ITACyL, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN organize the Conference “Trends in crop genetic improvement”
June 1, 2017. Valladolid
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
- Pablo Gomez Rabbit. Deputy Director of Research and Technology, ITACyL. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Castilla and leon meeting
- Raúl Jesús Ortega González. Territorial Director of Cajamar Caja Rural – Northern Zone
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Platform Coordinator
Block I FINANCING
10:15 a.m. BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. BIOVEGEN Coordinator
10:35 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
10:55 a.m. Physiology of adaptation in barley and its use in improvement
- Francisco Jesús Ciudad Bautista. Agrarian Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACYL)
11:20 a.m. Improvement of the carboxylation process and adaptation to climate change
- Rafael Martínez-Carrasco Tabuenca. Salamanca Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology (IRNASA-CSIC)
11:45 a.m. Rest
Block III COMPANY
12:00 p.m. Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement
- R&D in citrus fruits: CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN project. Carlos Baixauli. Cajamar Experience Center
- BARLEY. Samir Kerfal. SYNGENTA
- LEGUMES. José María Santos Rodríguez. URCACyL
- VITICULTURE. Rafael García García. VITIS NAVARRA
- ONIONS. Francisco Balas Torres. GREEN FISHING BOAT EL ALTO/VEGENAT GROUP
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
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