Conference Articles of “Bio+” Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Chapter 1General Principle

Article 1Consists of biology, agriculture, food, ecology, environment, health and other related subjects, biotechnology has infiltrated into every aspect of people's lives, and become the key to the development of human society. The "Bio+" Innovation & Entrepreneurship is co-organized by Zhejiang Province Bioengineering Society, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of Zhejiang University of Technology and “Bio+” Foundation (under preparation). It is a perspective and extensive event among extracurricular techno-culture activities for college students. The conference is held annually, and the first one will be held in Hangzhou around the end of October 2021.

Article 2The main objective of the conference is to enhance the awareness of independent innovation of college student on biotechnology, promote their ability to create and apply cutting-edge knowledge of life science, as well as cultivate entrepreneurial talents in the new era. And then guide and encourage college students to closely employ their academic knowledge to support social and economic development.

Article 3The participants should submit their application materials to the organizing committee. Preliminary commercial exploration on this basis are welcomed; The academic judges invited by the organizing Committee would evaluate the innovation and theoretical feasibility of all the entries under the guidance of the academic committee. At the same time, the entrepreneurial judge will evaluate the commercial potential of the entries from the perspective of application, market potential and development prospects. The outstanding projects with excellent innovation and application would be selected based on the two aspects mentioned above, and a maximum prize of 100,000 yuan will be awarded. The final projects and results will be demonstrated on the conference, and the project and related technologies will be popularized to the public.

The Conference will set up Special Awards in line with the purpose of the conference with good guidance. Specific rules will be formulated and promulgated separately.

Chapter 2Committees and Duties

Article 4Under the guidance of China Association for Science and Technology and the people's Government of Zhejiang Province, "Bio+" Innovation & Entrepreneurship is a part of the series of World Young Scientist Summit, which co-organized by Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology and the government of Wenzhou, jointly with Zhejiang Province Bioengineering Society, college of Biotechnology and Bioengineering of Zhejiang University of Technology, and Bio+ Foundation (under preparation). Bio+ Education & Technology Co., Ltd. is responsible for the organization and implementation of the organizing committee.

Article 5The conference set up both the organizing committee and academic committee:

1.Consisting of the host organizations and undertaking organizations, the organizing committee is responsible for organizing the conference activities, and to coordinate the problem of academic committee. Specific duties are as follows: to formulate the articles of the conference, to raise funds for the reward and to decide other necessary affairs. One or two directors and several deputy directors would be set up for the organizing committee.

2.The international academic committee set up for the conference is led by the same level of Nobel laureates in biotechnology field, and mainly includes the first-line scientists of life science and technology. They are responsible for providing consulting and academic advice to the organizing committee, determination of assembly inspection rules as well as to standardize the ethical and academic conduct of the participating projects, and to guide the judging committee for professional score.

Article 6Safety&ethics committee and judging committee are established and supervised by the academic committee.

1.The safety&ethics committee set up by the academic committee and the organizing committee will follow the national laws and guidelines related to biosafety and ethics, formulate safety&ethics rules, and conduct compliance review and judgment of the participating projects.

2.The judging committee is made up of scholars and entrepreneurs invited by the organizing committee and the academic committee. The judging committee shall carry out the evaluation independently, and shall be responsible for formulating the evaluation and implementation rules on the basis of the Articles. They may also be responsible for reviewing the participating projects, interacting with the participants, and finally determining the award ranking.

Chapter 3Participation qualification and application of projects

Article 7The conference is open for registration to all undergraduate students. The proper registration information includes both Chinese and English version of their project titles and abstracts. Specifics can refer to the registration rules and details for submission of projects.

Article 8Participation form: Unified declaration as a project team; attend the conference as a team. For the projects that are organized by teams of different schools, each member shall negotiate with the applicant in advance to make clear that the project shall consciously abide by the scientific research integrity. If the project are verified to be fraudulent, plagiarized or falsified, the participating qualification of the project will be disqualified immediately.

Article 9Intellectual property management: For the published paper or authorized invention-creation or patented technology, the full text of the paper and the written authorization of the first/corresponding author or the owner of the invention-creation or patented technology should be submitted at the time of registration. For projects that have been in operation, relevant certification materials should be submitted when registering.

Article 10The projects shall strictly comply with relevant laws, regulations and safety ethics. The projects involving special experimental materials shall be approved by the relevant institutions, otherwise the project will not be reviewed.

Any research on animals and plants under state protection must be certified by the forestry department at or above the provincial level to prove that no adverse effects have been produced in the course of the research on the reproduction and growth of the animals and plants.

For medical and health related research projects, all medical science and technology research projects involving human body shall be approved by the ethical review organized by the school (research institute) where the team belongs to.

Chapter 4Exhibition & Exchange & Incubation

Article 11The organizing committee of the conference will provide face-to-face communication opportunities in the form of a review meeting during the final stage, and hold a summit forum to organize participants to have a close discussion with top scientists about the project and the cutting-edge progress of biotechnology.

Article 12The organizing committee will give priority to coordinating interested enterprises to participate in the incubation and industrialization of excellent projects. The property rights and future rights distribution of the achievements would be determined through consultation between the colleges and the author him/herself. The organizing committee will collect and publish the introduction of the prize-winning projects and the judging comments.

Article 13The organizing committee will set up start-up funds for college students in due courses, strengthen cooperation with relevant parties, especially ventures and financial institutions, and provide support for undergraduate students to start their own businesses through participating in the conference.

Chapter 5Awards

Article 14The judging committee and the safety&ethics committee will review the submitted projects, and select the excellent ones to enter the summit of “Bio+” Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The conference will set up Outstanding, Finalist, Medals of Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals as well as various other prizes. Each team can only earn up to one award in principle.

Based on fairness, openness and justice, the judging committee will implement uniform evaluation rules for the participating projects during the conference. The Outstanding, Finalist, Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals are evaluated according to the total score. Finally, the Special Prizes are evaluated according to different scoring blocks and corresponding rules.

(Special announcement: Considering the strict entry and exit control measures Chinese mainland has adopted due to the severe global situation of COVID-19, it will be extremely difficult for judges and teams outside mainland China to participate in the conference on-site. Therefore, the award section of the first "Bio+" Innovation & Entrepreneurship will only be opened for teams from Chinese mainland.)

Chapter 6Supplementary articles

Article 15Under the guidance of the academic committee, the organizing committee may establish and evaluate Special Prizes together with the relevant organizations or enterprises in accordance with the relevant regulations of the articles.

Article 16After the conference, the winning projects would be reserved for one month's appeal period. If any appeal is received, the judging committee will conduct investigation. If the qualification of the projects is confirmed to be inconsistent, the award will be disqualified. At the same time, the organizing committee will protect the legitimate rights and interests of the complainants.

Article 17www.bioplus.org.cn is the official website of “Bio+” Innovation & Entrepreneurship, which is constructed and maintained together by the host organizations and Bio+ (ZheJiang) Education &Technology Co. Ltd.-- the undertaking organization.

Article 18The articles shall come into force on the date of adoption by the organizing committee. The host organizations and the organizing Committee have the right to interpret and amend the articles.