SYDNEY, March 16--AsiaNet/InfoQuest UK DISTRIBUTOR... GOTHENBURG: Cellectricon, a Swedish biotechnology company and a leading provider of cell-based assays, Wednesday announced that Scientifica will distribute the Dynaflow System for ion channel drug discovery in the UK. AUSTRALIAN OFFICE... CANBERRA: Jeppesen Wednesday announced the opening of a new office located in Canberra and the appointment of Terry Wesley-Smith as general manager of the new facility. http://www.jeppesen.com INTERNET COMMUNITY... BARCELONA: CORE++, a leading global enterprise with expertise in Top Level Domain (TLD) registry management, has called for the interests of the international Internet community to be at the very heart of the .net bidding process. http://www.core-plusplus.net PEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo Tuesday announced that its first quarter 2005 earnings conference call and slide presentation for financial analysts and investors will be webcast live over the internet on Thursday, April 14, at 11 a.m. (ET). http://www.pepsico.com DISKCON CONFERENCE... SINGAPORE: The International Disk Drive, Equipment, and Materials Association (IDEMA) Tuesday announced a stellar line-up of key industry executives to speak at the DISKCON Asia Pacific Conference and Tradeshow on March 16-17th at the Orchid Country Club & Conference Center, Singapore. http://www.idema.org RUGBY CANADA... HONG KONG: Custom House Global Foreign Exchange, premier sponsor of Rugby Canada, is proud to salute the National Sevens Team as they arrive this week in Hong Kong for the 2005 Rugby World Cup. http://www.customhouse.com HEALTH CLUBS... HONG KONG: California Fitness, part of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, a global leader in health and fitness facilities, Tuesday announced its partnership with international superstar and fitness devotee Jackie Chan. http://www.24HourFitness.com IPFLEX EXPANDS... TOKYO: IPFlex Inc. Tuesday announced it has partnered with C2Silicon, a Fremont, CA based business development and outsourcing firm for technical support and business development activities. http://www.ipflex.com IR CONSULTANCY... NEW YORK: Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. and Pepper Tuesday announced the formation of a new global stakeholder relationship management group -- combining Georgeson Shareholder's corporate proxy and market intelligence units with Pepper's stakeholder communication solutions. http://www.computershare.com http://www.georgesonshareholder.com http://www.pepperglobal.com PACING SYSTEM... MILAN: Drago Cerchiari, CEO of Sorin Group, announced that ELA Medical, a Sorin Group cardiac rhythm management company, Tuesday released the SYMPHONY AAIsafeR 2 pacing system, its second-generation pacemaker that minimizes ventricular pacing, on the European market. http://www.sorin.com FUEL CELL... MILAN and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., an international developer of multi-fuel reforming and proton exchange membrane fuel cell technology, Tuesday announced the sale of a 5.5 kW H2e fuel cell power module to Deere & Company, the leading manufacturer of agricultural and forestry equipment. http://www.nuvera.com IPOS APPROVED... GERMANTOWN, Md.: Internet Protocol over Satellite or IPoS, the most widely deployed satellite broadband standard, has now become the first global standard for the industry. http://www.hns.com FOUNDRY SERVICE... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, Tuesday announced that it has added a new high-voltage option to its leading-edge mixed-signal BCD-on-SOI technology, that is offered as a foundry service to customers. http://www.atmel.com LONDON APPOINTMENT... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. Wednesday announced that Mark Phelps has accepted the position of Director of Global Investments at its London research and portfolio management subsidiary, W.P. Stewart & Co. (Europe), Ltd. http://www.wpstewart.com SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAMS... TOKYO, HANOI and HO CHI MINH CITY: Toshiba Corporation Tuesday announced that it has established scholarship programs with the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi) and the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Vietnam's leading institutes of higher education and the country's only national universities. CANCER TREATMENT... BASEL: Roche and Genentech, Inc. Tuesday announced that Avastin (bevacizumab, rhuMAb-VEGF), the innovative and groundbreaking anti-angiogenesis drug, significantly improves survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of lung cancer. http://www.roche.com http://www.gene.com http://www.health-kiosk.ch http://www.lungcancercoalition.org/cancer_facts.html LIVE CONCERT... KUALA LUMPUR: Several international artists -- including Black Eyed Peas, Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean -- will perform live at the Force of Nature Concert for Tsunami Aid to be held on March 18, 2005 at Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.forceofnature.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)