On April 27, BIOVEGEN held a new meeting of its General Assembly. The gathering continued with the celebration of the Session “New Horizons in Agriculture and Biotechnology” that took place in the Jose María Cuevas room, at CEOE headquarters, bringing together over 100 professionals from 75 entities in the agri-food sector. Additionally, BIOVEGEN scheduled 65 bilateral meetings between different attendees, promoting science-business collaboration in the agrobiotechnology sector.
The meeting highlighted the positioning of the agrobiotechnology sector as a strategic lever to tackle the productive and environmental challenges of agri-food and achieve a safer, more sustainable, and resilient production. Thus, the international leadership situation of the Spanish agrobiotechnology sector was shown, resulting from scientific and technological foundations (both public and private) and the application of different biotechnological techniques to agriculture, such as genetic improvement or the use of microorganisms for the development of new bioinputs.
At the same time, the session addressed the funding prospects for R&D+i applied to agriculture and contributed to the formation of large science-business consortia that develop innovation projects in response to sector challenges.
Gallery
Program and presentations
10:00 a.m. BIOVEGEN General Assembly
11:30 a.m. Networking coffee
12:00 h. BIOVEGEN Session “New Horizons in Agriculture and Biotechnology”
12:05 h. Opening and welcome
- Antonio Leyva. Executive Secretary BIOVEGEN.
- César Maurín. Director of the Department of Digitization, Innovation, Trade, and Infrastructure CEOE.
- Javier Ponce. General Director CDTI.
12:15 h. The potential of new genomic techniques applied to agriculture to contribute to the EU Green Deal.
- Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo. Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
12:45 h. Climate-resilient crops and biotechnological approaches
- Ana Caño-Delgado. Distinguished researcher. CRAG.
13:15 h. Evolution and perspectives of European funds for agricultural production
- Marina García Vicente. Coordinator of the European Projects Office at CEOE.
13:45 h. FRUIT ATTRACTION 2023 and BIOTECH ATTRACTION as catalysts for public-private collaboration in plant innovation
- Natividad López. Commercial Manager Fresh Food Logistics, Smart Agro, Biotech Attraction. FRUIT ATTRACTION – IFEMA.
- Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager of BIOVEGEN.
2:15 PM. Discussion
2:30 PM. Conclusions and closing
2:30 PM. Networking cocktail
4:00 PM. B2B meetings