The International Conference for Biobank Management and QC (Shanghai, China)

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The International Conference for Biobank Management and QC & Shanghai Biobank Development Workshop 2011

July 8^th-10^th, 2011 Shanghai,China

Background

In recent years, the rapid development of high-throughput biotechnology, various kinds of genomics and bioinformatics have promoted the studies on Personalized Medicine and Translational Medicine. Through the studies on translational medicine, a bridge can be built between basic medicine and clinical research so that the laboratory research findings can be rapidly translated from bench to bedside, and thus benefiting the patients.

As precious resource for both basic and clinical research, biobanks are the basis of studies on translational medicine. The rapid development of translational medicine has intensified the need for high-quality biospecimens. In 2009, American National Cancer Institute (NCI) set up the first national human biobank for researching new treatments of various illnesses, the project of which was awarded by TIMES one of the “2009 Top Ten Changing-the-World Conceptions”. BioBanking and Molecular Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) is a pan-European infrastructure established in 2009 to bring cohesion to the European biobanking community and to make the existing and new high quality biological resources available for health research in Europe. It has a 53-member consortium with over 280 associated organisations (largely biobanks) from over 30 countries, with total biospecimens reaching 10,000,000. China has a large number of patients and also has the ability to protect and make effective use of biological resources. In the next 10 years or more, biobank will be the strategic resources in the competition between bio-technology and pharmaceutical enterprises, and among the key determinants of development capacity of biomedical industry.

China has a broad spectrum of biobanks, however, the diversity, lack of standardisation, different rules of access of these biobanks and the different ethical and legal landscape across China has prevented their effective use. In order to establish a biobank adapted to the development of translational medicine and in conformity to our national economic development, from 2008 onwards, Shanghai Municipal established Shanghai Biobank Network (SBN) under the strong support of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai, Development and Reform Commission of Shanghai and Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau. SBN takes Shanghai Clinical Research Center (SCRC) as the third party coordination center, and consists of Fudan University, Medical College at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and 15 third-class hospitals, in cooperation with many other organizations. To promote the biobank development in the past three years, SCRC successfully organized a series of specific symposiums and seminars, inviting international and domestic experts to share their experiences in developing and managing high-level biobanks.

Key Secessions and Topics

The Conference will bring together the experts from BBMRI, INSERM, QIAGEN and officials from Shanghai Municipal Government, academic institutions, universities, hospitals etc. to discuss the topics relevant to Biobank development:
1. Biobanking & Biobank Networking Management
2. Quality Control & Quality Administration
3. Ethical Issues Related to Biobank Development

Highlights of This Conference

Learn best practice and international standards: This is the first time that China cooperates with BBMRI, INSERM and UK Biobank, and introduces management standards and quality control system that conform to the international norms.
Hear the latest in biobank development: This conference invites first-tier experts to give reports, such as Kurt Zatloukal, Georges Dagher, Paul Downey, Du Xiang, Zhang Yong, etc., all engaged in biobank management and quality control. It integrates the latest biobank management conception, quality control and technical methods, and combines the cases of building various kinds of biobank, and helps the participants acquire in a short period the norms and knowledge of and experience in building advanced biobank.
Benefit from first-hand experience and case studies: More than 20 speakers from Europe, Asia Pacific and China will be sharing their expert opinions and experiences on the organizing and construction of well-known biobank in Europe, the interpretation of the best practice for OECD biobank, collection and preservation of the standardization of oncology samples, ISO standard in biobank quality management system, and so on.
Dialogue with leadership and experts: The conference will invite decision makers, executives and experts from well-known universities, institutes, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. The conference will provide the participants a high-end platform for communications and exchanges. Moreover, the conference will cooperate with many authoritative media to improve its intensive influence.

Organizer :Shanghai Clinical Research Center, SCRC

Shanghai Clinical Research Center (SCRC) operates as a 3rd-party full-service assessment and resource center to facilitate drug development. SCRC is developing a core resource platform with coverage of clinical research sites throughout China. A fully equipped central laboratory with GLP capabilities, a state-of-the-art data management and a bio-statistics system position SCRC as a leader in drug development services in China. Founded under the collaborative framework of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Municipality in 2008, SCRC endeavors to be a pioneer in the globalization of drug development in China by provision of the link necessary between pharmaceutical companies and hospitals.

