ASCo held “Pharma Associations Conference 2014-Global Partnering for Open Innovation” on 18th – 19th of November, 2014  in Grand Ballroom of Ritz-Carlton Seoul.

The conference attracted more than 300 delegates from 100 companies and organization from a Pharmaceutical and medical sectors.

Speakers, Panelists and Moderators included:

Woo Ick Jang, Handok Inc.│Executive Vice President and Head of R&D

Byoungjun Bae, Ministry of Health & Welfare│Director General, Bureau of Health Industry

Robert J. Hariri, Celgen │Chairman, Founder and CSO for Cellular Therapeutics

Yil-Seob Lee, GSK│Head of Medical, Regulatory & Market Access

Jia-Hua Wang, Novartis│Oncology Director Asia Pacific Region Medical Affairs

Baekmin Seong, Novartis│Head Strategic partnership Korea/Asia Lead in BD&L

Joong-Gon Kim, Seoul National University

Jei-Wook Chae, Bioneer  Inc. │Head of Therapeutic RNA Development

Younggyu Cho, Handok Inc│Head of Bio-Research Center

Wan Namkung, Yonsei University

Kenichi Nishida, Daiichi-Sankyo│Senior Director External Science Planning, R&D Planning Department

Frank Degner, Boehringer Ingelheim│Head Clinical Development & Medical Affairs

Young-Guen Kwon, Yonsei University

Kyeong-Cheon Jung, Dinona Inc.

Yoon-Won Kim, ImmuneMed Inc.│President & CEO

James Jun, KT&G Life Science│CEO

Yariv Hefez, Merck Serono│Vice President Business Development, Licensing & Alliance Management

Yuan-Hua Ding, Pfizer│Executive Director & Head External R&D Innovation (ERDI)-Asia Pacific

Elena Rizova, Janssen│Vice President, Head of External Innovation J&J Innovation Center Asia Pacific

Young-Woo Park, KRIBB│Principal Research Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience &Biotechnology (KRIBB)

Jin-San Yoo, PharmaAbvine, Inc.│CEO, President and Founder

Soon-Jae Park, Alteogen Inc. │CEO

Seong-Choon CHOE, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Head, R&D Center, Head of Seoul Research Institute at Boryung Pharm.Co.

In-Chull Kim, National Oncoventure│President

Jung Yong Kim, NOV │CEO (National Oncovenure)

Young-Whan Park, NOV│Senior Vice President and Head of Business Development

Joy H.J. Chung, KHIDI│Executive Consultant

Takato Noumi, Sanofi│Director External Science & Partnering Japan

Hiroya Muranishi, Takeda│Senior Director Research Alliance, Pharmaceutical Research

Bong Yong Lee, Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd.│Head of Research

Dong Hoon Jin, Ulsan University

Yong H Rho, Obetat Biopharma│President

Wheeseong Lee, KT&G Life Sciences│CTO / Head of R&D Center

Near the end of the conference, we asked our delegates to kindly fill out an evaluation form. The following results were produced after collating the evaluation forms: