The BioVisionAlexandria 2004 is an international conference organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in partnership with the World Life Sciences Forum BioVision in Lyon, France. The BioVisionAlexandria conference is held every even year in Alexandria and alternates with its sister conference BioVision in Lyon.
The conference was entitled "The New Life Sciences: Ethics Patents and the Poor" and revolved around Healthcare and the Poor, Agriculture and Safe Food Sufficiency, Exploiting Biodiversity; and Protecting the Environment, as well as sessions on Trade, Patents and Developing Countries.
Individual experts from all over the globe who not only represent virtually all aspects of biotechnology, its applications, and its regulation, but the many nations of the world as well, gathered to discuss the different topics of the BioVisionAlexandria 2004.
Front row - Opening session
HE PM Atef Ebeid, Dr. Ismail Serageldin