INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR ON IRELAND FOR THE
BIOFOCUS FOUNDATION
(BF)

Sept.22nd 2003

Conway Institute, University College, Dublin 4.

 

 

9,30


9,45



10,25


10,50

11,10



11,50


12,15


12,40



13,30

PROGRAM

1.Welcome and Introduction. Prof.Jim Dooge (former Minister of Foreign Affairs; currently Science and Technology Advisor).

2.Future Opportunities for Biopharma-ceutical Process Research in Ireland. Dr.Brian Glennon (Chem.Eng.UCD,Adv. Merck,Sharp and Dome).

3.Challenges to the Global Diary Industry
.Ole Lind (CEO, De Laval Internat. AB. POB 39,S-14721, Tumba.Sweden - Corp.Aff. BF).

Coffee/tea break.

4.Developments in Wave Energy for Renewable Electrical Energy Production. Prof.Mats Leijon (Uppsala University, Sweden, Sci.Asso.BF).

5.IKEA Citizenship.Dir. Thomas Bergmark
(Environmental and Social Affairs, IKEA, Sweden.Corp.Aff. BF).

6.Harnessing New Research in Biotreatment Practice: What can Biotechnology Offer? Prof. Geoffrey Hamer,(UCD, Hon.Secr. BF).

7.Closing remarks: What has the Biofocus Foundation learnt from a decade in Sweden (Prof.em.Carl-Göran Hedén, Former BF Exc.Dir.).

Lunch at the Radisson SAS St.Helen’s Hotel.


World Academy of Art and Science Royal Swedish Academy of Science
 
 
 
 
 
INVITED PARTICIPANTS
Dir.T.Bergmark, IKEA, Sweden.
Dr.F.Callanan, IEI, Ireland
Dr.E.Casey, UCD, Ireland
Dr.J.Collier, TCD/BioResearch Irl.,Ireland
Mr.G.Creaner, DPS, Ireland
Prof.V.Dodd, UCD, Ireland
Prof.J.Dooge, UCD, Ireland
Dr.Rosemary Duncan, IBEX, Ireland
Prof.P.Engel, UCD, Ireland
Dr.B.Glennon, UCD, Ireland
Prof.G.Hamer, Biofocus Foundation, Ireland
Prof.C.-G.Hedén, Biofocus Foundation, Sweden
Mr.T.Jonsson, Ekvitec, Sweden
Dr.Mary Kelly, EPA, Ireland
Dr.Patricia Kieran, UCD, Ireland
Prof.M. Leijon, Uppsala Univ. Sweden
Dir.O.Lind, De Laval, Sweden
Prof. D.McConnell, TCD, Sweden
Mr.J.O’Dwyer, UCD, Ireland
Mr. S.Power TD, Dail Eireann, Ireland
Dr.Brid Quilty. DCU, Ireland
Mr.B.Svedberg, Consultant, Ireland
Mr.R.Watson, UCD, Ireland