Programme:
2:30pm // Opens session
Simão Soares (P-BIO Board and SilicoLife CEO)
Minho University Dean representative (tbc)
2:35pm // Industrial Biotechnology in Portugal and opportunities – Isabel Rocha (CEB / SilicoLife)
3:00pm // Panel 1 – Portuguese installed capacities
Moderation of the debate: Ligia Rodrigues (CEB)
Eugénio Ferreira – CEB
Bruno Ferreira – Biotrend
Simão Soares – SilicoLife
Lorenzo Pastrana – INL
Manuel Fernandes – CIPAN
4:00pm // Panel 2 – Big companies and new projects
Moderation of the debate: José Teixeira (BEC)
Carlos Martins Andrade – GALP
Sara Monteiro – CEV
Patrick Freire – Biomimetx
Nuno Borralho – Raiz/The Navigator company
5:00pm // “European Biotechnology Week 2016” in Portugal highlights – Simão Soares (P-BIO board and SilicoLife CEO)
5:15pm // Closing session – Eugénio Ferreira (CEB)
5:30pm // Network moment – Sponsorship “LETRA beer”
Location: Institute of Bio-Sustainability – University of Minho ½ day (afternoon)
Register for free by September 23: smonteiro@p-bio.org