2 March 2009, Biocant Park, Cantanhede

IdeaSpring - Final Program

10:30– 10:45	Welcome Session: Representative of MIT-Portugal Program – Manuel Nunes da Ponte, Univ. Nova Lisboa Representative of the BIO-teams program – Isabel Rocha, IBB, Univ. Minho
10:45-11:30	Plenary Session – Manuel Gonçalves, GlaxoSmithKline, Vice President & General Manager – “R&D challenges for the Pharmaceutical Industry”
11:30-12:30	Elevator Pitch I –BioTechnologies from Portuguese Universities ·         Functional identification of new neurons and oligodendrocytes differentiating from neural stem cells - João O. Malva, CNC, Univ. Coimbra ·        Diagnostic gene probe for the patulin mycotoxin in food and drink - Russel Paterson – IBB, Univ. Minho ·          Optical Biochips - João Pedro Conde, INESC ·   Phage-Based Magnetoelastic Wireless Biosensor for the Detection of Salmonella in Food Stuff – Joana Azeredo – IBB, Univ. Minho
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:45	Plenary Session – Jorgen Thorball, XOventure, Managing Partner
14:45-15:15	Elevator Pitch II – BioTechnologies from Portuguese Universities ·      Real-time pathogens bio-sensing based on Ion Jelly® technology - Nuno Lourenço, IBB, IST ·        Detoxification of ochratoxin A containing commodities (Detox-Ochra) - Luís Abrunhosa, IBB, Univ. Minho ·      Development of anti-microbial coatings for biomedical devices – Sandra Carvalho, Dep. Física, Univ. Minho
15:15-16:00	Round-table – Entrepreneurship – “Difficulties and specificities of Bioengineering” Frederik van Keulen, BioTrend, SA, CSO João Andrade Fernandes, InovCapital, Administration Ana Paula Amorim, Representative of UTEN – UT-Austin - Portugal Representative of 2Bio (to be confirmed)
16:00-17:00	Coffee-Break & Networking
17:00-17:30	Closing Session: -Presentation of the winner BioTechnology from 2008 – Tatiana Aguiar - ProtMet – metabolic diagnoses - Announcement of the BioTechnology selected for the GlaxoSmithKline Prize

Registration

The participation in this event is free of charge but it requires a registration. Registration should be made by sending an e-mail to ideaspring@deb.uminho.pt until February 25th with the following details: name, affiliation and contacts.
 

Organization

Isabel Rocha and Lígia Rodrigues (UMinho), Miguel Prazeres (UTL), Joao Nuno Moreira  (UCoimbra)