BIOVEGEN, CAJAMAR and ITACyL bring together more than 50 experts to talk about genetic improvement of crops

On June 1, 2017, the conference "Trends in crop genetic improvement" was held, organized jointly by ITACyL, CAJAMAR and BIOVEGEN. The event, which took place at the Cajamar Culture Hall in Valladolid, brought together more than 50 professionals from the sector, including researchers, companies and financing entities.

The event served to 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 and assistance tools in the development of R&D projects were also shown, such as those offered by CDTI and the BIOVEGEN platform. 

Furthermore, in order to strengthen science-business relations and the development of R&D projects to enhance the competitiveness of the sector, attendees had the opportunity to mobilize R&D proposals and hold bilateral meetings with interested companies or researchers. Several meetings were also held with an expert from the CDTI (the main Spanish public agency for financing business R&D) with the aim of analyzing the innovation interests of the companies requesting the meeting.

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Program and presentations 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