GBDI's coming events: Beginning in 2003, GBDI will be making availalbe its training and consultations to policymakers and executives in Asia. You may click here coming events to see the details.

Sept. 23, 2003:GBDI's Dr. Kilama is a featured speaker at the conference, "Global Aspects of Technology Transfer Biotechnology", sponsored by Gordon Research Conferences. His topic: "Technology Transfer in Africa." To view the program, click: www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2003/global.htm

March 26, 2003:Dr. Kilama testified before the USA Congress Committee on Agriculture "Review artificial barriers to United States agricultural trade and foreign food assistance" click: http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/testimony.htm

March 19-22, 2003: Dr. Kilama is a featured speaker at the "The Human Genome and Africa Conference, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. To read about the conference, click: www.hsrc.ac.za/genome/

February 6-9, 2003: Dr. Kilama was a featured speaker at the "Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2003", sponsored by TERI (Tata Energy Research Institute), in New Delhi, India. Click the following link to read the text of his speech Delhi Summit Speech. Click the following link to view and hear the speech online: www.teriin.org/dsds/2003/speakers.html . You will need to download the appropriate Real Player or Windows Media Player.

November 19, 2002: Dr. Kilama spoke at The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of São Paulo, in Brazil. His topic: "Strategies for Improving Developing Countries' Global Competitiveness in Natural Products." To read about the conference, click: www.usp.br/iea/biogenerecur.html

April 18, 2002: Dr. Kilama was interviewed by The Hindu, India's national newspaper, while visiting Bangalore to make a speech at "Bangalore Bio 2002," the most important annual event for the biotechnology industry in India. To read the article, please click www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/seta/2002/04/18/stor

April 15, 2002: Dr. Kilama was among the leading figures in the biotechnology sector who spoke at the inauguration of Bangalore Bio 2002. To read about this, click: www.bangalorebio.com/bangalorebio/servlet.com.ba

September 26-27, 2001: Dr. Kilama spoke at the "Report on the Biotechnology in Africa Conference", in Johannesburg, South Africa. To read about the event, click: www.monsantoafrica.com/reports/africabio/africabio.....

March 23, 2000: President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria spoke at the opening ceremony of GBDI's training sessions in Ibadan, Nigeria. Click here to download the report from Nigeria's "National Concord" in PDF format, using Adobe Acrobat.

March 3, 2000: President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria visited a GBDI training session in Ibadan, Nigeria, as reported in an article in Nigeria's "The Comet.". Click here to read the article in PDF format, requiring the Adobe Acrobat plug-in."