IFEMA and BIOVEGEN celebrate the 1st Session of the Biotech Attraction Cycle

On October 8, 2020, the first Session of the BIOTECH ATTRACTION Cycle was held: New tools for the development of plant varieties and material organized by IFEMA and BIOVEGEN through the Fruit Attraction LiveConnect platform.

He BIOTECH ATTRACTION Cycle consists of a series of four days on-line that fall within FRUIT ATTRACTION 2020, a leading international fair in the plant production sector, which will be held electronically this year during the month of October.

He Cycle BIOTECH ATTRACTION aims to show the technological trends that will mark the future of agriculture, as well as examples of companies and innovative projects that work on these topics.

The first day of the cycle was attended by more than 120 participants and brought together stakeholders involved in new tools for the development of plant varieties and material (researchers, companies and administration) to discuss the main challenges of the bioeconomy and the new tools that are needed for it, proposing possible solutions and projects to address these challenges.

We look forward to seeing you all at the second session of the cycle BIOTECH ATTRACTION: New compounds from plant material on October 15, 2020.

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Program of the day

11:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction

IFEMA. Raul Calleja. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION
BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager

11:10 a.m. COMPANIES

Creating Tomorrow's Crops: Unique Challenges & Opportunities in Applying CRISPR in Plants. HUDSON RIVER BIOTECHNOLOGY. Gabino Sánchez. Business Development Director
UNITED GENETICS. Implementation of new biotechnological tools. UNIGEN. Francisco Javier Puyo. Sweet Pepper Plant Breeder
Varietal innovation in citrus fruits. AVASA. Jose Cuenca. Technical director

11:40 a.m. SCIENCE-BUSINESS PROJECTS

GOCITRUS: Innovation for citrus varietal identification and management. Manuel Talon. Valencian Institute of Agrarian Research (IVIA)
MEICOM project, crossing borders in agriculture. Monica Pradillo. Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
HybRice: new biotechnological strategies for obtaining rice hybrids. Cristina Ferrándiz. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants – IBMCP (CSIC-UPV)

12:10 p.m. Colloquium and questions

12:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing