IFAPA, IAS-CSIC, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN organize the Conference "Innovation as a business driver in plant production"
March 13, 2018. Córdoba
The development of technologies from plant biology, such as genetic improvement, is of vital interest for improving the competitiveness of the fruit and vegetable sector. Spain has great scientific and technological potential in this sense, and increasingly has greater support thanks to the work developed by the BIOVEGEN Platform and the public-private collaboration initiatives that are being carried out.
This conference will show the new technological trends in plant biology and its possibilities, the added value that research brings to the economic activity of the private sector of plant production and how this can stimulate the private sector to undertake R&D activities and collaborations. with public research centers. Financing tools and help in the development of R&D projects will also be shown.
Bilateral meetings: In order to offer tools for developing R&D proposals during the Conference, attendees will be offered the possibility of:
- Bilateral proposal review meetings with CDTI expert: to review and polish proposals that may receive public funding
- Prior mobilization of technological offers and demands: to search for common interests and organization of bilateral meetings between proponents and interested parties
Program of the day
10:00 a.m. Welcome
- Jerónimo José Pérez Parra. IFAPA President
- Leonardo Velasco Varo. Director IAS-CSIC
- Carlos Fernández Sierra. Agri-Food Business Manager of Cajamar Caja Rural
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Platform Coordinator
Block I FINANCING
10:15 a.m. BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Coordinator
10:35 a.m. CDTI financing opportunities for companies in the plant production sector
- Carlos Franco Alonso. Department of Health, Bioeconomy, Climate and Natural Resources. CDTI
Block II APPLIED SCIENCE
10:50 a.m. «Beneficial microorganisms in agro-biotechnology»
- Jesus Mercado Blanco. IAS-CSIC
11:15 a.m. «Olive tree genetic improvement: achievements and perspectives»
- Lorenzo Leon Moreno. IFAPA Córdoba
11:40 a.m. Rest
Block III COMPANY
12:00 p.m. Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement
- Citrus fruits: CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN project. Carlos Baixauli Soria. Cajamar Caja Rural
- Improvement and innovation in crops José Pellicer. EUROSEEDS
- Development of biofertilizers from biowaste. José María Gómez Palacios. MAINLAND BIOMASS
- Olive. Manuel Beautiful wax. TODOLIVO
- Rosebush. Jesus Antonio Moreno Ortega. CONTINENTAL PLANTS
- Garlic. Francisco Sánchez Müller. PROACO
1:30 p.m. Colloquium
1:45 p.m. Conclusions and closing
In parallel, the bilateral meetings:
– With CDTI expert
– Between attending entities with common interests technological supply-demand
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