NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Italian Trade Commission, in collaboration with ASSOBIOTEC, Italy’s National Association for the Development of Biotechnology, will sponsor for the first time this year’s BIO CEO & Investor Conference taking place in New York (Waldorf-Astoria, February 11-13 2008) to highlight the remarkable accomplishments of the Italian biotech sector, to draw the attention of investors and industry analysts to investment opportunities in Italy and to spur US biotech firms to develop collaborations with Italian counterparts.