + List in
Formation]
AmCham Abu Dhabi | Atkins
Realis | GRÃNECKER Patent Attorneys and
Attorneys-at-law | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH Leader
Life Sciences | 2xceed Destination Management | U.S. Commercial
Service* | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)*
FOUNDING MEDIA & PRESS
Manhattan's WestView News, published by
George Capsis & Dusty Berke |Russo Partners LLC |One Week
Wonders Studio | Sky Falcon Events | Nature Love Home LLC | Elya
Rizk Translations | Jonathan Marder
& Company
CHAIRMAN'S PERSONAL
RECOMMENDATIONS
Research Foundation for Cure Initiatives |
2xceed Destination Management | The Ritz-Carlton,
Dubai International
Financial Center Rotana Hotels Al Noukada Café اÙÙÙخذ٠ÙاÙÙÙ |
Byblos Lebanese Grill | Zahrat Lebnon زÙرة ÙØšÙا٠| tashas
Al Bateen | Asyak Grill MOATASEM |
Santal Perfumes & Incense | The Stables, Sheikh Zayed Road | Roberto's Restaurant & Lounge |
Galinsky Coaching Paul Smith
NON-SCIENTIFIC & TICKETED
PROGRAM
FROM OIL TO
MEDICINE GALA DINNER | ABU DHABI, UAE
Your Arabic Elya
Rizk and American Fabienne Duchini
Masters of Ceremony
Wednesday November 6, 2024
Exclusive Afternoon Cultural Tour of Abu Dhabi | Curated by AmCham Abu Dhabi CEO
Liz Beneski & Trade Dinner
Reception | Announcement by Chairperson and members of the
BioTech Committee
"From Oil to
Medicine"
Artistic inspiration by 2024 Emmy Awards
Winner Machine Dazzle and Carnegie Hall's resident chamber
orchestra, the multiple Grammy Awards nominated The
Knights! in collaboration with Grammy Award Winning Park Avenue
Armory Gala Director Kevin Newbury
& Emirati artists [TBA]
Let the Adventure
Begin!
Tribute to the late Nobel Laureate Professor
Dr. GÃŒnter Blobel, MD, PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Cell
Biology at The Rockefeller University,
co-Founder of Research Foundation for Cure Initiatives, Founder of
The Friends of Dresden & advocate for peace and understanding
among peoples as the bedrock upon which we may hope to spark the
knowledge-based BioTech & Life Sciences sector in the UAE for
the benefit of humankind.
Tribute in memory of
GÃŒnter by his former mentee Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD, Founding Chairman of
the now launching, inshallah ا٠؎اء اÙÙÙ
AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee
Marhaba & Welcome
Abu
Dhabi Cultural Institution Chief Curator [TBA]
"BIOTECH IS THE
FUTURE"
United States Embassy in the UAE Regional
Senior Commercial Officer for GCC and Commercial Counselor for UAE
Tanya Cole
Special Announcement &
Recognitions
Founding Members of the AmCham Abu Dhabi
BioTech Committee
Let's Dine
Dinner is served
[Abu Dhabi Location TBA]
OTHER RECEPTIONS & DINNERS | ABU DHABI
& DUBAI, UAE
SUPPER @ 7
Tuesday November 5, 2024
Private Monthly
Dinner Salon in Abu Dhabi & Dubai [Details
TBA]
BIOTECH PIONEERS,
FAREWELL!
Friday November 8,
2024
Private Closing Reception at Sunken Garden at
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Center
(DIFC)
Co-Hosted for their nationals by other international Embassies
in the UAE and their corresponding Chambers of Commerce
ØŽÙرا٠TEAM EVENT
12:00 am
Saturday November 9,
2024
Private by-invitation only team thank you event
at The Stables, Sheikh Zayed
Road
FINE FRAGRANCE
RECEPTION
Post-Symposium Date TBA
The Biology
of Scent: Cracking the Odor Code | Details TBA
CULTURAL EXCURSIONS | ABU DHABI &
DUBAI, UAE
Friday, November 8-Sunday, November 17, 2024 |
Abu Dhabi & Dubai
Menu of attractions in
Abu Dhabi and Dubai curated by 2xceed [To follow
under separate cover]
SAVE THE DATES [tentative] FOR
OUR QUARTERLY FORUM AT MASDAR CITY WITH
ROADSHOWS
- Q1 2025 February
3-4 AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee Meeting &
Saudi Arabia Roadshow
- Q2 2025 March
20-21 BioTech Real-Estate, University Pipeline &
Workforce Development
- Q3 2025 October
3-4 AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee Meeting &
Qatar Roadshow
- Q4 2025 December
5-6 Creating an Attractive Clinical Trial, Regulatory &
IP Environment
About UAE BioTech Symposium
UAE BioTech Symposium in
partnership with the AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee and Masdar
City will host quarterly panel discussions and lab tours in
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and roadshow destinations
throughout the GCC and Middle
East. The events are free with attendance limited to
prioritize U.S. and international BioTech owners and executives.
Program details will be posted online in Arabic and in English as
registration for each event goes live via the AmCham Abu Dhabi
website.
Arabic site for scientific program:
http://www.uaebiotechsymposium.ae
English site for scientific program:
https://www.uaebiotechsymposium.com
About UAE BioTech Symposium Chairman Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD
From invention at
The Rockefeller University to IPO at
New York Stock Exchange to scale-up drug discovery for jointly
owned Made-in-Abu-Dhabi IP in the U.A.E., Dr. Kambiz Shekdar is the first U.S. Biotech Abu
Dhabi Golden Visa Inventor transitioning to the U.A.E.
Dr. Shekdar, PhD invented Chromovert® Technology while he was a
graduate doctoral student in the laboratory of his mentor, the late
Nobel laureate & King Faisal Prize winner Dr. Gunter Blobel, MD, PhD. at The Rockefeller University in New York City. For more than 20 years, Dr.
Shekdar has been pursuing applications of the same platform
technology, now including pursuing the creation of a joint venture
with Emirati stakeholders to implement the by-now validated
research engine as part of a national-level public-private
partnership for drug discovery at scale in the U.A.E. Dr. Shekdar
is also a member of the Abu Dhabi,
UAE chapter of American Chambers of Commerce where he is Founding
Chairman of the AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee.
https://linktr.ee/kambizshekdar
To schedule a meeting or private one-on-one press briefing,
contact Fabienne Duchini, Abu Dhabi
Partnerships Officer at Secondcell Bio,
fabienne.duchini@secondccellbio.com
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