Events - Second Workshop, Madrid, 24 March 2009

Which are the key future non-food crops in EU27?

Chairman: Prof. Melvyn Askew

Co-chairmen: Dr. Petro Castanera, Dr. Efi Alexopoulou

Photo Gallery

9:00

Registration

9:30

Presentation of the targets of 7 TH Framework Programme for Agriculture

Dr. Piero Venturi, EU Commission, DG Agriculture

9:50

4F CROPS: a brief introduction to the Project

Dr. Efi Alexopoulou, CRES

10:10

Sustainable Non-food bio-products: an unexploited opportunity'

Prof. Melvyn Askew, Census-Bio

10:30

List of the future non-food crops as it was recorded in 4F CROPS project

Prof. Luciano Cosentino, University of Catania

10:50

Coffee break

11:10

List of the future non -food crops for northern EU

Dr. Matri Pahkala, MTT

11:30

Presentation of the project ENERGYPOPLAR

Prof. Gail Taylor, SOTON

11:50

Presentation of the main results that derived from the BIOCARD project

Prof. Jesus Fernandez, UPM

12:10

Presentation of the CANOLA project in Canada

Dr. K. Neil Harker, Lacombe Research Centre , Canada

12:30

Working lunch break

13:00

Presentation of theS WEETFUEL Porject

Dr. Serge BRACONNIER, CIRAD

13:15

Presentation regarding the Jatropha plant

Dr. Alex Gablenz, Elaion Company

13:30

Presentation of the Crops2Industry

Dr. Myrsini Christou, CRES

13:45

Round table discussion and conclusions

15:00-15:30

End of Workshop

 

 
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