The 2010 Osong International Bio-Symposium was held in CBNU. The ninth annual event was held in the Gaesin Cultural Center on November 5th and 6th. Many scholars delivered lectures, and diverse events were conducted.

A keynote speech and scholars' presentations were conducted after the opening ceremony on the first day. In addition, a microscopy exhibition was arranged in the lobby, and eighteen booths were set up to promote Osong Bio-Technopolis.

The event began at 10 a.m with the opening remark by Kim Hak-yong, the chairman of the event. After that, Lee Si-jong, who is the governor of Chungcheongbuk-do, gave a welcoming address, and Kim Seung-taik, who is the president of Chungbuk National University, gave a congratulatory address.

The lecture by Dr. Ivar Giaever especially attracted many people to the event. Dr. Giaever is a renowned scholar who was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1973. He introduced a practical way to apply biophysics under the theme "A New Tool for Tissue Culture". Dr. Giaever began his lecture after a brief speech by Prof. Kim Sang-hyo(Kyungwon University). Dr. Giaever had time to answer people's questions and to take a commemorative photograph afterward.

Following the lecture by Dr. Giaever, six speakers, including Dr. Douglas Bigia from Intel Corp and Prof. Park Je-kyun from KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), disclosed the results of their research under the theme "U-Health" in two sessions.

The awards ceremony for prose and microphotography, in which students submitted their work to a competiton that was arranged by Chungcheongbuk-do, was conducted on the next day.

Lee Si-jong, governor of Chungcheongbuk-do, asked the participants to support and cooperate actively, saying, "Thanks to the opening of the KTX Osong junction station, the expansion of cultural facilities and the construction of an independent private high school, Osong will become an international Bio-mecca".

The Chungcheongbuk-do government played host of the event, and it was sponsored by CBNU, the Ministry of Health & Welfare and the Ministry of Education, Science & Technology.