The Information Day on BIOECONOMY was successfully held: “Call for COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2016”

On January 26, 2016, the Conference “BIOECONOMY: Call for COLLABORATION CHALLENGES 2016” organized by BIOVEGEN in collaboration with MINECO and ten other Technology Platforms. The event, held on the occasion of the recent publication of the 2016 Collaboration Challenges Call, brought together almost 300 attendees related to the Bioeconomy sector and from the research, business and Administration fields at the MINECO headquarters.

• +120 companies
• +50 research organizations
• Administration (CDTI, MINECO, MAGRAMA…)

The objective of the event was to promote the participation of researchers and companies in the 2016 COLLABORATION CHALLENGES call through different activities:

• An informative part about the details of the call, with a question-and-answer session in which attendees were able to resolve their doubts about it.
• A block of public presentations of 7 R&D project proposals to present to the RETOS 2016 call

• In parallel, they held 62 bilateral meetings with MINECO technicians in which applicants were able to review and polish aspects related to their R&D proposals.

• Furthermore, and on the occasion of the publication of the 2016 Collaboration Challenges Call, the organizing Platforms have mobilized more than 60 R&D proposals for the search of interests, potential partners and project development.

Program and presentations of the day

10:00 a.m. Record

10:30 a.m. Welcome

10:45 a.m. Technology Platforms as support entities for collaborative R&D&i projects

• Mª Ángeles Ferre. Deputy Director General of Public-Private Collaboration – Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO).

11:00 a.m. Call for Challenges-Collaboration 2016 of the State R&D&I Program

• Mª Ángeles Ferre. Deputy Director General of Public-Private Collaboration – Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)

11:30 a.m. Question time, doubts

11:45 a.m. Coffee

12:00 p.m. Presentation of R&D proposals in the 2016 Collaboration Challenges Call

• Comprehensive decision-making system to optimize the quality of grapes for wine production (EasyViñedo). José Manuel Mirás. CEBAS-CSIC.

• Ensuring the quality of food in its distribution. José S. Torrecilla. UCM.

• Development of a functional barrier for paper and cardboard packaging to prevent the migration of mineral oils to food. Laura Zacares. ITENE

• Novel Multifunctional Nanoplatforms TheranosticTechnology for the Alzheimer Disease. Mª del Carmen Dona. GECOTEND

• Acrylamide reduction strategies in foods. Vicente Ros Lis. UPV

• Hive monitoring network. David Atauri. look how good

• Valorization of whey. Milk and whey fractionation. Purification Organic Solutions. Felipe Sánchez. MEGA

1:00 p.m. Closing of the Day

From BIOVEGEN we want to thank MINECO for its willingness, help and collaboration in the organization of the Conference, as well as the collaborating Platforms, especially Suschem and Food for Life, for their support during the organization of the event.