Scientific Advisory Board:
Dr. Peter H. Seeberger, Professor, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich
Dr. James C. Paulson, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Molecular Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute
Dr. Amy Que, Senior Scientist, ARD Global Biologics, Pfizer Inc. 
Dr. Daotian Fu, Scientific Director, Bioanalytical Development, Genzyme Corporation

Pre-Conference Workshop
New Chemistry and Tools in Glycomics
Dr. Peter H. Seeberger, Professor, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich

Keynote Speakers
Functional Glycomics: Decoding the Glycome
Dr. James C. Paulson, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Molecular Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Principle Investigator, Consortium for Functional Glycomics

Chemistry in Living Systems: New Tools for Glycobiology 
Dr. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley
New Development in Glycosylation Chemistry and Biology
Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, Ernest W. Hahn Chair in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute

Glycomics, one of the newest additions to the ‘omics’ family has recently experienced a huge surge of interest in the biopharmaceutical industry. The recognition of the important role glycosylation is playing in biological functions has led to a significant increase in biopharmaceutical companies who focus their research on carbohydrate based drug development. Advanced technologies for analysis and synthesis result in better data about glycan structures, binding specifities and carbohydrate related genes. In addition, the number of carbohydrate related human diseases discovered is steadily increasing. New drugs are being developed in areas such as cancer treatment, angiogenesis, and vaccines.

New Chemistry and Tools in Glycomics Dr. Peter H. Seeberger, Professor, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich Agenda: • Synthetic approaches to oligosaccharides, glycoconjugates, glycoproteins • Automated synthesis of carbohydrates • Carbohydrate arrays for screening of carbohydrate-protein, carbohydrate-RNA,    carbohydrate-cell interactions and their application in biology and medicine • Synthetic carbohydrates in drug development