Symbiosis

Plenary Lecture

Global Food Supply

11:00-11:10Chair / IntroductionEm.Prof. Marc Van Montagu, EFB President; Scientific Advisor, Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium

11:10-11:35The challenges for life sciences (Society)Dr. Gerard Barry, Rice Crop Team Leader, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

11:35-12:00The contribution of Industry to Crop Production through Biotech/GM CropsDr. Clive James, Chairman and Founder, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), Canada

12:00-12:25Speaker 3Em.Prof. Marc Van Montagu, EFB President; Scientific Advisor, Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium

12:25-12:50Speaker 4Prof. Zhangliang Chen, President, China Agricultural University, China

12:50-13:00Discussion & Conclusions 

Global Health

15:00-15:10Chair/IntroductionProf. David McConnell, Chairman EFB Task Group European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES), Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Ireland

15:10-15:35Speaker 1Dr Joanna Rubinstein, Executive Director for Health & Science, United Nations Millennium Project and Senior Associate Dean, Global Initiatives; Columbia University, USA

15:35-16:00Speaker 2Prof. Jonathan Knowles, President Group Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland

16:00-16:25Speaker 3Dr. Fotis Kafatos, President of the European Research Council; Chair of Immunogenomics at Imperial College London, UK

16:50-17:00Discussion & Conclusions

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Global Water Supply

11:00-11:10Chair/IntroductionDr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

11:10-11:30Speaker 1Dr. Torkil Jønch Clausen, DHI Water and Environment, Denmark

11:35-12:00Water for Food: meeting the new challengesDr. Mohamed Ait-Kadi, President of the General Council of Agricultural Development- Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Forestry, Morocco

12:00-12:20Water wars - what happened to them?Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

12:50-13:00Discussion & Conclusions 

Bioenergy & Bioeconomy

15:00-15:10Chair / IntroductionDr. Pekka Lindroos, Chief Counsellor, Biotechnology Policy, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland

15:10-15:35From photosynthesis to flex fuel. The brazilian bioethanol experienceDr. Paulo Arruda, Professor of Genetics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Scientific Director, Alelllyx Applied Genomics, Brazil

15:35-16:00BiofuelsDr. Alfredo Aguilar, Head of Unit Biotechnology, Directorate Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Research Directorate General, European Commission

16:00-16:25Selected global trends, opportunities for industrial biotechnology and Novozymes participationDr. Thomas Schäfer, Senior Director, New Business Development, Novozymes, Germany

16:25-16:50Ten Years of Genetically Modified Crops in Argentine AgricultureDr. Eduardo Trigo, Director, CEO Group, Argentina

16:50-17:00Discussion & Conclusions

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Plenary Lecture

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

11:00-11:10Chair/IntroductionDr. Sandy Thomas, Director of Foresight OSI, UK

11:10-11:35Ethics, Politics, and Stem Cell Research: An Update from AmericaProf. Tom Murray, President & CEO, The Hastings Center, USA

11:35-12:00Ethical Issues in BiotechnologyDr. Huanming Yang, Director & Professor, Beijing Genomics Institute, China

12:00-12:25Speaker 3Mr. Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, UK

12:25-12:50Ethical review of biotechnological projects in the European Commission Dr. Francois Hirsch, Governance & Ethics, Directorate General for Research (DG RTD), European Commission

12:50-13:00Discussion & Conclusions

Chronic Diseases in the Developing World

15:00-15:10Chair/IntrodutionDr. Anil Kapur, Managing Director of the World Diabetes Foundation, Denmark

15:10-15:35Treating cancer in the developing worldDr. Twalib Ngoma, Executive Director, Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Tanzania

15:35-16:00Speaker 2Dr. Helen Alderson, Chief Operating Officer, World Heart Federation

16:00-16:25Diabetes in the developing worldDr. Anil Kapur, Managing Director of the World Diabetes Foundation, Denmark

16:50-17:00Discussion & Conclusions

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