Together with the World Health Organization, the Republic of Korea is co-hosting the first World Bio Summit to take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 25 and 26 October 2022.
The new World Bio Summit is bringing leaders of the vaccine and bio industries together to review key innovations and lessons gained during the COVID-19 pandemic, charting new ways to accelerate research and development to strengthen global health security.
The World Bio Summit 2022 will open with a ceremony at which WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will be joined by Heads of State and Government leaders from countries participating in the WHO mRNA tech transfer hubs in Africa, Asia and South America as well as the Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea, the host country of WHO’s Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub.
The Summit will also convene leaders from international organizations, bio and vaccine manufacturing corporations and development partners to share latest transformative technological innovation and trends in the vaccine and bio-health industry, and to shape visions and strategic approaches to advance global bio-health capacity for the future. WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Assistant Director-General Dr Mariangela Simão will also participate in the event.
For more information about the World Bio Summit 2022 : https://www.worldbiosummit.kr/eng/ ( 바이오서밋 )
Media contacts:
Republic of Korea: Hyunsook Kim, hsk326@korea.kr