Day 2

Monday April 20, 2009

 

08:30

Registration

Arrival of participants at Koepelchurch and registration
 

09:00

Plenary lecture


prof. Cynthia P. Schneider, U.S.A.

Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Former US ambassador

 

09:45

Coffee break

 

10:15

Parallel sessions


Session 1a: New High Throughput Sequencing and Screening Technologies
hosted by: Amplicon Express


Speakers:

Director of Business Development Next Gen Sequencing, Life Technologies/Applied Biosystems
  • Winfried van Eyndhoven, the Netherlands
Genomics Applications Scientist, Agilent Technologies Netherlands
Vice President Upstream Research, Keygene
Director European Sales, RainDance Technologies Inc.
  • dr. Stephan H. Bauer, Germany
Sales Director, KBioscience [business presentation]



Session 1b: Agro Food Industry and Business Models
hosted by: NIABA

Speakers:

General Partner, Life Sciences Partners
  • Joep I.A. Koene M.Sc., the Netherlands
Project Manager, Development Agency East Netherlands (Oost N.V.)
Founding Partner, The Context Network
Director, Verdant Partners LLC

 

12:15

Lunch, networking and exhibition

 

13:30

Parallel sessions


Session 2a: Food Quality, Safety and Nutrigenomics

hosted by: Netherlands Genomics Initiative


Invited speakers:

Professor-University of Wisconsin, Founder LifeGen Technologies LLC
Unilever Discover
  • Jan Maat PhD, the Netherlands
Top Institute Food & Nutrition
  • prof.dr. Michael R. Müller, the Netherlands

Chair in Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics Top Institute Food & Nutrition and Scientific director of the Nutrigenomics Consortium, TIFN Wageningen University



Session 2b: Plant Based Economy
hosted by: Holland Biodiversity

Speakers:

Deputy - CMO, Teijin Ltd.
Scientist, Wageningen University and Research Centre, AFSG-Biobased Products
Wageningen UR - Bioprocess Engineering Group
Chief Scientific Officer, Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology (ACGT)
  • Jos Zuidgeest, the Netherlands
Holland Biodiversity [business presentation]
 
 

15:30

Coffee break

 

16:00

Plenary lecture


dr. Richard Peet, U.S.A.
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
 

16:45

Reception

 

17:30

End of reception

 

19:30

Conference Dinner