SESSION II of the BIOTECH ATTRACTION conference cycle held

Yesterday Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect hosted the second session of the BIOTECH ATTRACTION conference cycle: “New compounds from plant material”.

The BIOTECH ATTRACTION cycle aims to show the technological trends that will mark the future of agriculture, as well as examples of innovative companies and projects that work on these topics. From BIOVEGEN, as a public-private association focused on supporting innovation in the sector and a collaborator of FRUIT ATTRACTION, we intend with this cycle to show the technological and financing opportunities that are opening up to the sector through technological innovation, which offers new products, varieties, new crop applications, new tools, greater efficiency in production, lower environmental impact... In short, show how technological innovation in the sector, enhanced by the tools that emerge from in-depth knowledge of plant biology, provides business opportunities and competitiveness to the entire value chain of the agri-food sector.”

The second day, held yesterday with the title “New compounds from plant material”, It had important speakers within the company such as David Alonso, Director of Operations of Grape; Ramón Alcaraz, founder and CEO of Naturbec; Javier Martínez, founder and CEO of Bioento; Eneko Ochoa, founder and CEO of Aleovitro, and Gonzalo Mijangos, founder and CEO by Green and Great. Also present was Juliana Navarro from the Aragon Agri-Food Research and Technology Center (CITA), who presented the project. MAPCROPS. 

Recording of SESSION II

Program and presentations of the Conference

11:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction

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

11:10 a.m. COMPANIES

• Exploring the powerful phytoarsenal of vegetable extracts against bacteria and parasites causing significant diseases. IGRAPE. David Alonso. Director of operations

• Sustainable tools to regenerate the health of agricultural soils. NATURBEC. Ramon Alcaraz. Founder and CEO

• Obtaining proteins, lipids and amino acids from plant waste using insect biomass as bioconverters. BIOENT. Javier Martínez. Founder and CEO

• A history of threatened plants, as a source of bioactive compounds: Artemisia granatensis. ALEOVITRO. Eneko Ochoa. Founder and CEO

• Green&Great experience in the distribution of vegetable protein foods. GREEN AND GREAT. Gonzalo Mijangos. Founder and CEO

12:00 p.m. SCIENCE-BUSINESS PROJECTS

• Medicinal and Aromatic Plants cultivation to mitigate Climate Change in Europe – Project Opportunities. MAPCROPS. Juliana Navarro. Aragon Agri-Food Research and Technology Center (CITA)

12:10 p.m. Colloquium and questions

12:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing