Hodgson to Singapore, Brisbane
Tuesday, 18 September 2001 Media Statement
Hodgson to Singapore, Brisbane
Science Minister Pete Hodgson
travels to Singapore and Brisbane this week to promote
investment in New Zealand, particularly in
biotechnology.
Mr Hodgson departs New Zealand this afternoon and returns on Saturday.
In Singapore he will attend TechVenture Asia 2001, an international technology investment forum, and promote New Zealand science and technology investment and the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, the Government's seed and start-up venture capital fund.
Mr Hodgson will address a meeting of the Singapore-New Zealand Business Council and a seminar for Singapore business groups including the Singapore Venture Capital Association. He will meet Singaporean biomedical investors and visit the Singapore Economic Development Board.
In Brisbane on Friday Mr Hodgson will meet Paul Lucas, Queensland State Minister for Innovation and Information Economy and visit research and technology institutes and companies.
Itinerary attached.
Itinerary: Minister of Research, Science and Technology Pete Hodgson's travel to Singapore and Queensland
Tuesday 18 September
2001
Travel Wellington-Auckland-Singapore
Wednesday
19 September 2001
8.30am Signing of memorandum of
understanding between Crop & Food (a Crown Research
Institute) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic
9.40am Dr Gurinder
Shahi, ceo Lab Lynk Biotechnologies
11.30am Attend
TechVenture Asia 2001: investment forum and brokerage
meetings, networking lunch, panel discussion on
communication technologies
3.30pm Brigadier-General
George Yeo, Singapore Minister of Trade and
Industry
5.00pm Speak on New Zealand investment
opportunities at seminar for Singapore business groups,
hosted by Singapore Productivity and Standards
Board
7.00pm Attend dinner at Biomedical Asia 2001
Symposium
Thursday 20 September 2001
9.00am Teo Ming
Kian, chairman Singapore Economic Development
Board
10.15am Lim Boon Heng, chairman Singapore
Productivity and Standards Board
11.30am Phillip Yeo,
chairman Singapore National Science and Technology
Board
12.30pm Biomedical and Techventure lunch with
Singapore business people, NZ High Commission
Residence
3.00pm Visit NZ agencies in Singapore: High
Commission, Trade NZ, Tourism NZ, Immigration
Service
3.30pm Media interview, Channel
NewsAsia
4.30pm Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline regional
director
Friday 21 September 2001
10.00am Paul Lucas,
Queensland State Minister for Innovation and Information
Economy
11.15am Professor Michael Good, director
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1.00pm Steve
Copplin, ceo i.Lab (high-tech incubator)
2.15pm Dr Peter
Riddles, gm corporate development IMBcom (commercial arm of
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of
Queensland)
3.45pm Dr Tracie Ramsdale, ceo Alchemia
(synthetic carbohydrate chemistry
company)