Contact Us:

Shanghai Clinical Research Center
Mr. Jinli Fan
Tel: 021-33676448
Fax: 021-33676373
E-mail: training@scrcnet.org
Website: www.scrcnet.org
Address: Building 10, No.140 Tianlin Road, Shanghai 200233, P.R.China

Speakers

Kurt Zatloukal, M.D.
Coordinator of ESFRI Biomedical and Biobanking Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)
Professor of Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz

Bruno Clément, Ph.D.
Counselor of the General Director of INSERM for Biobanks and Biotechnology Development, and Scientific Director of "INSERM-Transfert"
Chairman of the National Committee for Biological Resources in the Ministry of Research
Professor of Pathology at the University of Rennes

Paul Downey, MBA
Director of Operations, UK Biobank

Georges Dagher, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Clinical Research Dpt, INSERM, Paris
Leader of Funding & Financing at BBMRI
Director of clinical research infrastructures and the coordinator of the French network of biobanks

Paul Hofman, MD, Ph.D.
Head of the Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital
Head of the Human Biobank Unit, Pasteur Hospital
Head of the ERI-21/EA 4319, INSERM, France

Christian DEMANZE
Manager of consulting office ISO.L.A
Lead auditor and teacher QSE SGS-ICS

Christian C. Oste, Ph.D.
President of Bioscope International, LLC, Spain
Member, International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER)
Member, Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G)

Daniel Groelz, Ph.D.
Scientific Associate Director R&D, QIAGEN GmbH
Member of SPIDIA project (FP7)

Vera Holländer, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist R&D, QIAGEN GmbH

Carola Schade, Ph.D.
Business Director Automation, QIAGEN GmbH

Rongxing Gan, Professor MBA
President & CEO, Shanghai Clinical Research Center

Jiayou Chu, Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Medical Biology Institute of Beijing Union Medical College
Project Director of Studies of the Preservation of Genome of Different Ethnic Groups in China and immortal bio-bank of different ethnic groups in China within the human genome project

Xiang Du, Professor
Professor & Vice-president, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

Youyong Lv, Ph.D.
Professor of the college of clinical oncology, Beijing University, researcher of Beijing Institute of Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Doctoral tutor and Director of Beijing Molecular Oncology Laboratory.

Shilin Li, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor,
MOE Key Laboratory of
Contemporary Anthropology at Fudan University

Yong Zhang, Ph.D.
Head of Proteomics Division at BGI Shenzhen
Project Director at BGI Shenzhen

Registration

Who Should Attend

This conference will benefit those who work in relevant areas of drug development, who practice physicians treating patients and conducting clinical trials, who manage biobanks and related research from pharmaceutical companies, research institutions, universities and hospitals, including but not limited to:
• Clinical trial investigators
• Biobank management
• Quality control
• Clinical research and development
• Clinical research operation
• Medical practicing
• IT professionals

Registration Fees for Conference

Industry Standard RMB 4000
Nonprofit/Academic/Government RMB 1200

Payment Options

1. China Union Pay onine payment
2. Bank Transfer
Bank Account in Foreign Exchange: 1001221009068103831
Bank Name: The Industrial And Commercial Bank of China Sub-Branch of Xu-Hui district, Shanghai International Department
Bank Address: No.8 Guangyuan West Road, Xu-Hui District, Shanghai, China
Payee: Shanghai Clinical Research Center Co., Ltd
Swift Code: ICBC CNBJSHI

NOTES

Please send your request for invoice by mail (Training@scrcnet.org) or by fax (86-21-33676373); or you can get the invoice from the reception desk on July 8-9th at the meeting venue by your ID card.
Cancellation Policy: On or Before June.30th, 2011
Cancellations must be made in writing and received by June 30th, 2011, in order to receive a full refund before the cancellation date. Registrants who do not cancel in writing by the deadline date and do not attend the event will be responsible for paying the full registration fee.
Registration fee includes refreshment breaks and luncheons.
Shanghai Clinical Research Center reserves the right of final explanation.

