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| 8H45 |
Registration and Coffee |
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| 9H15 |
Opening Session |
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• João Moura, Mayor of Cantanhede, Portugal |
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• Alfredo Marques, President of Regional Coordination and Development Committee
Centre, Portugal |
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• Jenny Giboire, Secrétaire Générale in Bretagne Innovation (lead partner of the ShareBiotech
Project), France |
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• Mariana Brandão, Member of the Administration Board of Biocant Park |
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| 9H30 |
Biotechnology in Europe: Towards a knowledge-based bio economy and main challenges |
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• Claire Skentelbery, Network Manager in Brussels of Council of European BioRegions, Belgium |
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| 10H00 |
The Sharebiotech Project, including presentation of technology offer: Demonstration of the website maps |
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• Céline Quéron, ShareBiotech Project Technical Manager in CRITT Santé Bretagne / Biogenouest,
France |
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• Jenny Giboire, Secrétaire Générale in Bretagne Innovation (lead partner of the ShareBiotech
Project), France |
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| 10H30 |
Needs for advanced technologies in life sciences: Results of the survey conducted by Sharebiotech partners in the Atlantic area |
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• Hugo Pinto, Knowledge Transfer Researcher in University of Coimbra and University of Algarve,
Portugal |
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| 11H00 |
Case Studies: How technology core facilities do facilitate R&D projects in companies |
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- An example From Portugal'S Central Region:Critical Health |
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• Joana Feijó, Innovation and Knowledge Mananger in Critical Health, Portugal |
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- An example from Western France: The Biogenouest Synthetic Vectors Facility |
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• Tristan Montier, Manager of the Synthetic Vector Facility in Biogenouest, France |
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| 12H00 |
Brunch/buffet and inscription in workshops |
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| 13H00 |
Conferences |
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- High Tech Cluster Conception and Evolution : Examples from Ireland
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• Natasha Evers, Associate Researcher at Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU),
National University of Ireland, Galway |
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- Advanced life sciences techniques for marine biodiscovery and biotechnology |
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• John Benzie, Environmental Research Institute
University College Cork (UCC), Ireland |
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- Biotech Perspectives in Galicia. A University Spin-Off experience
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• Pedro Arenas, Business Development Manager at Allelyus (Genetic Diagnosis Services) and
Vice-President of Bioga (Galician Life Sciences Companies Association), Spain |
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| TRAINING ROOMS |
| 14H30 |
Workshops (4 parallel sessions) |
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| Technologies for tomorrow |
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Structuring for the future |
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Bioinformatics and data analysis: The big issue? Concrete answers for concrete needs!
• Miguel Pinheiro, Bioinformatics Researcher at
Biocant, Portugal
• João Paulo Cunha, Associate Professor at the
University of Aveiro, in the Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and
Informatics, Portugal
• José Luís Oliveira, Associate Professor at the
University of Aveiro, in the Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and
Informatics, Portugal
• José Pereira Leal, Head of Bioinformatics Unit
and Principal Investigator - Computational
Genomics Laboratory at Instituto Gulbenkian
de Ciencia,Portugal
• Carlos Fiolhais, Director of the Center for
Computational Physics of the University
of Coimbra, Portugal
• Olivier Collin, Manager of Bioinformatics
Facility of Biogenouest, France
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Technology facilities in life sciences: towards transnational networks
• James Walsh, Commercialisation Specialist at
Enterprise Ireland, Irland
• Derek Jones, Chief Executive Officer
Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd,
United Kingdom
• Teresa Soop, Analysis and Dvp Director at
Stockholm Science City, Sweden
• Stephanie Wehnelt, Manager Marketing &
Communication, Bio Communications
Manager for Munich Biotech Network, Germany
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Session
Access to biological resource centres
• Jocelyne Le Seyec, Project manager at CRITT
Santé Bretagne, France
• Yohan Lecuona, INRA Rennes EMbaRC
European project, France
• Ian Probert, Station Biologique de Roscoff,
France
• Celia Quintas, Professor of University of
Algarve in Biotech, Portugal
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Bio-Economy and regional development: what policies and actions to overcome the innovation paradox?
• Hugo Pinto, Knowledge Transfer Researcher
in University of Coimbra and University of
Algarve, Portugal
• Karyn Morrissey, Socio-Economic Marine
Research Unit (SEMRU), National University of
Ireland, Ireland
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| AUDITORIUM |
| 16H00 |
Conclusion: Next steps towards a more technology intensive Atlantic area
• Anne-Claude Lefebvre, Director of CRITT Santé Bretagne, France
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| 16H30 |
Sparkling wine of honor |
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Please also note that the Council of European Bioregions (CEBR) organizes a "Shared Facilities" meeting, in collaboration with the ABCEurope project, on April 13, at Biocant too. Make the most of your stay by attending both the ShareBiotech event and the CEBR meeting!
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