Global Report on BioVision 2009 Edition

1. Attendance Figures

2 090 individuals gathered at the Congress Center on the occasion of BioVision 2009. Among them:

- 1 620 BioVision delegates including :

90 BioVision.Nxt fellows coming from 30 different countries,

92 journalists,

136 speakers,

- 470 participants participated in associated events.

Participants Background Speakers Background

2. Speakers' feedbacks

“Very seldom we have had so many outputs from attending a single meeting. Had we known that Biovision meeting was going to be so useful and productive, we would have stayed for the entire duration. Thus, thank you from the bottom of our hearts of inviting us.
We wish Biovision much success in the future.”

Prof. Asit K. Biswas
President & Academician
Third World Centre for Water Management

“It was a great pleasure to participate in this event, and I hope the entire event was as successful as this session [Ignored Aspects of Biodiversity] appeared to be.”

Neville Ash
Head of Ecosystem Management Programme
IUCN - The International Union for Conservation of Nature

“Thanks you very much for this opportunity to come and meet with scientists, it was not always comfortable, as my views differ from many of the very scientific and business people, but it was always interesting. I also met some truly wonderful people who I know I will keep in touch with. Good luck with your future events, keep up the good work!!”
Annie Sugrue
Coordinator, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CURES), South Africa

“I wanted to thank you for the kind invitation to be part of the Biovision 2009 conference. I very much enjoyed the panel and thought it went really well. The panellists were excellent and the conference was impeccably organized. Congratulations on a great job.”

Howard Berliner
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, SUNY Downstate School of Public Health USA

“On behalf of the Executive Director Roll Back Malaria, I would like to thank you for having given us the opportunity to participate in this stimulating panel.”

Dr Thomas Teuscher
Senior Advisor Policy, Strategy and Governance
Roll Back Malaria

“I especially enjoyed my meeting with the students.” Coffee with Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts
Nobel Laureate, Medicine, 1993

“I wish to thank you for your invitation and to congratulate you for the excellent organization and very successful result of the BioVision 2009 event, and of the Session on Biorobotics in particular. For me it was a real honor and a pleasure to attend BioVision 2009 and to contribute to the Session.
I wish all of you success in future initiatives, and look forward to seeing you in the near future.”

Paolo Dario
Professor of Biomedical Robotics
IEEE Fellow

Coffee with Hiroshi Ishiguro
“I totally agree with Paolo. I have really enjoyed and appreciate for your kind hospitality.
I hope to attend the conference in Egypt”.

Hiroshi Ishiguro
Dept. of Adaptive Machine - Systems,Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan

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