Project idea catalogue
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PROGRAMME
MORNING SESSIONS
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PLENARY SESSION 1
Introduction to Call FP7– KBBE-5-2011 |
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OPENING AND KEY NOTE ADDRESS
Maive Rute, Director, Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food Directorate, Research DG, European
Commission
The EU Bioeconomy towards 2020: policies, research and innovation
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Overview of the 2011 Workprogramme, including SMEs aspects
Line Matthiessen, Head of Unit “Horizontal Aspects and Co-ordination”, Biotechnologies,
Agriculture and Food Directorate, Research DG, European Commission
Questions and Answers
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Coffee break
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PLENARY SESSION 2
Prospects for International Co-operation in Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnologies Research
International Panels discussions
Three international panels will discuss the main challenges to be addressed in Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and
Biotechnologies research, under Call FP7-KBBE-5. Each panel will
include a short introduction by the EC, illustrating
how these challenges will be addressed via FP7 research in Call FP7-KBBE-5. The panellists from Third countries
will present their views on how international co-operation could
contribute to address, better and faster, these global
challenges. A discussion will conclude each panel.
The session will be concluded by the presentation of the Global Alliance on Animal Health research. |
Panel 1: PRIMARY PRODUCTION and CLIMATE CHANGE
Agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry: mitigating and adapting to climate change and
contributing to food security.
Chair: Timothy Hall, Head of Unit “Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Aquaculture”, Biotechnologies,
Agriculture and Food Directorate, Research DG, European Commission.
Panellists:
- Harry Clark, Director of New Zealand’s Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Centre, Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand
- Eduardo Trigo, Executive Director, ArgenINTA Foundation and Director, Grupo CEO (Consultores en Economia y Organizacion), Argentina
- Pedro Arcuri, Coordinator of EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) Labex in Europe, Brazil
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Panel 2: FOOD and HEALTH
Safe, nutritious and affordable food for an inclusive and healthy society.
Chair: Jürgen Lucas, Deputy Head of Unit “Food, Health and Well-Being”, Biotechnologies,
Agriculture and Food Directorate, Research DG, European Commission
Panellists:
- Huajun Tang, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, China
- Alastair Robertson, Group
Executive, Food, Health and Life Science Industries, CSIRO
(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation),
Australia
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Panel 3: BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Tools for greening the industry.
Chair: Alfredo Aguilar- Romanillos, Head of Unit “Biotechnology”, Biotechnologies, Agriculture
and Food Directorate, Research DG, European Commission
Panellists:
- Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa
- Vladimir Popov, Director, A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Russia
- Serge Laberge, Co-ordinator of Cellulosic Biofuel Network, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC),
Canada
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The Global Alliance on Animal Health research
Alex Morrow, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
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Lunch break
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AFTERNOON SESSIONS
INFORMATION on Call FP7 – KBBE – 5 - 2011 and BROKERAGE EVENT |
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Three parallel sessions will provide detailed information on each of the three activities of Call FP7–
KBBE–5–2011 and facilitate networking for participating in this Call.
Each session will include:
- Short introduction of the activity by the EC
- Flash presentations of project ideas
- Face to face meetings
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PARALLEL SESSION 1
Sustainable production and
management of biological resources
from land, forest and aquatic
environments (Activity 1)
Chairs:
- T. Hall / Ciaran Mangan (EC, RTD.E4)
- Christophe Cotillon (BIOCIRCLE)
- FP7 Information Day
Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Aquaculture
Directorate E: Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food
Directorate General for Research
European Comission
- BALAGIZI
- Ames
- Asurmendi
- Castro
- Cordon_Rosales
- Delgado
- Edvardsen
- JSTP Arakawa
- Kneafsey
- Laroche
- Melzer
- Mesa
- Neri
- Nieto
- Evalli
- Bazhanov
- Scarascia
- Stobiecki
- Wehrtmann
- WWF
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PARALLEL SESSION 2
From Fork to Farm: Food (including
seafood), health and wel -being
(Activity 2)
Chairs:
- A. Di Giulio / J. Lucas (EC, RDT.E3)
- Gorgias Garofalakis (BIOCIRCLE)
- Dr Jürgen Lucas, Deputy Head of Unit
European Commission
Directorate-General Research
- Acosta
- Aidoo
- Amal Amin
- Bonardi
- Bustillo
- Cruz
- Elaidey
- Kulazhanov
- Machirant
- Makai
- Montero
- Morley
- Deabes
- Gallo
- Saiz
- Sanders
- Szilvássy
- ten Cate
- Webb
- WWF
- Argiriou
- Legonkova
- Manzano
- Zocatelli
- Russo
- Zugarramurdi
- Ward
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PARALLEL SESSION 3
Life sciences, biotechnology and
biochemistry for sustainable non-
food products and processes
(Activity 3) and Other Activities
(Activity 4)
Chairs:
- Alfredo Aguilar / J. Claxton (EC, RTD.E2)
- D. Jering / E. Balzi (EC, RTD.E1)
- Chiara Pocaterra (APRE, BIOCIRCLE)
- Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry
for sustainable non-food products and
processes
- Activity 2.4 Other Activities
Dietlind Jering and Elisabetta Balzi
European Commission
Directorate General for Research,
Directorate E: Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food
Unit E.1 : Horizontal aspects and coordination
- Barth
- Basett 1
- Basett 2
- Bernal
- Bridge
- Chueca
- Corton
- El-Maksoud
- El-Shora
- Fernyhough
- Gomez
- JSTP Arakawa
- Kukovics
- Laberge
- Laroche
- Maldonado
- Martinez
- Toepoel
- Webb
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