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Program
| Tuesday June 19, 2007 | |
| 8.00 a.m. | Registration open |
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Arrival of participants and registration
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| 9.00 a.m. | Plenary lecture: Intellectual Property Management |
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Chair: Mark van Haaren, Manager Business Development, Keygene N.V.
Managing Intellectual Property (IP) portfolios is increasingly important for any R&D driven business. Dutch multinational Philips has developed a very successful IP strategy that offers valuable lessons for the biotech industry.
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| 9.45 a.m. | Coffee break with Tabletop exhibitors |
| 10.00 a.m. | Session 3: Plant Based Economy |
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Chair: Philip Schwab, Vice-President, BioteCanada
The concept of the bio-based economy is settling in. But what does a bio-based economy look like? How is it encouraged across global borders, and how is our industry responding? This session will analyze the business and economic opportunities in this field.
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| 12.00 a.m. | Lunch, Networking & Tabletop exhibitors |
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Meet with the Speakers
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| 1.30 p.m. | Session 4: Traits for the future |
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Chair: Hans Dons, Managing Director, BioSeeds
Global competition in the Agro-Food industry increasingly centers on traits. Advancements in research on traits will be presented, covering input/output traits and the strategies applied to market these new traits. Speakers:
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| 3.30 p.m. | Coffee break with Tabletop exhibitors |
| 4.30 p.m. | Plenary Closing Lecture |
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The closing lecture will give a US perspective on the genomics research field,
both on the technological advancements as well as on the traits developments.
The lecture will summarize and capture the lessons learned during the
conference.
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