INAGEA, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN organize the Conference «“Improvement trends in fruit and vegetable production”
April 26, 2017. Palma de Mallorca
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
10:30 a.m. Welcome
- Hipólito Medrano Gil. Director of INAGEA
- Andrés Seijo Noguera. Balearic area director – CAJAMAR CAJA RURAL
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Platform Coordinator
Block I FINANCING
10:45 a.m. BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Coordinator
11:05 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
11:20 a.m. Irrigation and efficiency in water use
- Hipólito Medrano Gil. Institute for Agro-Environmental Research and Water Economy (INAGEA)
- José Escalona Lorenzo. Institute for Agro-Environmental Research and Water Economy (INAGEA)
11:50 a.m. Improvement, productivity and quality: recovery of native varieties
- Jeroni Galmés Galmés. University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
- Miguel Ángel Conesa Muñoz. University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
12:15 p.m. Rest
Block III COMPANY
12:30 p.m. Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement
- R&D in citrus fruits: CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN project. Carlos Baixauli Soria. Cajamar Foundation Valencian Community
- R&D in horticulture. Antonio Gili Millán. Agroilla
- R&D in almond tree. Gonzalo Rodríguez Morales. FOGAIBA – “Camp Mallorqui” Cooperative
- R&D with agricultural application. José María Martí Saura. GEOMACEN
1:30 p.m. Presentation of the book 'Outdoor horticultural crops'
- Carlos Baixauli Soria. Cajamar Experience Center
1:45 p.m. Colloquium
2:00 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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