Subject: "Bio-partnerships" for Sustainable
Development: commercialisation and the bio-industry challenge
November 10-12, 1998 · Lyon, France
Two Conference Venues: Le Grand Lyon and Le Palais des Congrès
-- Conference Program --
This unique inaugural event will draw the leading officials, private and
public, from around the globe
to analyze the current state of the bio-industry and chart the future
course for sustainable development of biological resources.
*Insights into Market Trends Which are Affecting the Bio-Industry
*What are the Emerging Markets and Which Technologies are Moving
Products Forward Faster?
*Gain "Insider Tips" for Development and Marketing of Non-Timber Forest
Products
*Hear "Real" Bio-Business Development Strategies on What it Takes to
Enter the Market
*Legal and Policy Developments on Sovereign and Intellectual Property
Rights
*New Partnership Announcements
*Banco Axial
*Government of Spain
*POEMA: the Bolsa Amazônia
Plus, 2 More Can't Miss Events
Reception at L'Hotel de Ville,
Sponsored by The Government of Spain
Tour of the Newly Inaugurated BSL4
Laboratory Jean Mérieux in Lyon-Garland
Day One -- Tuesday, November 10, 1998 --
Le Grand Lyon
NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTS
AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
11:00 Registration, Coffee and Exhibit Viewing
BIOPROSPECTING: DERIVING NEW
PRODUCTS FROM NATURE
1:30 Opening Remarks
Juan A. de Castro, Coordinator, BIOTRADE Initiative, UNCTAD
Anthony Artuso, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource
Economics, Rutgers University, USA
1:40 Biodiversity, Bioprospecting and Recombinant Biomolecule Discovery
Jay M. Short, Chief Technology Officer, Diversa USA
2:00: Market Trends and Technological Developments in Natural Product
Research and Opportunities for Developing country Participation
Alan Harvey, Director, Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research
2:20 Product Development and Conservation of Biodiversity: Selected
Experiences in Costa Rica
Dr. Nicolas Matteo, Coordinator Bioprospecting Programs, National
Biodiversity Institute (INBio), Costa Rica
2:40 Senior Scientist, Rhône-Poulenc, France (Invited)
3:00 Question and Answer Period
3:20 Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing
NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
3:40 Market Opportunities in the Fast Growing International Market of
Herbal Medicines
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PhytoPharm Consulting, Germany
4:00 Attractive Aspects of the Use of Natural Molecules in Flavor
Formulation
Dr. Charles Candela, Flavor Development Manager, Robertet,
S.A., France
4:20 Technology and Market Options for High Value-Added Non-Timber
Forest Products
Klaus Duerbeck, President, Duerbeck Consulting, Germany
4:40 Development and Marketing of Non-Timber Forest Products from Peru
Ricardo Marquez, Vice President of Peru; President, Promoción
Para las Exportaciones (PROMPEX), Peru
5:00 Prospects for Non-Timber Forest Product Markets
Senior Official, International Trade Center
5:20 Question and Answer Period
6:00 End of Day One
7:00 Reception
All conference attendees are cordially invited to attend the
reception at the exquisite Hotel
de Ville (City Hall). The reception is sponsored and hosted by
the Government of Spain.
Day Two -- Wednesday, November 11, 1998 --
Palais des Congrès, Lyon
OPEN SESSION FOR PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT
9:00 Coffee
PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDIES
10:00 Moderators Welcome
10:10 Development of Medicinal Plants Through Strategic Business
Alliances: Case Study from West Africa
Maurice Iwu, Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme,
Nigeria
10:30 Bioprospecting Partnerships: Chess Match or Relay Race?
Dr. Marthinus Horak, Manager, Chemical and Microbial Products,
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
10:50 Market-Driven Instruments for a New Era: Adding Value to
Bio-Resource Based Businesses
Dale Anne Bourjaily, Program Director Private Sector,
Eco-operation,
Netherlands
11:10 Promoting Sustainable Bioresource Development
Senior Official, Novartis
11:30 Refreshment Break
11:45 Thermophilic Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Benefit Sharing: The
Yellowstone Experience
Preston Scott, Executive Director, World Foundation for
Environment and
Development, USA
John D. Varley, Director, Yellowstone Center for Resources,
USNational
Park Service, USA
12:05 Question and Answer Period
PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:15 Special Program Feature
UNCTAD's BIOTRADE Initiative proudly announces new partnership
with:
Government of Spain
As announced in the Spanish National Biodiversity Strategy , the
BIOTRADE Initiative and the Government of Spain are creating a
partnership to promote trade and investment in biological resources in a
socially and environmentally sustainable way.
Announced by:
Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Enrique Alonso García, Director General, Conservación de la
Naturaleza,
Ministry of Environment, Spain
Banco AXIAL
The BIOTRADE Initiative and Banco AXIAL have
decided to join forces to promote sustainable use and
conservation of biodiversity. This partnership will create
a new vehicle for promotion of trade and investment in
biological resources. The two organizations will work
together in identifying, funding, structuring and
completing biodiversity related business projects in Latin
America.
