Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo has established itself as a premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. The 2011 program will feature compelling talks from industry and academia on new trends in data generation, knowledge management, and information technology in life sciences and drug development, including best practice case studies and joint partner presentations relevant to the technologies, research, and regulatory issues of life science, pharmaceutical, clinical and IT professionals. New features include tracks on Cloud Computing, Drug Discovery Informatics, Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics, as well as several pre-conference workshops on Cheminformatics, Diagnostics, and Proteomics. Spanning three days, the meeting includes 9 parallel conference tracks and 11 pre-conference workshops. The Conference attracts a highly influential audience consisting of senior level scientists, IT professionals and Executives from organizations across the life sciences industry including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Health Systems, Academia, Government and National Laboratories. Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2010 drew a record number of attendees and exhibitors. Building on the success and popularity of the event, the 2011 Expo plans to unite 1,700+ life sciences, pharmaceutical, clinical, healthcare, and IT professionals from 29 countries. The Expo provides the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process.

From systems biology and in silico modeling to cheminformatics and electronic data capture, Bio-IT World shows how predictive information is the key to improving the efficiency of drug discovery, all the way through clinical trials. Critical to the goal of modeling and exploiting information is the IT and informatics infrastructure -- the hardware and software that facilitates the creation of databases, text mining and the conversion of information into hypotheses, models, and conclusions.

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