Challenges and Business Opportunities in Blue Biotechnology
Program / Programa
Simultaneous translation will be available / Traducción simultánea disponible
Thursday 3rd May / Jueves, 3 de mayo
9:00-9:30 Welcome and registration / Bienvenida y acreditaciones
9:30-10:15 Institutional presentation / Presentación institucional
- Asunción GANDÍA, President, Universidad Católica de Valencia
- Rogelio LLANES, General Director for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries at Generalitat Valenciana.
10:15-11:30 European Initiatives to Develop Blue Bioeconomy and Blue Biotechnology / Iniciativas europeas para el desarrollo de una Bioeconomía y Biotecnología Azul
- Maris STULGIS, Policy Officer at DG MARE, European Commission - The European Commission’s work on blue careers
- Elise WATTRELOT, Policy Analyst at the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) –Role of regions in the development of Blue Biotechnology and state of the art in the Atlantic Regions.
- Pierre ERWES, Executive Chairman of BioMarine – Blue growth: a true blue potential.
11.30-12.00: Coffee break
12:00-13:30 Flagship companies involved in Blue Biotechnology in Spain / Grandes empresas implicadas en Biotecnología Azul en España
- Roberto ANDRÉS, R&D Projects Management at ENDESA (Madrid, Spain)
- Fernando DE LA CALLE, Head of Microbiology R&D Department at PHARMAMAR (Madrid, Spain)
13.30-15.00: Networking lunch
15:00-16:15 Round table: Current Challenges and Business Opportunities in Blue Biotechnology / Mesa redonda: Retos y oportunidades de negocio en Biotecnología Azul
- José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA, Research Center for Innovative Medicines (Granada, Spain)
- Juan Ramón RODRÍGUEZ, Innovation Consultant for Blue Economy at BIOASIS Gran Canaria, Blue Biotechnology and Aquaculture platform (Canarias, Spain)
- Ana TORREJÓN, Biotechnology Project Manager at AINIA Food Technological Center (Valencia, Spain)
- Rafael LÓPEZ, Head of Technology Transfer Department at PONS IP (Intellectual Property) (Madrid, Spain)
16.15-16.45: Coffee break
16:45-17:45 Blue Biotechnology Applications I: Challenges in algae biomass production / Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul I: Retos en la producción de biomasa algal
- Juan Luis GÓMEZ, Scientific Director and Responsible for the Cultivation and Biotechnology Unit at BANCO ESPAÑOL DE ALGAS (Canarias, Spain)
- Manuel TÁRRAGA, Project Development Director at BUGGYPOWER (Portugal)
- Luis GÓMEZ, Managing Director at GREEN SEA BIO SYSTEM ONE (Alicante, Spain)
- Douglas McKENZIE, Founder and Managing Director at XANTHELLA (Scotland)
17:45-18:30 Blue Biotechnology Applications II: Algae applications on agri-food business / Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul II: Industria agroalimentaria
- Carlos LEDÓ, Founder & CEO at IDAI NATURE (Valencia, Spain)
- Irina SUKHOTSKA, R&D Projects Management at BIOPOLIS - ADM (Valencia, Spain)
- María ÁLVAREZ, Head of Technology Department at NEOALGAE (Asturias, Spain)
Friday 4th May / Viernes, 4 de mayo
9.30-11:00 Blue Biotechnology Applications III: Health and Biomedicine / Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul III: Salud y biomedicina
- Stéphanie BORDENAVE, Associate Professor and Director of the Biotechnology Master’s degree at UNIVERSITY OF LA ROCHELLE (France)
- José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA, Research Center for Innovative Medicines (Granada, Spain)
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Blue Biotechnology Applications IV: Challenges and Opportunities in Aquaculture / Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul IV: Retos y oportunidades en acuicultura
- Andrew DESBOIS, Course Director of Marine Biotechnology MSc Program at UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING (Scotland, UK)
- Julio POLAINA, Head of Laboratory of Enzyme Structure and Function at IATA-CSIC (Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Valencia, Spain)
12:30-13:00 Final round table: Which professional profiles are needed to boost Blue Biotechnology? / Mesa redonda final: ¿Qué perfiles profesionales se necesitan para impulsar la Biotecnología Azul?
- Luis VERA, Institutional Relations at IDAI NATURE and member of BIOVAL, Valencian Bioregion for Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Bioeconomy
- Sergio BARONA, General Secretary at FEDACOVA, Regional Association for Agri-Food Industries
- Rodolfo BARRERA, President at AVEMPI, Regional Association for Aquaculture Companies
- Roberto ANDRÉS, R&D Projects Management at ENDESA
- José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA
- Ana TORREJÓN, Biotechnology Project Manager at AINIA
13:30 Closure / Clausura