Encuentro científico empresarial sobre bioeconomía azul “Boosting Blue Bioeconomy: Challenges and Business Opportunities in Blue Biotechnology”

PROGRAMA

Jueves 3 de abril

9:00-9:30 Welcome and registration / Bienvenida y acreditaciones.

9:30-10:15 Institutional presentation / Presentación institucional.

Asunción GANDÍA, President, Universidad Católica de Valencia.

Rogelio LLANES, General Director for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries at Generalitat Valenciana.

10:15-11:30 European Initiatives to Develop Blue Bioeconomy and Blue Biotechnology / Iniciativas europeas para el desarrollo de una Bioeconomía y Biotecnología Azul.

Maris STULGIS, Policy Officer at DG MARE, European Commission - The European Commission’s work on blue careers.

Elise WATTRELOT, Policy Analyst at the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) –Role of regions in the development of Blue Biotechnology and state of the art in the Atlantic Regions.

Pierre ERWES, Executive Chairman of BioMarine – Blue growth: a true blue potential.

11.30-12.00: Coffee break

12:00-13:30 Flagship companies involved in Blue Biotechnology in Spain

Grandes empresas implicadas en Biotecnología Azul en España

Roberto ANDRÉS, R&D Projects Management at ENDESA (Madrid, Spain)

Fernando DE LA CALLE, Head of Microbiology R&D Department at PHARMAMAR (Madrid, Spain)

13.30-15.00: Networking lunch

15:00-16:15 Round table: Current challenges and business opportunities in Blue Biotechnology /

Mesa redonda: Retos y oportunidades de negocio en Biotecnología Azul.

José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA, Research Center for Innovative Medicines (Granada, Spain).

Juan Ramón RODRÍGUEZ, Innovation Consultant for Blue Economy at BIOASIS Gran Canaria, Blue Biotechnology and Aquaculture platform (Canarias, Spain).

Ana TORREJÓN, Biotechnology Project Manager at AINIA Food Technological Center (Valencia, Spain).

Rafael LÓPEZ, Head of Technology Transfer Department at PONS IP (Intellectual Property) (Madrid, Spain).

16.15-16.45: Coffee break.

16:45-17:45 Blue Biotechnology Applications I: Challenges in algae biomass production /

Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul I: Retos en la producción de biomasa algal.

Juan Luis GÓMEZ, Scientific Director and Responsible for the Cultivation and Biotechnology Unit at BANCO ESPAÑOL DE ALGAS (Canarias, Spain).

Manuel TÁRRAGA, Project Development Director at BUGGYPOWER (Portugal).

Luis GÓMEZ, Managing Director at GREEN SEA BIO SYSTEM ONE (Alicante, Spain).

Douglas McKENZIE, Founder and Managing Director at XANTHELLA (Scotland).

Viernes 4 de abril

9.30-11:00 Blue Biotechnology Applications III: Health and biomedicine

Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul III: Salud y biomedicina.

Stéphanie BORDENAVE, Associate Professor and Director of the Biotechnology Master’s degree at UNIVERSITY OF LA ROCHELLE (France).

José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA, Research Center for Innovative Medicines (Granada, Spain)

11.00-11.30: Coffee break

11:30-12:30 Blue Biotechnology Applications IV: Challenges and opportunities in aquaculture

Aplicaciones de la Biotecnología Azul IV: Retos y oportunidades en acuicultura

Andrew DESBOIS, Course Director of Marine Biotechnology MSc Program at UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING (Scotland, UK).

Julio POLAINA, Head of Laboratory of Enzyme Structure and Function at IATA-CSIC (Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Valencia, Spain).

12:30-13:30 Final round table: Which professional profiles are needed to boost Blue Biotechnology? /

Mesa redonda final: ¿Qué perfiles profesionales se necesitan para impulsar la Biotecnología Azul?

o Luis VERA, Institutional Relations at IDAI NATURE and member of BIOVAL, Valencian Bioregion for Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Bioeconomy.

Sergio BARONA, General Secretary at FEDACOVA, Regional Association for Agri-Food Industries

Rodolfo BARRERA, President at AVEMPI, Regional Association for Aquaculture Companies

Roberto ANDRÉS, R&D Projects Management at ENDESA

José Rubén TORMO, Associate Area Head & Collection Manager at FUNDACIÓN MEDINA

Ana TORREJÓN, Biotechnology Project Manager at AINIA

13:30 Closure / Clausura

ORGANIZA:

Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales.

LUGAR:

Salón de actos del Campus de Santa Úrsula (C/ Guillem de Castro, 94).