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FEBRUARY 2 - 4, 2009, HYDERABAD, INDIA
Calcutta University was keen to understand how a biotech park could be planned where there is no dominant biotech industry but good academic research and innovation potential. The delegation from Iran led by Dr Halle Hashimi was keen to understand the role of government and universities in incubators and biotech parks. Ms. Janet from Bell Boyd & Lloyd, USA shared her experience about the US incubators and resources available for startup companies. Ms. Chattopadhyay added that understanding the start-ups, their problems and then providing the customized support services are need of an hour. Ms. Chattopadhyay also talked about the changes in patent regime and innovation ecosystem at large in India. Mr. Gopala Krishnan, CEO, S P Biotech Park shared his thoughts on biotech parks and how many would be too many. He suggested that keeping in mind the current economic downturn, sustainability of Parks would be difficult if numbers of parks are more. He also made a point that market demand will slow down and customers expectations will be up and it would be tough to sustain if number of parks goes up and that the vision and strategy of biotech parks would play a crucial role to sail through the hard times.