Habana- July, 17. In the framework of the series of annual meetings Biotecnología Habana, the 2003 edition will be devoted to the medical applications of biotechnology. The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) from Havana, Cuba, will be the best place to see, hear and discuss the latest results on Cancer, Immunomodulation, Infectious diseases and Bioinformatics. The five-days congress will give you the opportunity to meet some of the world's top key persons of the Biotechnolgy Industry.

Approximately 100 national and foreign invited speakers will be in charge of the key lecture and oral presentations in symposia, workshop and round tables. More than 1 500 delegates from 43 countries attended the last congress and 72 national and foreign firms were present in the trade fair. Biotecnología Habana 2003 will be a good opportunity for specialist, researchers, and business people from all over the world to contact each other. A well-designed web site has been published by the CIGB, in the URL http://biomed.cigb.edu.cu, to give all necessary information on the details of the congress.