Date: June 4-7, 2024
Venue: Africa union Commission HQ, Nelson Mandela Hall, Addis Ababa
The 1st African Biotechnology Congress 2024 on ‘Biotechnology for Sustainable Development of Africa’ will be organized by the Ethiopian Society of Biotechnology (ESoB) jointly with the Ethiopian Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) and in collaboration with other several partners.
Holding the 1st African Biotechnology Congress, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from June 4-7, 2024, ESoB aims at providing a platform for an African wide and international biotech communities for discussing and presenting cutting-edge Biotechnology sciences, emerging issues and challenges that the African continent is facing at this point in time. Of course, it is also to put forward various recommendations and offer future practical actions for the thriving African Biotech sector.
The congress also brings together researchers and academicians, program managers as well as policy makers from across Africa and beyond to discuss current issues in Biotechnology and disseminate key research outputs. Moreover, it also serves as an important platform to advocate and raise public awareness towards the science of Biotechnology and its advancements in Ethiopia in
particular and in the African continent in general.
The AUCCC conference venue, Nelson Mandela Conference Hall, is famous for welcoming every year plenary sessions of the African Union Summit bringing together all African heads of state.
In addition to the main Nelson Mandela hall , the African Union Commission Conference Center (AUCCC) Complex has 8 fully equipped conference halls (including simultaneous translation booths) capable of accommodating from very large to more reduced audiences. Configuration, public address system and decoration have been specifically designed to foster exchanges in a pleasant setting.
It also contains 2 medium conference halls and 4 small conference halls. It also houses a large number of Caucus Rooms and Briefing Rooms, a Multipurpose Room for receptions, an Outside Amphitheater and a large lobby. Situated in the heart of Addis Ababa and easy to access from the city landmarks, it is the ideal place to organize your events.
The facilities can accommodate from few people for small committee meetings to 2500 persons for major conferences, clients may utilize different conference halls on the same day and time depending on their interest.
The AUCCC and its office complex, at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, situated in a spot only few minutes drive from the Bole International Airport, is an elegant and cosy atmosphere, coupled with modern architecture and facilities, making it an ideal location to host conferences, events, meetings and receptions.
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is a uniquely founded indigenous city situated at the heart of the country and sits at the core of this impressive land, boasting a variety of cultural attractions and tourism hotspots. It is a hub of global diplomatic communities, the seat of the African Union and hundreds of Embassies, consulates and international organizations.
The name ‘Addis Ababa’ in Amharic translates to mean ‘new flower’ – and Ethiopia’s bustling capital city is indeed blossoming with exciting tourist attractions: it is also attributable to its extraordinary stock of landmark hotels and conference facilities that continues to draw in a wealth of international business travelers, with thousands of visitors arriving each year.
Addis Ababa is also home to the headquarters of the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Ethiopia’s position as a regional air transport hub and as a center for regional development and diplomatic institutions offers unique opportunities to capitalize on conference tourism segment. Ethiopian Airlines offers connectivity from its major hub in Addis Ababa to over 135 destinations across five continents. It deploys more than
145 aircraft.
The Ethiopian Society of Biotechnology (ESoB) is a non-governmental, nonprofit making professional association established on August 28,2019 with registration number 4409 by the Ethiopian Civic Society Agency. The association has engaged itself in the following activities to achieve its objectives: