March 14, 15.00-17.50

OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Chairs:
Representative of the Ministry of Education and Science of RF,
Dr. C.Patermann (EC, Head of Directorate «Е»),
Acad. R.Petrov (Head of Congress Programme Committee)

1

March 14, 2005

15.00-15.20

Ministry of Education and Science

Opening of Symposium

Welcome Address

Representative of the Ministry of Education and Science of RF

2

Acad. Petrov

Rem

Opening of Symposium

Welcome Address

Head of the Organising Committee of the Symposium

3

15.20-15.45

Dr. Patermann

Christian

Opening of Symposium

EU Strategies for Life Sciences and Biotechnology Research

EC, Head of Directorate «Е», Brussels, Belgium

4

15.45-16.10

Dr. Hallen

Manuel

The European Union R&D Programmes in the Field of Life Sciences and Biotechnology: Overview and Perspectives for Co-Operation

EC Research Directorate General, Strategy&Policy Unit, Brussels, Belgium

Coffee Break

1 — FP6/7 TRENDS and HORIZONS I

Moderators — Acad. K.Skryabin (Centre for Bioengineering RAS, Moscow), Dr. C.Patermann (EC, Directorate «Е»)

5

16.25-17.05

Acad. Legocki

Andrzej

The European Plant Genomics Biotechnology Platform

President of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

6

17.05-17.45

Prof. Van Ommen

Ben

Food Quality: Nutrigenomics

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research,TNO Food and Nutrition Research, Zeist, The Netherlands

7

17.45-17.50

Concluding remarks

Congress opening ceremony 18.00

March 15, 9.30 — 19.15

2 — BIOTECHNOLOGY and HUMAN HEALTH

Moderators — Acad. E.Sverdlov (Institute of Molecular Genetics RAS, Moscow), EC Moderator to be confirmed

8

March 15, 2005

9.30-9.55

Prof. Muller

Werner E.G.

Post-Genomic Approaches Exploiting Aquatic Molecular Biodiversity for Biomedical Applications

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz, Germany

9

9.55-10.20

Prof. Govorun

Vadim

Russia: on the Way From PCR to Postgenomic Era

Institute of Physico Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia; Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

10

10.20-10.40

Dr. Blank

Wolfgang

Biotechnology for Health, SCANBALT – Bioregions Networking

BioCon Valley GmbH, Greifswald, Germany

11

10.40-10.55

Acad. Tikhonovich

Igor

Ecological optimisation of agrosphere through microbial-plant interactions.

All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, St. Petersburg, Russia

12

10.55-11.10

Summary and Discussion

Coffee Break

3 — FOOD QUALITY and SAFETY

Moderators — Dr. C.Patermann (EC, Directorate «Е»), Acad. V.Bykov (Scientific Research Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Moscow)

13

11.30-11.50

Acad. Tutelyan

Victor

Food Biosafety in Russian Federation

Institute of Nutrition RAMS, Moscow, Russia

14

11.50-12.10

Prof. Gustafsson

Jan-Ake

Food Safety: Contaminants – Chemical

Karolinska Institutet , Dept. for Biosciences at Novum , Dept. for Medical Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden

15

12.10-12.30

Prof. Jakobsen

Mogen

Food Safety: Emerging Pathogenic Contaminants

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

16

12.30-12.50

Prof. Marvin

Hans

Food Safety and Risk Assessment

RIKILT - Institute for Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands

17

12.50-13.10

Prof. Vurro

Maurizio

Agro-Biotechnology: Soil Bio-control

CNR- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Bari, Italy

18

13.10-13.40

Prof. Ellis

Noel

Agrobiotechnology: Plant Genomics and Grain Legume Crops

John Innes Center, Norwich, UK

19

13.40-13.55

Summary and Discussion

Lunch 14.00-15.00

5 — BROKERAGE

Chairs:
Dr. C.Patermann (EC, Directorate «Е»), Dr. A.Gerard (Director of INTAS),
Prof. V.Popov (A.N.Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Moscow)

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15.00-15.10

Dr. Patermann

Christian

Opening of the Brokerage Event

EC, Head of Directorate «Е», Brussels, Belgium

21

15.10-15.30

Dr. Beckers

Paul

Specific INTAS Policy

INTAS, Brussels, Belgium

22

15.30-15.45

Dr. Girenko

Andrey

Improving Project & Research Management Skills

EURICE, Science Park Saar, Germany

23

15.45-16.00

Dr. Saron

Marie-Francoise

Specific ISTC Policy

ISTC, Moscow, Russia

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16.00-16.15

Dr. Balzi

Elisabetta

FP6 - Food Quality and Safety - 4th Call

EC, Directorate on Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food, Brussels, Belgium

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16.15-16.30

Dr. Eerola

Iiro

FP6 – Perspectives for Health Research

EC, Directorate on Health Studies, Brussels, Belgium

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16.30-16.40

Dr. Descoutures

Daniel

FP6 Specific Measures for International Co-operation

EC, Directorate for International Scientific Co-operation, Brussels, Belgium

Coffee Break

4 — FP6/7 Trends and Horizons II

Moderators - Acad. M.Kirpichnikov (M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University), Dr. C.Patermann (EC, Directorate «Е»)

27

16.45-17.15

Dr. Laane

Colja

White Biotechnology

DSM, JH Heerlen, The Netherlands

28

17.15-17.45

Prof. Bertheau

Yves

Agrobiotechnology: Coexistence of GM and non GM Crops

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France

29

17.45-18.15

Prof. Doeskeland

Stein Ove

Marine Research

University of Bergen, Norway

30

18.15-18.45

Dr. Hauke

Harms

Environmental Biotechnology

UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - Halle, Germany

31

18.45.-19.15

Prof. Buys

Charles

Functional Genomics for Health

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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19.15-19.30

Final Discussion

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19.30-19.45

Acad. Kirpichnikov

Mikhail

Conclusion

M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Signing of the Documents

Symposium reception 20.00

March 15, 15.00 - 19.00 (in parallel with Sections 5 and 6)

5 — BIOTECHNOLOGY and ANIMAL HEALTH (Round Table Discussion)

Moderator - Prof. E.Nepoklonov (Chief Veterinary Inspector of RF), EC Moderator to be confirmed

34

15.00-15.20

Prof. Newell

Diane

Prevention and Control of Zoonoses

Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, UK

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15.20-15.40

Prof. Van der Laan

M.H. Pinard

Animal Desease Genomic Network

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Jouy-en-Josas, France

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15.40-16.00

Acad. Panin

Alexander

To be confirmed

All-Russia Research Institute for Standardisation and Certification of Veterinary Preparations, VGNKI, Moscow, Russia

7 — BROKERAGE Event - Feedback Workshop and Poster Session

Chairs:
Dr. M. Hallen (EC Directorate General), Dr. P. Beckers (INTAS),
Dr. O.Koroleva (A.N.Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Moscow)

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17.00-18.45

Brokerage conclusions

8 — BROKERAGE Event - Bilateral Meetings for Partnering

Moderators — Dr. P.Beckers (INTAS), Dr. V.Eryomin (A.N.Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Moscow)

38

17.00-17.15

Round 1

39

17.15-17.30

Round 2

40

17.30-18.00

Round 3

41

18.00-18.15

Round 4

42

18.15-18.30

Round 5

43

18.30-18.45

Round 6