BIOTECH ATTRACTION – SESSION III – Curriculum reviews
BIOTECH ATTRACTION – SESSION III – Curriculum reviews
Welcome and introduction
IFEMA. Raul Calleja. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION
Raúl Calleja has a degree in commercial management and marketing and has a Master's degree in communication and marketing. In addition, he is a specialist in team coaching and trade fair and event marketing. He has 16 years of experience at Ifema and is currently director of Ifema agri-food events (Fruit Attraction, Meat Attraction or Intersicop).
BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager
Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez is an agricultural engineer and has a Master's degree in Biotechnology Business Management from the Aliter International Business School. Currently, he works as manager and coordinator of the Association for the Promotion of R&D in Plant Genomics (INVEGEN) entity that brings together companies and research organizations in the agriculture and plant production sector, and that aims to improve the competitiveness of the sector through the incorporation of new technologies and the promotion of R&D activities related to Plant Biotechnology such as innovation engine.
PRESENTATIONS
Support for International Technological Cooperation in R&D&i. CDTI. Angeles Valbuena. CDTI Foreign Technological Action
Ángeles is an Industrial Engineer, specializing in Construction and has completed an Executive Program in Renewable Energy Project Management from the EOI. He began his professional career in the environment and water management sector, soon focusing on the automotive sector. He worked since 1999 as a project manager for several multinationals, such as ZF Friedrichschafen AG, Robert Bosch GmbH or Grupo Antolín.
In 2007, he joined the Technical Evaluation Directorate of CDTI, where he joined the Production Technologies department. In 2010, he moved to the International Directorate of CDTI, to take charge of the representation and management of the International Technology Cooperation programs with the Asia and Pacific Region. Since May 2018, she has been responsible for the Foreign Technological Action department, coordinating and representing, together with her team, various Multilateral and Bilateral Cooperation Programs, with more than 27 countries where CDTI is represented.
Promotion of R&D&i with private investment: technological patronage. KAUDAL. Alex Marin. R&D Investment Manager
Alex Marín Villanueva has extensive experience in business development and financing of technological projects both nationally and internationally. In his previous stage at CDTI, he was an advisor on innovation and international technological cooperation at the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Los Angeles (California). In the last two years, Álex has managed financing through Technological Patronage of more than €10M in R&D projects. Graduated in Public Works Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Álex also has different programs in international technological cooperation, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Valuation of research in the AgBiotech sector. MAJOR KEY. Carla Ibáñez Robles. Senior Analyst
He is currently a senior analyst at CLAVE CAPITAL, working for the Agrifood Tech Transfer Fund, with experience in raising public and private funds and project management in the SME sector. I established the first Agri-Food Node in Circular economy in the Valencian Community and I have a PhD in agrobiotechnology and training in direction and management of biotechnology companies.
Spain Food Tech Startups' Program: Accelerating Agrifoodtech in Spain. EATABLE. Paula Álvarez Ameijeiras. Eatable Adventures Ecosystem Director
Paula Álvarez has a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the Autonomous University of Madrid, MSc Food Consumer Marketing and Product Development from the Sheffield Hallam University and the ESIC Business School Product Marketing Program. She has extensive experience in R&D&I projects, strategic marketing. and consumer analysis.
She is currently director of the Eatable Adventures Ecosystem, a global innovation hub specialized in the food sector that connects the most disruptive startups with corporations and investors, developing optimal collaborations with a clear mission: build the food companies of the future.
INCOTEC. Myriam Martínez. Business Development Director
Graduate in Environmental Sciences from the San Pablo CEU University. Master in Integrated Management of Quality, Environment and Occupational Risk Prevention and Master in Management and Management of SMEs. She is currently Head of Business Development at INCOTEC and has experience as a Client Manager at INCOTEC and as Head of Business Development at EXETECO, creating the environment division.
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Opportunities and public aid in the agri-food sector. ZABALA. Fernando Pérez Miguel. Director of the National Programs Business Unit
Fernando Perez He is Director of the National Projects Area of ZABALA, and Director of the Madrid Headquarters. Industrial Engineer and international MBI. More than 12 years of experience in the fields of industrial R&D&i projects and technology dissemination. In this period he has participated in the definition and management of more than 500 R&D&I projects promoted by both companies and technology centers in technological areas such as Production Technologies, Automotive, Energy, Transportation or Industrial Design.
Colloquium and questions
Conclusions and closing
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