Many honored guests presented at the ceremony and gave brilliant speeches on invitation, among them are Dr. Harold A. Scheraga, eminent leader in protein folding, Dr. Marc Wilkins, who has defined the concept of the proteome and coined the term, Dr. David K. Robinson, Vice President, Bioprocess R&D, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., USA and Dr. Thomas Li, Head of Asia Pacific Technology Management, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., USA. Nearly 500 world-renowned experts, professors, laboratory principals, project leaders and representatives of well-known enterprises from 31 countries attended the ceremony.

There were altogether 24 sessions following the ceremony, including Proteomics, Human Proteome Project, Bioinformatics, Protein Structure and Interaction, Biomarkers, Protein and Peptide Drug Discovery, Vaccine and Antibody, Investing and Financing, Outsourcing and Business Cooperation, etc.

Synchronously, New Product & Technology Exhibition attracted many instrument companies, peptide synthesis companies, outsourcing companies and database software companies internationally.

This annual conference, on one hand, provided a splendid platform for domestic researchers to communicate with international experts, offered excellent opportunities for domestic governors, enterprises, and institutes to seek cooperation, and on the other hand, promoted international exchanges and enhanced domestic scientific development in protein and peptide. Meanwhile, it pushed forward the development of relevant scientific fields worldwide and made an important contribution to human proteome project.

Overall, this conference bears the following characteristics：

First, PepCon-2008 focused on protein and peptide research areas which led its way to be a professional conference covering most popular topics.

Second, PepCon-2008 attracted international experts and professors from 31 countries to attend actively and contribute greatly which made it an impressive and influential conference.

Third, all presented at the conference are distinctive representatives and experts in protein and peptide from both academia and industry.

Fourth, PepCon-2008 attracted great interest of corporations, both domestic and internal, to participate in the conference actively.