2nd East Asia Bioinformation Network Meeting 2nd EABN An ASEAN-Plus-Three Project

PLUS THREE About Thailand Background Who Should Come Programme Speakers Organising Committee Venue Accommodation Official Sponsors

2ND EAST ASIA BIOINFORMATION NETWORK (2nd EABN) 2007 BANGKOK, THAILAND 13-14 June 2007 Venue: Main Auditorium, National Science and Technology Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Tentative Programme (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Day 0 Tuesday 12th June 2007 Afternoon Arrival Welcome Reception 1830h Day 1 Wednesday 13th June 2007 Morning (Track 1) Topic Session 1 1000-1230h Morakot Tanticharoen Executive Director, BIOTEC National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Thailand 1000-1040h Tan Tin Wee Focal Point, Bioinformatics Programme, ASEAN SubCommittee on Biotechnology Board Director, International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) Overview of the EABN 1040-1110h Jong Bhak Executive Director Korean Bioinformation Center KRIBB, Daejon, Korea. Cooperative Initiatives in Bioinformatics for the East Asia Region 1110-1140h Sissades Tongsima BIOTEC, Thailand Review of genomic databases in Thailand 1140-1210h Supaporn King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi KMUTT, Thailand International Masters Degree Program in Bioinformatics 1205-1230h Speaker Systems biology research in Thailand by KMUTT Lunch 1230-1315h Plenary Session 1315-1400h 1315-1400h Morakot Tanticharoen (Plenary Session) Topic Afternoon (Track 2): 1315-1800h Topic Session 2 1400-1530h Chair: Jong Bhak Executive Director Korean Bioinformation Center KOBIC KRIBB, Daejon Korea 1400-1440h Speaker Topic 1440-1510h Speaker TOPIC 1510-1530h Speaker Topic Coffee Break 1530-1600h Session 3 1600-1800h Chair: Donald Tambunan Head, S&T, ASEAN Secretariat 1600-1640h Speaker Topic 1640-1720h Akihiko Konagaya The "Ba" of Bioinformation 1720-1800h Speaker Topic Reception 1800-2100 followed by Dinner hosted by NSTDA Day 2 Thursday 14th June 2007 Morning/Afternoon (Track 3) Theme Session 4 1100-1230 Chair: Morakot Tanticharoen Executive Director, BIOTEC, Thailand 1100-1130 Speaker Topic 1130-1150 Speaker Topic 1150-1210 Speaker Topic 1210-1230 Speaker Topic Lunch 1230-1400 Session 5 1400-1530h Chair: Tan Tin Wee, Founding Secretariat, APBioNet Focal Point, Bioinformatics Programme, ASEAN SubCommittee on Biotechnology Board Director, International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) 1400-1430 (tbd) 1430-1530 TRACK 3 PANEL DISCUSSION: ASEAN-PLUS-THREE Cooperation in Bioinformatics, Bioinformation and Computational Biology Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break 1530-1600 Session 6 1600-1730 Chair: (tbd) 1600-1620 Speaker Topic 1620-1640 (tbd) 1640-1700 Speaker Resolutions of the 2nd EABN 1700-1730 Concluding Message EABN Banquet 1815-2100