On June 1, 2017, the event “Trends in Genetic Improvement of Crops” was held, jointly organized by ITACyL, CAJAMAR, and BIOVEGEN. The event, which took place at the Cajamar Culture Hall in Valladolid, brought together more than 50 professionals from the sector, including researchers, companies, and funding entities.
The event served to showcase new technological trends in plant biology and their possibilities, the added value that research brings to the economic activity of the private plant production sector, and how this can stimulate the private sector to undertake R&D activities and collaborations with public research centers. Financing tools and support for the development of R&D projects were also presented, such as those offered by CDTI and the BIOVEGEN platform.
Additionally, to strengthen science-business relationships and the development of R&D projects to enhance the competitiveness of the sector, attendees had the opportunity to mobilize R&D proposals and hold bilateral meetings with companies or researchers of interest. Several meetings were also held with an expert from CDTI (the main public agency in Spain for financing business R&D) with the aim of analyzing the innovation interests of the companies requesting the meeting.
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Program and presentations of the event
10:00 a.m. Welcome
- Pablo Gómez Conejo. Deputy Director of Research and Technology, ITACyL. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Junta de Castilla y León
- Raúl Jesús Ortega González. Regional Director of Cajamar Caja Rural – Northern Zone
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. Coordinator of the BIOVEGEN Platform
Block I FUNDING
10:15 AM. BIOVEGEN as a catalyst for R&D projects
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez. Coordinator of BIOVEGEN
10:35 AM. Funding opportunities from CDTI for companies in the plant production sector
- Carlos Franco Alonso. Department of Health, Bioeconomy, Climate, and Natural Resources. CDTI
Block II APPLIED SCIENCE
10:55 AM. Physiology of adaptation in barley and its use in breeding
- Francisco Jesús Ciudad Bautista. Agricultural Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACYL)
11:20 h. Improvement of the carboxylation process and adaptation to climate change
- Rafael Martínez-Carrasco Tabuenca. Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC)
11:45 h. Break
Block III COMPANY
12:00 h. Examples of public-private collaboration in genetics and plant improvement
- R&D in citrus: project CITRUSEQ-CITRUSGENN. Carlos Baixauli. Cajamar Experience Center
- BARLEY. Samir Kerfal. SYNGENTA
- LEGUMES. José María Santos Rodríguez. URCACyL
- VITICULTURE. Rafael García García. VITIS NAVARRA
- ONIONS. Francisco Balas Torres. PESQUERO VERDE EL ALTO/GRUPO VEGENAT
13:15 h. Dialogue
13:30 h. Conclusions and closure