NHBT-2007, an International conference focussing on recent developments on the frontier areas of Biotechnology, will bring together scientists, engineers and other experts from across the world to deliberate on global developments in the fields of Industrial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology and Food & Agriculture Biotechnology. It is planned as a major event to be held at Trivandrum during November 26-29, 2007 with the participation of a large number of active researchers from all over the world. It is envisaged that this conference would not only provide a unique platform to the participants from industries and academic institutions to share their thoughts and views to develop possible linkages among them, but also serve the purpose of global networking among them and help in creating a nucleus of interface research.

This is the fourth major biotechnology event being organized by the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST), (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory), Trivandrum, providing a much wider platform where people meet periodically. Earlier three conferences were held in 1997 (ICBF-97), 2001 (NHBT-2001) and 2003 (ICB-2003), which were highly successful and provided unique opportunities for the participants to collaborate and network with different groups and persons.