Programme

Preliminary programme of the Newcotiana & Pharma Factory 1st annual meeting, Valencia 5-7 & 6-8 March 2019.

Tuesday 5th March

NEWCOTIANA Y1 PROGRESS MEETING - SESSION 1 (NEWCOTIANA partners only).
09:00 - 09:30Welcome and Project Overview (CSIC). Location: Yellow Cube, 3rd floor.
09:30 - 10:00WP7 and 8 general discussion
10:00 - 10:30Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00WP1 and WP6 parallel working meetings
12:00 - 13:30WP2 and WP3 parallel working meetings
13:30 - 15:00Lunch
15:00 - 16:00WP4 and WP5 parallel working meetings
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 17:15WP1 plenary discussion (except N. benthamiana genome)
17:15 - 17:45WP6 plenary discussion
18:00 - 19:00Steering Committee meeting
20:30Dinner

Wednesday 6th March

NEWCOTIANA Y1 PROGRESS MEETING - SESSION 2 (NEWCOTIANA partners only).
09:00 - 09:45WP2 plenary discussion
09:45 - 10:30WP3 plenary discussion
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30Practicalities of the new N. benthamiana genome assembly
11:30 - 12:00WP4 plenary discussion
12:00 - 12:30WP5 plenary discussion
12:30 - 13:00Closing and perspectives for M18 review
13:00 - 15:00Lunch
WORKSHOP 1. PLANT BIOFACTORIES: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PRODUCTS REGULATION.(NEWCOTIANA and Pharma Factory partners.)
15:00 - 15:20Introduction to relevant WPs in Newcotiana and Pharma Factory projects.
15:20 - 15:40Regulatory activities in Pharma-Factory (WP8)
15:40 - 16:00Regulatory activities in NEWCOTIANA (WP5 and WP6)
16:00 - 16:30Discussion and common activities
16:30 - 17:00Coffee break
17:00 - 17:20Public engagement activities in Pharma Factory (WP2)
17:20 - 17:40Public engagement activities in NEWCOTIANA (WP5)
17:40 - 18:10Discussion and common activities (including CHIC)

Thursday 7th March

WORKSHOP 2. PLANT BIOFACTORIES IN THE GENOME ENGINEERING ERA (Open session).
09:00 - 09:15Welcome P.Vera (IBMCP director), JP Beltrán (CSIC Valencia)
09:15 - 10:00Introduction to Newcotiana, Pharma Factory and CHIC projects.
Technology session
10:00 - 10:45Beyond plants: Update in CRISPR Gene Editing tools and applications - Lluis Montoliu, CNB, Spain.
10:45 - 11:15Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45The genome of the model plant biofactory N. benthamiana - Peter Waterhouse, Queensland University, Australia
Regulatory session: genome editing and ECJ decision
11:45 - 12:15Let us not read more in ECJ rulings than they actually say - Piet van der Meer, Gent University, Belgium
12:15 - 13:00Round table. Genome editing in crops after ECJ ruling. Piet van der Meer (Gent University, Belgium), Leire Escajedo (EHU, Spain), Dirk Bosh (WUR, The Netherlands), Andy Wigdorovitz (INTA, Argentina).
PHARMA FACTORY Y1 PROGRESS MEETING - SESSION 1 (Pharma Factory partners only.)
13:15 - 15:00Lunch
15:00 - 15:15Welcome – Julian Ma (coordinator) and Diego Orzaez (host)
15:15 - 15:30Project Status Update – Julian Ma and Matthew Paul
15:30 - 16:00WP5 – Transalgae. Plenary Update.
16:00 - 16:30WP7 – Diamante. Plenary update.
16:30 - 17:00Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00WP5 & WP7 Round Table Discussions.
18:00Close
20:30Dinner

Friday 8th March

PHARMA FACTORY Y1 PROGRESS MEETING - SESSION 2 (Pharma Factory partners only.)
09:00 - 09:30WP6 – Albajuna. Plenary Update
09:30 - 10:30WP6 Round Table
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break.
11:00 - 11:30WP3 – SamaBriva. Plenary Update
11:30 - 12:00WP4 – Fraunhofer. Plenary Update.
12:00 - 13:00WP3 and WP4 Round Table Discussions.
13:00 - 15:00Lunch
15:00 - 16:30Executive Committee Meeting
16:30Close