Announced by:
Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Pierre Landolt, Founder and Chairman, Banco AXIAL; President,
Sandoz
Family Foundation; Chairman, CITCO; Member of the Board, Novartis
John Michael Forgách, Managing Partner, Banco AXIAL, Brasil
1:00 Luncheon
Sponsored by: Foundation Marcel Lyon, France
3:00 Announcement of "Bolsa Amazônia"
The Bolsa Amazônia is an initiative of POEMA (Poverty and
Environment in Amazônia) and is organized under the auspices
of UNCTAD's BIOTRADE Initiative. It is designed to promote
the sustainable use of natural resources and biodiversity and
improve living conditions in social, economic and ecological
terms. Taking advantage of national and international market
opportunities in biodiversity-based products, the Bolsa Amazônia
will link
private sector and small land owners from the Amazon region to the
world
market. It will provide information, establish trade networks and
promote new
partnerships.
Presented by:
Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Flora Valladares Coelho, President, Banco Da Amazônia S.A., Brasil
Rubens P. Becker, Director, Chemistry Division, Henkel S.A.
Industrias
Quimicas, Brasil
Matthias Kleinert, Senior Vice President, International Relations
and
Corporate Business, Daimler Benz A.G., Germany
Thomas Mitschein, General Coordinator, POEMA Program Poverty and
Environment in Amazônia; Federal University of Para
Nazaré Imbiriba, Coordinator, Cooperation and Documentation, POEMA
Program Poverty and Environment in Amazônia; Federal University of
Para
4:00 Executive Round Table: Prospects for Bio-Resource
Based Development
Moderated by:
Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Panelists:
Rubens P. Becker, Director, Chemistry Division, Henkel S.A.
Industrias
Quimicas, Brasil
Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General, World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
Matthias Kleinert, Senior Vice President, International Relations
and
Corporate Business, Daimler Benz A.G., Germany
Miguel Angel Rodriquez, President of Costa Rica, (Invited)
Enrique Garcia Rodriquez, President, Corporación Andina de Fomento
Dr. Daniel L. Vasella, President, Novartis International A.G.,
Switzerland
6:00 End of Day Two
6:00 Tour the Newly Inaugurated BSL4 Laboratory
Jean Mérieux in Lyon-Garland
This level-4 high-security biological laboratory is
one of the only three such laboratories in the
world. It carries out unique research to develop
reagents and diagnostic tests to help combat the
resurgence of infectious diseases, particularly in
developing countries. It will be a key element of
the Research Center in Immunovirology of Emerging Diseases
QT, Lyon-Garland, France.
Day Three -- Thursday, November 12, 1998 --
Le Grand Lyon
8:00 Coffee and Exhibit Viewing
LEGAL AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
8:30 Moderator's Welcome
8:40 Enhancing Compatibility Between TRIPS and the Convention
on Biological Diversity
Graham Dutfield, Research Coordinator, Working Group on
Traditional
Resource Rights, Oxford Center for the Environment, Ethics and
Society,
University of Oxford, UK
9:00 Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity
Richard Owens, Director, Global Intellectual Property Issues
Division,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
9:20 New Opportunities for Using Intellectual Property Rights to
Protect Products and Share Benefits from Biodiversity
Michael Gollin, Partner, Spencer and Frank, Washington, D.C.
9:40 Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing
10:00 Bioprospecting, Traditional Knowledge, and Equitable Sharing of
Benefits
Alejandro Argumedo, Coordinator, Indigenous Knowledge Program
(IKP), Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network (IPBN), Cusco,
Peru
10:20 "Code of Conduct" for the Access to and the Use of Genetic
Resources
Benno Bättig, Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs,
Switzerland
10:40 Developing and Implementing Equitable Access Policy: Experiences
from Colombia
Thomas Black, Chief, Office of Analysis and Economic Policy,
Ministry of the Environment, Colombia
11:00 Question and Answer
12:00 Networking Luncheon
Sponsored
BIO-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
2:00 Moderator's Welcome
2:10 The Economic Management and Use of Microbial Resources
in High Diversity Forests of the Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico
Ignacio Chapela, Ph.D., University of California, USA
2:30 Financing Biodiversity for Profit
John Michael Forgách, Managing Partner, Banco AXIAL, Brasil
2:50 Benefiting from Biodiversity: The Role of Science and
Technology Policy in Latin America
Carlos Correia, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
3:10 Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing
3:30 Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity
(ABSP): A Model for International Agricultural Development
Sivramiah Shantharam, Branch Chief, Biotechnology Evaluations
USDA, APHIS, Scientific Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
3:50 Prospects for Private Sector Involvement in Bioresource
Development in a Mega-Diversity Country: The Case of
Malaysia
A.H. Zakri, Chair, Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical, and
Technological Advice (SBSTTA) for the Convention on Biological
Diversity
(CBD), Malaysia
4:10 Question and Answer Period
5:00 End of Conference
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