Masdar City, Abu Dhabi & Dubai, United Arab Emirates
U.S BioTech Owners & Executives New to UAE Market
The Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Global BioTech Committee is thrilled to invite BioTech owners & executives to the UAE BioTech Symposium, a premier quarterly event series aimed at accelerating the growth of the UAE’s BioTech Sector.
Featuring exclusive guided lab tours, high-level panel discussions and valuable networking opportunities, the symposium will focus on cutting-edge topics such as precision medicine, genomics, longevity and clinical trials.
Cultural Program Curated by:
Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Will host all quarterly editions of the UAE BioTech Symposium with support from the Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee, following a format for industry leaders pioneered at the Competitiveness Talks Series at IRENA at Masdar City on February 29, 2024, pictured below.
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi & Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Quarterly 2025
ABOUT THE COMMITTEE
Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee
Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee was formed to establish a BioTech sector in Abu Dhabi with a focus on promoting opportunities for U.S. BioTech companies with a vision to be a thought leader and facilitator for U.S. corporate interests in the emerging BioTech sector in Abu Dhabi and throughout the Middle East. Originally started as the AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee, it has been since restructured as the Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee to broaden its scope and encourage participation from BioTech companies worldwide.
Since its founding, the BioTech committee has seen a notable uptick in interest from U.S.-based companies seeking to broaden their service offerings within the region. The original AmCham Abu Dhabi BioTech Committee founding members include Secondcell Bio, Intelligenix Advanced Diagnostics, Extend Biosciences, Halia Therapeutics and Jones Lang LaSalle Inc (JLL).
Founding Chairman of
Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee & UAE BioTech Symposium
Dr. Kambiz Shekdar, PhD, invented Chromovert® Technology while he was a graduate student in the laboratory of his mentor, the late Nobel laureate & King Faisal Prize winner Dr. Günter Blobel, MD, PhD, at The Rockefeller University in New York City.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Shekdar has been pursuing applications of the same platform technology, now including pursuing the creation of a joint venture with Emirati stakeholders to implement the by-now validated research engine as part of a public-private partnership for drug discovery at scale in the UAE. Dr. Shekdar is also a member of the Abu Dhabi, UAE chapter of American Chambers of Commerce for which he created a Biotechnology Committee. The committee has since been restructured and renamed as Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee to enable participation from countries worldwide.
Previously, Drs. Shekdar and Blobel co-founded a private biotechnology company where Dr. Shekdar and his team developed the technology and applied it to diverse applications from strategic natural flavors research with The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods and Nestlé to cut salt and sugar in the diet to discovery and development of a clinical-stage non-addictive pain blocker fast-tracked by the FDA. The pain blocker was the subject of an IPO filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2023.
In loving memory of my mentor and doctoral thesis advisor Günter,
With greatest grateful Shukrans to my former partner Christian,
With hope for new partnership, in friendship, and in service to the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, its driven people and its accomplished nation, who have collectively captured my imagination, and where I already feel more at home than anywhere, Ladies and Gentlemen please join me in going from Oil to Medicine for the benefit of science and humankind, Inahllah, and Yallah! Thank you to all of our esteemed speakers and partners for making it possible.
My Favorite Places in Abu Dhabi & in Dubai
“Friends of Dresden” by The Rockefeller University | Abrahamic Family House | Zayed National Museum | LinkedIn Business Group: Corporate Career Opportunities #Palestinians | Research Foundation for Cure Initiatives | 2xceed Destination Management | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre | Rotana Hotels | Al Noukada Café هذخونلا ھیفاك | Byblos Lebanese Grill Zahrat Lebnon ةرھز نانبل | tashas Al Bateen | Asyak Grill MOATASEM | Santal Perfumes & Incense | The Stables, Sheikh Zayed Road | Roberto's Restaurant & Lounge | Galinsky Coaching | Paul Smith
Shukrans to these enabling institutions and world leading experts & teachers:
The Rockefeller University
“Science for the benefit of humanity”
Fish & Neave, the best Intellectual Property firm that ever existed in the world, representing inventors including Thomas Edison, Wright Brothers and myself, as well as additional protectors of the knowledge which I now personally own and am free to export to the UAE, including: GRÜNECKER Patent Attorneys and Attorneys-at-law | Morrison Foerster | Vossius & Partner | Jones Day | Hadef & Partners
And Shukrans to you,
Your Friend,
Dr. Kambiz
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Save The Dates [Tentative]
Join us for quarterly meetings of the Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee at Masdar City + Roadshow Destinations
December 4 - 5
Q4 2025
Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee Meeting & All GCC Roadshow
February 5 - 6
Q1 2026
BioTech Real-Estate, University Pipeline & Workforce Development
March 19 - 20
Q2 2026
Abu Dhabi Global BioTech Committee Meeting & All GCC Roadshow
May 7 - 8
Q2 2026
Creating an Attractive Clinical Trial, Regulatory & IP Environment
