WEDNESDAY 16   THURSDAY 17   FRIDAY 18   SATURDAY 19

17 September 1998 (Thursday)
08.30	Late Registration
09.00	Plenary Lesson 1 (Room 105) Ligand engineering using combinatorial protein chemistry P.A. Nygren and M. Uhlén, Royal Institute of Technology, SE
10.00	Coffee Break
10.20	Parallel Session 1 (Room 022) Health care production processes Introduction by the Chairman A. Jungbauer University of Agriculture, Foresty & Biotechnology, AT	Parallel Session 2 (Room 105) Products from environmental processes Introduction by the Chairman M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology, NL
10.30	OP1.1: Application of microwave technology to high temperature short time heat treatment of biopharmaceutical proteins J. Walter, VE Proteinchemie, A Biopharmazeutische Fertigung, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, DE	OP2.1: Biopolymer production as a by product of waste water treatment plants M.A. Reis, New University of Lisbon, PT
11.10	OP1.2: Engineering aspects for production of therapeutic proteins by animal cell culture Juergen Lehman, University Bielefeld, DE	OP2.2: Microbial exopolysaccharide products I.W. Sutherland, Edinburgh University, UK
11.50	OP1.3: Expression strategies for functional genomics M. Schuster, Novartis Research Institute, AT	OP2.3: H2S produced from sulphate by biological reduction, for use in metalurgical operations H. Dijkman, Paques Bio Systems B.V., NL
12.30	Lunch / Meetings of Task groups, Framework V Preparatory Groups, etc...
14.00	OP1.4: Prediction of Performance and Optimisation of Membrane Bioseparations - Ab Initio Approaches W. Richard Bowen, University of Wales, UK	OP2.4: Utilization of Cheese Whey for the Production of Penicillin-G Acylase by Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945 C.O. Hokka, Universidade Federal de S. Carlos, Brazil
14.40	OP1.5: Affinity partition studies with penicillin acylase from Escherichia coli J.C. Marcos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal	OP2.5: Bioprocess Engineering for Xylitol Production from Lignocelulosic Residues S.S. Silva, Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena, Brazil
15.20	Poster Overview: Health care production processes	Poster Overview: Environmental Processes Products from environmental processes
15.40	Coffee Break
16.00	Poster Viewing
17.00	General Assembly Meeting of the Session
18.00	Parallel Meetings
19.00	Closure of Scientific Session - Day 1