SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Bracks, the Premier of Victoria, Australia will be joined by corporate executives and scientific researchers from Australia and the U.S. at a press briefing this Sunday, June 6 at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel.
Mr. Bracks, who is leading the Victoria delegation to the BIO2004 conference and exhibition, will review the status of Victoria's Biotechnology Strategic Plan. Several announcements of initiatives and programs in different biotechnology segments are on the agenda, including a landmark agreement in stem cell research, new developments in the detection of Anthrax, and a Phase II clinical trial of a potential melanoma vaccine.
Who: Victoria, Australia Premier Steve Bracks and Treasurer/Minister of Innovation, John Brumby, joined by researchers and executives. What: Briefing on biotechnology developments in Victoria, Australia When: Sunday, June 6 at 3:30 p.m. Where: San Francisco Marriott Hotel (55 Fourth Street), Sierra Suite D Victoria - Becoming an International Biotech Hub
The State Government's vision for Victoria is that it will become one of the top five world centers for biotechnology by 2010. To achieve this goal the state already has committed more than AUD $500 million to biotechnology initiatives in the five years to 2005.
Further information regarding Victoria, Australia's biotechnology initiatives is available on the web, at http://www.biotechnology.vic.gov.au/.
State of VictoriaCONTACT: Matthew Schmidt, +1-650-691-1488, or mobile, +1-650-796-2679,or Wendy Lewis, +1-650-691-1488, or mobile, +1-408-230-1060, orJessica Estrada, +1-650-691-1488, or mobile, +1-408-393-1931, all ofFS Communications, for Victoria Department of Innovation, Industry andRegional Development
Web site: http://www.biotechnology.vic.gov.au/
