[BBC] BE Live IT: Register before Friday!

[Bert Coessens]

Dear Madam, Sir,

We are pleased to invite you to BE Live IT, a one-day event which 
focuses on the applications of bioinformatics and IT in the life 
sciences. We selected excellent speakers from biotech research as well 
as pharma industry. Topics will cover bioinformatics in drug discovery 
and clinical research, biobanking, ... but also IT management and 
bioinformatics business development.

****Registration ends this Friday September 26, 2007. Don't forget to 
register!****

We hope to see you in Brussels on Tuesday October 16, 2007.

Kind regards,
The Organizing Committee
www.beliveit.be


Confirmed speakers include:

**/“//Systems Biology: the industry perspective//”/, *Jeffrey C. 
Glennon* (Director In Vivo Neuropharmacology, Solvay Pharma)**
**/“Knowledge driven drug discovery – How can IT help?”./ *Gerhard 
Noelken* (Director of R&D Informatics, Pfizer, Sandwich, UK).**
**/“Supporting the science in genomic research - The next generation of 
bio-IT environment”./ *Phil Butcher* (Head of Information Technology, 
Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK).**
**/“AMC Biobank in the Netherlands“./ *Guido Roumans* (Global Subject 
Matter Expert Clinical R&D, IBM, BE)**
**/“Proposing a Molecular Target for a New Tuberculosis Drug“./ 
*Jean-Marc Neefs* (Senior scientist Bio-IT, Johnson & Johnson 
Pharmaceutical R&D, Beerse, B)**
**/“Galapagos acquires Inpharmatica: the role of informatics in drug 
discovery“./ *Andre Hoekema* (Senior Vice President Corporate 
Development, Galapagos, Mechelen, B)**
**/“Application of genomics data in a clinical context: Robust analysis 
of gene expression data from breast cancer patients“./ *Mark Lambrecht* 
(Senior life sciences consultant, SAS Institute, Tervuren, B)**
**/“Finding our way in information space”./ *Philip Scordis* (Head of 
Informatics Computational Research, UCB Pharma, Slough, UK).**
**/“Governing IT in research: simple rules and process to follow that 
add value to discovery research”./ *Alexander Renner* (MBA, CIO, Head of 
Information Systems and Organisation, Boehringer-Ingelheim Aus-tria 
GmbH, Vienna, A).**
**/“Review of the bioinformatics space from a VC perspective//”//./ 
*Frank Bulens* (Executive Investment Manager, GIMV Life Sciences, B) **
**/“//Ontology and cognitive reach: powering intelligence applications 
for healthcare//”, /*Gordon Baxter* (CEO, Biowisdom, Cambridge, UK).**
**/“The bio-IT business challenge”./ *Wim Van Criekinge* (VP Treatment 
Solutions, OncoMethylome Sciences & prof. Bioinformatics University of 
Ghent, B)**
**/“ILM, data retention strategy & standard“./ *Herbert Vander Elst* 
(IBM, B)**
/**“Biotechs in alliance, what is the business logic?”./ *Walter Van 
Dijck* (Director Institute for Life Sciences Business Economics, Erasmus 
University Rotterdam, NL)**
**/“Pathway informatics in drug discovery”./ *Michael Barnes* (GSK 
Pharma, Stevenage, UK).**


The first conference in Belgium focused on the applications of 
bioinformatics in life sciences.

This one-day event will take place on *October 16th* 2007 at the *SAP 
lounge Brussels*, Belgium.

The main purpose of the conference is to set up a Belgian-based meeting 
platform where people involved in life sciences can meet on a regular 
basis to exchange experience and new innovative ideas about *applied 
bioinformatics*. This first edition will be focusing on *pharmaceutical 
R&D*.


Register now at www.beliveit.be.


Associated partners:

BioWin, Bio.be, VIB, FlandersBio, BEA