International Organisation for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
IOBB
Secretariat: Stockholm (since Jan 2004)
Chairman: Mr. Jacky E.L. Foo
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Current Activities

Aug 09-22
E-seminar on "Biotechnology and Human Development" by Prof. Horst Doelle. Former Chairman of IOBB, Brisbane, Australia.
Organizer: IOBB Working Group on Education


Mailing lists
ET-W16 Public ongoing E-Forum on Education in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
ET-W2 IOBB Special activity open for registration E-seminar on "Biotechnology and Human Development" (Aug 09-22)


International Courses
Country Deadline (2004)
Wageningen, The Netherlands.
December 6-17, 2004 
Oct 1 ETC, together with the International Agricultural Centre, is organising a two week international course on urban agriculture, named "Design, Analysis and Management of Urban Agriculture for Resilient Communities". The course aims at people involved in policy formulation and action planning in the South and the North. 
More information: http://www.iac.wur.nl/iac/index2.htm?courses/urbag_courses.htm
USA
Vanderbilt University, 
Sept 13-15 & Nov 15-17 
(Session I & II)
Growing & Managing the Biotech Enterprise – Certificate Program , Cost: US$3,450.00 (including meals and materials) Organizers: Tennessee Biotechnology Association (TBA) and the Owen Graduate School of Management School (Vanderbilt University)
Sweden
August 30, 2004
March 15, 2004 Master’s Program in Ecotechnology and Sustainable Development at Mid Sweden University (Östersund Campus). Start of Program: August 30, 2004. Scholarships - apply to - Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), - Swedish Institute (SI),
Sweden
(16 August – 3 September 2004)
South Africa for African participants 
(February 2005) 
India for Asian participants (March 2005). 
15 April 
2004
Ecological Alternatives in Sanitation
Scholarships : Covered by Sida

Past Activities

2004
July 20-24
cosponsored the 3rd International Congress on Biotechnology (Tacna, Peru)
2001
July 16-20
cosponsored the 2nd International Congress on Biotechnology : Actuality and Perspectives (Arequipa, Peru)
1998
Sept 7-11
cosponsored the  International Congress on Biotechnology : Past, Present and Future (Cusco, Peru) 
1998 IOBB sponsored a student (Thailand) to European Federation on Biotechnology Bioprocess Engineering Course (EFB BEC)