Function Room, Grand Building, Beijing Friendship Hotel（友谊宾馆贵宾楼二层）

Session 1: Welcome Remarks, Chaired by Prof. Xiuzhu DONG

13:30-14:00

Welcome remarks

Session 2: Keynote Speech, Chaired by Prof. Shuang-Jiang LIU

14:00-14:30

Keynote speech: Big Data-driven Discovery and Improvement of Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Natural ProductsDr. Zixin Deng, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

14:30-15:00

Keynote speech: Dynamic Changes of Marine Microbial Communities over Time by Prof. Takashi Gojobori, Vice President of CODATA; The Distinguished Professor, CBRC of KAUST, King Abdullah and National Institute of Genetics, Japan,

15:00-15:30

Keynote speech: Identifying the micro from the peta: tales of big data in the micro world by Dr. Nikos C. Kyrpides，Prokaryote Super Program Head, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), USA

15:30-16:00

Keynote speech: Beyond sequencingBy Dr. Ye Yin, CEO of BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., China

16:00-16:30

Tea Break

Session 3: Keynote Speech & WDCM MoUs, Chaired by Dr. Dilber Ipek Kurtboke

16:30-17:00

Keynote speech: WDCM, past and another 50 years to comeby Dr. Sugawara Hideaki, Professor of National institute of Genetics, Japan

17:00-17:30

Keynote speech: WDCM in new era by Dr. Juncai Ma, Director, World Data Center for Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

17:30-18:00

Keynote Speech: WDCM: the sum of all efforts and much more Get the right information at any time by Dr. Philippe Desmeth, President of World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), Belgian Science Policy Office, Belgium

18:00-18:30

WDCM Declaration and WDCM MOU Signing Ceremony

19:00-20:00

Welcome Banquet

Yashi Restaurant, First Floor, Grand Building, Beijing Friendship Hotel

（友谊宾馆贵宾楼一层雅仕餐厅）

No. 5 Conference Room, Building 8, Beijing Friendship Hotel

Session: CBD and Nagoya Protocol, Chaired by Dr. Philippe Desmeth

9:00-9:30

Keynote Speech: Polymorphisms in microbial whole genome sequence identify classical mutations and may establish geographic origin for the Nagoya Protocol by Prof. Kevin McCluskey, WFCC Executive Board member, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, USA

9:30-9:50

NIEMA: a transfer and exchange system of microbes for microbial resource centers for non-commercial purposes according to the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol by Dr. Ando-katsuhiko, Acting Director-General, NITE Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Japan

9:50-10:10

Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the EU - Guidance on scope and utilization by Dr. Axel Braun,Law Department Officer, F.HOFFMANN – LA ROCHE Ltd., Switzerland

10:10-10:30

Tea Break

Session: ISO TC 276 & Quality Control, Chaired by Dr. Erko Stackebrandt

10:30-11:00

Keynote Speech: Standardising Data in Biotechnology: From Community to ISO Standards by Dr. Martin Golebiewski,Convenor of ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology WG5 'Data Processing and Integration', Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany

11:00-11:20

Dr. Yong Zhang