The Role of Biotechnology in Europe's Responsible Innovation - Programme
| Latest News | Programme | SME Award | Location |
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13.00 | Registration and Welcome coffee | |
| 14.00 | Introduction | Andrea Rappagliosi, Chairman of EuropaBio |
| 14.15 | Opening speech | John Dalli, European Commissioner, Health and Consumer Policy |
| 14.45 | Benefits of Green Biotech | Sandra E. Peterson, Chairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive Officer of Bayer CropScience AG |
| 14.55 | A Green Biotech stakeholder perspective | Maria Gabriela Cruz, Fourth generation farmer from Elvas, Portugal |
| 15.10 | Q&A | |
| 15.25 | Benefits of Red Biotech | Elmar Schnee, President, Merck Serono |
| 15.35 | A Red Biotech stakeholder perspective | Robert Johnstone, Patient |
| 15.50 | Q&A | |
| 16.00 | Coffee break | |
| 16.30 | Benefits of White Biotech | Ian Hudson, President EMEA, DuPont |
| 16.40 | A White Biotech stakeholder perspective | Lutz Walter, Head of R&D, Innovation and Projects Department and Head of EURATEX |
| 16.55 | Q&A | bbb |
| 17.10 | Benefits of Biotech SMEs | Tom Saylor, Chair of EuropaBio’s SME Platform and CEO of Arecor |
| 17.20 | A SME stakeholder perspective | Reinhilde Veugelers, KULeuven and former BEPA member |
| 17.35 | Q&A | |
| 17.45 |
Concluding video address (text of the speech) |
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission |
| 17.50 | Most Innovative EU Biotech SME prize (+ video) | Introduction of the EuropaBio’s Most Innovative SME Award by Tom Saylor with presentation of by Paola Testori-Coggi, Director General of Health and Consumer Policy |
| 18.15 | Closing remarks | Nathalie Moll, EuropaBio Secretary General |
| 18.30 | Cocktail reception in the Cloister |
