Programme

The programme is still in development. The programme details are updated on a continuous basis.

22 November 2011

08.30 - 09.30 hrs

Registration & Coffee

09.30 - 09.40 hrs

Welcome by Colja Laane

Director, Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)

09.40 – 10.00 hrs

NGI Mid Term Review - Impressive Results Deserve Follow-up
Douwe Breimer

Chairman committee Mid Term Review NGI

10.00 – 10.30 hrs

Building Complex Tissue
Clemens van Blitterswijk

Scientific Director, MIRA - Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine

10.30 - 11.00 hrs

Genomics Impact for Society
Rudy Rabbinge

Professor in Sustainable Development and Food Security, Wageningen University

11.00 - 11.05 hrs

Mibiton Quality Certificate
Winner announcement by Kees Recourt

Investment Manager Mibiton Foundation

11.05 – 11.30 hrs

Break

11.30 – 13.00 hrs

Parallel Sessions on societal benefits

Session 1 | Tasty Tomatoes
Session 2 | Involving Patients in Research:
                   The Case of Celiac Disease
Session 3 | Checking Your Account at the Biobank
Session 4 | Amazing Microbes
Session 5 | IOP Genomics - Turning Science into
                    Business

The sessions will include presentations and panel discussions on the science’s future structure, content, technological developments and societal importance.

13.00 – 15.00 hrs

Networking Plaza and Lunch Break
(sponsored by Unilever)

14.00 - 14.30 hrs

30-Minutes Sessions

Session 1 | LifeSciences@Work
Session 2 | Innovative Medical Devices Initiatives NL
Session 3 | Science for society - Societal Valorisation
                   in the Making
Session 4 | Dutch Technology Centre for Life Sciences
Session 5 | The Making of the Prosensa Harvard style
                   Business Case
Session 6 | Drug Development in Oss: MSD and Life
                  Sciences Park

15.00 hrs

Start plenary Afternoon Session
Colja Laane, Director NGI

Introduction Craig Venter by Arnold Driessen, Chairman Netherlands Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NVBMB)

15.00 – 15.30 hrs

From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code
Craig Venter

President and founder J Craig  Venter Institute
NVBMB Speaker of the Year 2011

15.30 – 16.00 hrs

Making the World Future Proof with Biotechnology
Feike Sijbesma

CEO Royal DSM N.V.

16.00 – 16.40 hrs

Interactive session with Craig Venter and Feike Sijbesma

Moderator Martijn van Calmthout, Chief of Science Department, Volkskrant

16.40 – 17.00 hrs

NGI Valorisation Award 2011: "Excellence in societal valorisation"

Winner announcement by Godelieve van Heteren

Director Europa Arena, member of the NGI
Valorisation Advisory Board

Final closure by Colja Laane, Director NGI