Conference “Innovation and economic impact in plant production”

IRTA, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN organize the Conference “Innovation and economic impact in plant production”

December 1, 2015. Lleida

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.

Organizers

FINANCING Block

10:15 h BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects.

• Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN

10:30 a.m. CDTI financing opportunities for companies in the plant production sector.

• Carlos Franco. Department of Health, Bioeconomy, Climate and Natural Resources. CDTI

SCIENCE Block

10:45 h Technological possibilities of genetic improvement for new varieties.

• Pere Arus. IRTA

11:45 a.m. Break

COMPANY Block

12:00 h Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement.

• Citrus fruits: CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN project. Carlos Baixauli. Cajamar Foundation Valencian Community
• Semillas Fitó and its commitment to public-private collaboration. Torben Jahrmann. Fitó Seeds
• Prunus: NBT-IRTA-CRAG Project. Berta Rodríguez. NewBioTechnic.
• Naxxis Biotech: knowledge transfer to the private sector. José Luis La Paz. Naxxis Biotech
• Agroilla: fruit and vegetable production, R&D proposals. Violeta Lopez. Agroilla

1:15 p.m. Colloquium

1:30 p.m. Conclusions and Closing

In parallel, the bilateral meetings:

– With CDTI expert

– Between attending entities with common interests technological supply-demand