Scientific American Worldview: A Global Biotechnology Perspective will officially launch its seventh edition overnight at BIO International Convention in Philadelphia, confirming Australia has held its place as fourth in the world for the second consecutive year and naming AusBiotech’s Dr Anna Lavelle amongst the 100 most influential people in global life sciences.
Worldview is a ranking of nations according to their biotechnology ‘innovation potential’ and this year's Worldview theme is ‘Biotech: The Many Spheres of Influence’. In-keeping with a compelling cover story and special report, the Worldview 100 is a round-up celebrating the 100 most influential people in biotechnology and the life sciences today, as determined through nominations and selections from an international panel of experts and peers.
Dr Lavelle, CEO of AusBiotech, said: “It’s a great honour to be recognised in this way, but especially to be named as the only Australian and amongst a global group of respected, visionary and eminent people.”
Also on the list is fellow geneticist Craig Venter, whose work to sequence the human genome is legendary in biotech circles, Bill and Melinda Gates, Michael J Fox, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Steven Burrill, Ganesh Kishore and Paul Stoffels.
The AusBiotech-led delegation of more that 200 Australians is currently attending the world’s largest and most influential global biotechnology meeting, the BIO International Convention, held annually in the US.
Australia’s continuing presence at BIO coincides with Australia’s growing reputation as one of the world’s leaders in biotechnology.
This year Australia again stamped its presence with the eighth largest international delegation amid the more than 15,000 delegates from around the world, including nearly 2,500 CEOs, from 70 countries.