WEDNESDAY 16   THURSDAY 17   FRIDAY 18   SATURDAY 19

16 September 1998 (Wednesday)
10.00 to 18.00	Registration (Conference Centre Hall)
18.00	Opening and Welcome (Auditorium) Chairman Organising Committe - Prof. Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo Chairman Scientific Committee - Prof. Karel Luyben Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
18.15	20 Years of EFB Chairman EFB - Prof. Rafael Perez Mellado
18.20	Opening Plenary Lecture Biotechnology for the improvement of the quality of life: yesterday, today and tomorrow Richard Braun, Vice-Chairman EFB Task group on Public Perception of Biotechnology, Institüt für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, University of Bern, Switzerland
18.50	A Moment of Music
19.10	A short walk to "Casa do Roseiral"
19.30	Reception - "Porto de Honra" by invitation of the Mayor of the City of Porto