Dear alumni,

Please find below an event announcement which may interest some of you.

Best regards,

PUAASC

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Dear friends:

You are cordially invited to attend The Second Annual Symposium on

Biopharmaceuticals - San Diego BioPharma Conference 2003 to be held on May 18

2003 at Marriott La Jolla. The program is highlighted below. For more details,

please visit the symposium website: http://www.sdcausa.org/symposium2

Event: The Second Annual Symposium on Biopharmaceuticals - San Diego BioPharma

Conference 2003

Leading Organizer: San Diego Chinese Association (SDCA)

Co-organizers: SABPA, San Diego and American Chemical Society, San Diego

Time and Date: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm, May 18 2003

Venue: Marriott La Jolla, San Diego

Description: The annual symposium strives to create and encourage connections

between academia and industry, and between researchers and entrepreneurs in the

cross-disciplines of life sciences. It also serves as a bridge between the

biopharmaceutical industries in the United States and China by promoting

business opportunities in both countries.

Speakers: It will once again feature an array of lectures by leading experts

from prominent local companies and institutions to address the key challenges

and opportunities in technology innovation, drug discovery and development, and

bioentrepreneurship.

Corporate Sponsors: Merck, Neurocrine, Accelrys, Ligand Pharmaceuticals,

Personal Chemistry, Fish and Richardson, Johnson & Johnson, Abgent, BATJ,

Kforce, ChemBridge Corporation and ChemBridge Research Laboratories, Eton

Biomedical Inc., OmegaBioTek, Promega, BioInfoRx, SynChem, ChemInnovation

Society Supporters: BIOCOM, Sigma Xi, CAST-SD, DDH Enterprise

Registration: Due to limited Marriott lunch room seating, early online

registration is highly recommended. Registration fee: $20 or $25. Fee includes

program brochure, lunch, refreshments, and free parking.

Contact: For more details including the preliminary program, registration,

sponsorship, or volunteer opportunities, please visit the symposium website at

http://www.sdcausa.org/symposium2 and email symposium2@sdcausa.org.

Please feel free to pass along the information to your colleagues and friends.

Thank you very much in advance for your participation and support! We look

forward to seeing you AGAIN at the symposium!

Sincerely,

Symposium Organizing Committee