Program
The First International Congress EurasiaBIO'2008
April 24-25, 2008, World Trade Center Moscow, Russia
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Day 1
April 24, 2008, Thursday
8:00 - 16:00 Registration open
9:00 - 9:20 Congress opening ceremony
9:20 - 10:50 First Plenary Session (Hall A)
Global Bioeconomy - Driving Forces
State Policy, International Cooperation, Legal and Social Conditions for Developing Biobased Economy, Harmonization of Legislations, Financial Tools, Financial Options and Opportunities, Intellectual Property Issues, Business Development, Business Models, Infrastructure and Public Policy
10:50 - 11:20 Press-Briefing (Speakers only)
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 13:00 First Plenary Session (Cont.) (Hall A)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Sections:
14:00 - 15:40 Section 1: Industrial Biotechnology, Bioenergy and Biomaterials (Hall A)
Bioprocess based Chemicals and Fine chemicals from biomass, Biopolymers, Enzymes and cells as nano-reactors. Biofuels and Bioenergy (bioethanol, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, microbial fuel cells, advanced biofuels, energy from algae etc.), Bioclusters, Recycled Technologies, Market, Regulation. Water Bioresources as Raw Materials for Food Industry, Pharmaceuticals and Bioindustry, Biotechnology of Aquacultures, Biologically Active Substances, Biodiversity and Biosafety. Forest Biotechnology.
14:00 - 15:40 Section 2: Argibiotechnology and Veterinary Biotechnology (Hall B)
Transgenic Plants, Biofarming, Energy Crops, Raw Materials for Bioindustry, National and Global Bioresource Markets, Biological Resource Centers. Animal Drugs, Diagnosticums, Vaccines, Transgenic Technologies, Animal Feeds, Drugs and Products based on Animal Raw Materials, Livestock Cloning, Quality Control Approach, Validation.
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:50 Section 1: Industrial Biotechnology, Bioenergy and Biomaterials (Cont.) (Hall A)
16:00 - 18:00 Section 3: Venture Investments in Biotechnology. Priority Russian and Eurasian Projects (Hall B)
Venture capital investments: startup, first-round and later-stage investments. Investment focuses in biotechnology. Venture capital investments in highly promising seed and early-stage projects in biotechnology.
17:00 - 18:00 Round Table: Building Venture Industry in Russia: where does money and expertise come from? (Hall B)
18:00 - 20:00 Reception
Day 2
April 25, 2008, Friday
8:00 - 16:00 Registration open
9:00 - 11:00 Section 4: Pharmaceutical and Medical Biotechnology (Hall A)
Biotechnology Drugs, Diagnosticums and Vaccines, Biogenerics, Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies, Toll Manufacturing, International Quality Standards, Production of Raw Materials and Semi-Products.
9:00 - 11:00 Section 5. Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer (Hall B)
Global Trends in the Protection of Intellectual Property with relevance to Russia. Structure of the intellectual property protection system. The most acute problems in the Protection of Intellectual Property in Russia: possession and management of the rights for the intellectual property created within the state budget/centralized funds and private funds. Regulation of the national intellectual property market. Protection of enterprises' commercial information and know-how. Actual trends in the sphere of registration and use of intellectual property rights in the field of biotechnology and medicine: transfer of technologies, commercialization of patented achievements.
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 13:00 Section 4 : Pharmaceutical and Medical Biotechnology (Cont.) (Hall A)
11:20 - 13:00 Section 6: Food Biotechnology (Hall B)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 Round Table: Basic principles of legislative regulation of biotechnological and biopharmaceutical industry (Hall B)
14:00 - 15:20 Section 7: Bioregions as a key basis of Bioeconomy (Hall A)
14:00 - 17:30 Second Plenary Session (Hall A)
Prospects of International Eurasia Cooperation in Biotechnology
Seventh Framework Program of the European Community (FP7) Financing the Life Sciences Research, International Foundations, Funding Opportunities for Business. Programs on Collaboration between Organizations and Companies from EU, CIS, Asia. Potential of SCO, CIS, EurAsEC, APEC, etc.
16:50-17:30 Resolution
Closure of Congress (Hall A)
II. PARTNERING (One-to-one meetings)
April 24-25, 2008, HALL D
III. Poster Presentations: Russian Biotechnology Regions
April 24-25, 2008, HALL D
Naukograd «Puschino» (Moscow region)
Biotechnology Projects in Kirov region
Biotechnopark «Obninsk» (Kaluga region)
Biotechnology in Chuvash Republic
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