Biotechnology Research for a Complex World

European and US scientists will discuss a vision for the future of Biotechnology research and the bio economy

2 June 2010

Barcelona

  • Inauguration

    09:00 to 09:30

    Registration

    Welcome and introduction

    09:30 to 10:00

    Welcome and introduction

    Dr. Teresa Garcia-Milà, Vice-rector for Science Policy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

    Ms. Montserrat Torné, Director General for International Cooperation and Institutional Relations, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain

    Mr. Greggory D. Crouch, Consul General of the United States of America in Barcelona

    Ms. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Union Commisioner for Research and Innovation

    Rudolf W. Strohmeier, Deputy Director General Scientific Advances (DG Research), European Commission

    Twenty Years of Thinking Forward Together

    The Impacts of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research

    10:00 to 10:45

    Conference

    Speaker, Ms. Maive Rute EC Co-Chair of the EC US Task Force

    Speaker, Ms. Judith St. John US Co-Chair of the US EC Task Force

    10:45 to 11:00

    Coffee break

    Session 1: Science Talks ............................ (Chair: Judith St. John)

    A Systems Approach Identifies Regulatory Networks Affecting Plant Growth And Development

    11:00 to 11:30

    Science Talks

    Speaker, Mr. Kenneth D. Birnbaum New York University, USA

    Twenty Years of DNA-driven Environmental Biotechnology: Then and Now

    11:30 to 12:00

    Science Talks

    Speaker, Mr. Víctor de Lorenzo Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Marine Biotechnology in the 21st Century

    12:00 to 12:30

    Science Talks

    Speaker, Ms. Shirley Pomponi Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, USA

    From Plant Biotechnology to Bio-Based Products

    12:30 to 13:00

    Science Talks

    Speaker, Ms. Dianna Bowles University of York, United Kingdom

    13:00 to 14:15

    Lunch

    Session 2: What's in Our Future? ............... (Chair: Rudolf W. Strohmeier)

    Feeding the World with Healthful Food and Combating Obesity

    14:30 to 15:00

    What's in Our Future?

    Speaker, Mr. Mike Grusak Baylor College of Medicine and USDA-ARS, USA

    Nudging Consumers Into More Sustainable Lifestyles: Some Lessons From Behavioural Economics

    15:00 to 15:30

    What's in Our Future?

    Speaker, Ms. Lucia A. Reisch Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

    Infections Emerging From the Animal Reservoir – a Neverending Threat for Human Health

    15:30 to 16:00

    What's in Our Future?

    Speaker, Ms. Ilaria Capua OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza, Italy

    Finding Alternatives to Fossil Fuels; Thinking Outside of the Lunch Box for Solutions from Plants

    16:00 to 16:30

    What's in Our Future?

    Speaker, Mr. Stephen Long University of Illinois, USA

    16:30 to 17:00

    Coffee break

    Round Table Discussion

    Round Table Discussion

    17:00 to 18:00

    Round Table

    Mr. Vladimir de Semir Science Communication Observatory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. With the participation of speakers from Session 1 and Session 2

    Closing session

    Closing session

    18:00 to 18:30

    Closing remarks

    By representatives from the European Commission and US Office of Science and Technology Policy