Online Register Now ：http://www.scrcnet.org/biobank2011/user_e.asp

Agenda

Registration
July 7^th	10:00-17:00	all attendees	Registration
Location	Lobby of Galaxy Hotel
July 8^th	08:00-17:00	all attendees	Registration
Location	Lobby of Galaxy Hotel

Day 1: Friday, July 8^th, 2011		Biobanking & Biobank Networking Management
	Time	Topic	Speaker
Open	08:30-09:00	Opening Remarks	Rongxing Gan
Session 1	09:00-12:00	Biobanking & Biobank Networking Management	Kurt Zatloukal, Paul Downey
Lunch
Session 2	13:00-16:30	Best Practice and Case study of Biobank development	Bruno Clement, Georges Dagher

Day 2: Saturday, July 9^th, 2011		Quality Control & Quality Administration
	Time	Topic	Speaker
Session 3	08:30-12:00	Quality Control of Biobank	Paul Hofman, Yong Zhang
Lunch
Session 4	13:00-16:30	The development of standard Management System of Biobank	Xiang Du, Christian Demanze

Day 3: Sunday, July 10^th, 2011		Ethical Issues Related to Biobank Development
	Time	Topic	Speaker
Session 5	08:30-12:00	Ethical Issues Related to Biobank Development	Ching-Li Hu

Venue & Hotel

Conference Venue: 3rd Floor, Conference Room, Galaxy Hotel
Address: No.888 Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200051, China
Website: http:///index.html
Tel: +86-21-51015566

Location Information
City Center (16 KM / 9.6 MI )

Airport Information
Pudong International Airport
• Distance: 40 KM / 25 MI
• Taxi Fee: RMB 130
• Time by taxi: 60 minutes

Hongqiao Airport
• Distance: 10 KM / 6 MI
• Taxi Fee: RMB 20
• Time by taxi: 10 minutes

Train/Subway Information
Shanghai Railway Station
• Train Station Name: Shanghai Railway Station
• Train Station Distance 15 KM / 9MI
• Taxi Fee: RMB 30

Subway
Yan'an West Road Light Railway Station
Train Station Distance: 1 KM / 0.6MI
Taxi Fee: RMB 10

Convention Center Information
Index Shanghai, Shanghai Mart
• Convention center Distance: 2 KM / 1.25 MI
• Taxi Fee: RMB 10
Local Information
• Golf within 7 KM / 4 MI
• Shopping within 1 KM / 0.6MI
• Tennis within 7 KM / 4 MI

Attractions

Shopping Centers:
The Friendship Store, Bai Seng and Shanghai City Shopping Centers are nearby (just half a kilometer away).
Huaihai Road: The "Paradise of Purchasing"
Xiang Yang Market: Shopping Market near Huahai Road
Xu Jia Hui: Trendy shopping area - 4 KM away

Entertainment/Dining
Shanghai Film Center: There are bars and other entertainment centers around 2 kilometers away.
Hongqiao Leisure Street - 7 KM away
Conventions/Conferences
Shanghai Mart and Shan

Hotel information

Galaxy Hotel
The 35-story Galaxy Hotel is conveniently located at the junction of the Yan'an Elevated and Inner Ring Roads - within easy walking distance of the Shanghai International Exhibition Center, Shanghai Mart and Shanghai International Trade Center.
Address: No.888 Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200051, China
Website: http:///index.html
Tel: +86-21-51015566
Room Rate for SCRC Single/Double RMB 750 (for self-paid attendees) NET
We can help to make the reservation, and please send your request to Training@scrcnet.org

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Contact Us:

Shanghai Clinical Research Center
Mr. Jinli Fan
Tel: 021-33676448
Fax: 021-33676373
E-mail: training@scrcnet.org
Website: www.scrcnet.org
Address: Building 10, No.140 Tianlin Road, Shanghai 200233, P.R.China