Córdoba, the epicenter of national biotechnology on November 30
- The University of Córdoba will bring together over 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers to showcase the potential of the region’s bioeconomy
- The event will take place on November 30 at the Auditorium of the UCO Rectorate
- The conference will highlight Córdoba’s potential for bio-entrepreneurship and its capacity for science-business collaboration in agriculture, health, and the environment
30-10-23.- Córdoba will be the epicenter of national biotechnology on November 30. The Auditorium of the UCO Rectorate will host a technical day that will bring together over 300 entrepreneurs, businesspeople, investors, and researchers in the field of biotechnology.
In addition to showcasing the possibilities offered by the city of Córdoba for promoting biotech projects, attending professionals will be able to learn, in morning and afternoon sessions, about the importance of innovation as a driver of regional competitiveness and the role of the University of Córdoba as a motor of the region’s knowledge economy. The technical program features a twenty expert speakers confirmed, led by Lourdes Arce, Vice-Rector for Innovation and Transfer at UCO. The comprehensive program will highlight the capabilities of the Córdoba Biotech bioincubator; entrepreneurial initiatives in health, agri-food, and environmental biotechnology will be analyzed, and tools for materializing science-business collaborations will be detailed. Both public funding (at the national and regional levels) and private funding, with specialized investment funds in biotechnology, will be included in the event, as well as the management, coordination of projects, and legal aspects of R&D.
The block dedicated to medical biotechnology will be the first of the four that will take place throughout the day and will present success stories from established companies and knowledge-intensive startups. Rosario Fernández (head of the Area, Department of Screening and Validation of Targets) from the Medina Foundation; Carlos Ferreiro (CEO of Phytoplant Research); Enrique Niza (CEO of NAPLATEC), and Xavier Nadal (director of Ethnophytotech) will participate.
After the networking coffee, it will be time for the agri-food biotechnology block, which will follow the same format: established companies and demanders of biotechnology along with technology developers. Thus, this block will include the participation of Eva Sánchez (managing director of Innoplant); Pablo Castán (CEO of Mirnax Biosens); José Antonio Risquez (quality director of COVAP), José María Fontán (Development director of Eurosemillas) and Vanesa Martínez (CEO of Grupo CARINSA), to conclude this block.
The afternoon session will continue with the block dedicated to environmental biotechnology. The speakers will be José Ramón Fernández Navarro (Innovation director of Econatur), Alfredo Vera (CEO of Agrogenia Biotech); Juan José Verdes (manager of I-Grape Laboratory) and Teresa Carrillo (R&D director of Balam).
The technical day will end with a final block featuring speakers from CDTI, the IDEA Agency, and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía, who will review the public funding tools for R&D.
To conclude, Alex Marín (managing partner of Inventium) will analyze the role of investment funds in biotechnology; Antonio Fernández (CEO of Vector Horizonte) will address project management in R&D+i, as well as the legal aspects of entrepreneurship and the creation of technology companies led by RCD Legal (alongside Judith Saladrigas, a partner at this law firm specializing in intellectual property).
The UCO has entrusted the organization of this event to Agromarketing España with extensive experience in this field in collaboration with BIOVEGEN – Technological Platform for Plant Biotechnology, an association that currently brings together 177 members (154 companies and 23 research centers) and promotes the development of the agri-food sector through plant biotechnology.