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