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Date: 26 September - 01 October 2010
Place: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Costão do Santinho International Events Center
http://www.costao.com.br/versoes/ingles

PROGRAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION

SATURDAY, 25/09/10:

training courses
workshops

SUNDAY, 26/09/10:

GBRCN Project Meeting (closed)
WFCC Board Meeting (closed)
registration
opening ceremony

MONDAY 27/09/10: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-BASED ECONOMIES

9:00 -10:30: Session 1 - Biotechnological innovation in the knowledge based bio-economies

Developing the bio-economy
Knowledge based bio-economy driving research programs

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 2 - Innovation and intelectual property in the bio-economy age

Biotechnologies revolutionizing heathcare
Managing intelectual property in the bioeconomy age

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Parallel Sessions on bioprospecting, biofuels, bioremediation and health care innovation

Session 3A: Bioprospecting the microbial diversity

Session 3B: Biofuels

Session 3C: Environmental technologies and bioremediation

Session 3D: Biological material for health care innovation and epidemiological control

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:30 Parallel Sessions 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D (4 selected 15' presentations/session)

TUESDAY 28/09/10: CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN MICROBIAL TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY

9:00 -10:30 Session 5: Trends and developments in microbial taxonomy and ecology

Trends and developments in microbial taxonomy
Trends and developments in microbial ecology

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 -12:30 Session 6: New strategies and tools for microbial taxonomy/ecology

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Parallel sessions on microbial taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography

Session 7A: Prokaryotes

Session 7B: Filamentous Fungi

Session 7C: Yeasts (Chair: Carlos Rosa, UFMG, Brazil)

Session 7D: Protozoa

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:30 Parallel Sessions 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D (4 selected 15' presentations/session)

WEDNESDAY 29/09/10: E-INFRASTRUCTURES, BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS AND THE DYNAMIC INTEGRATION OF DATA

9:00 -10:30 Session 9: Dynamic integration of biological data

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 -12:30 Session 10 Integrating microbial diversity data from distributed information system

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-18:00 Afternoon Excursion

THURSDAY 30/09/10: THE GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTERS NETWORK (GBRCN)

09:00 -10:30 Session 11: From culture collections to Biological Resource Centers

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 -12:30 Session 12: GBRCN implementation and coordination with national and regional efforts

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Parallel Sessions: key issues in the management of resource centres

13 A: Tools for strain authentication

13 B: Legal and safety issues

13 C: Quality management in resource centers

13 D: Intelectual property and innovation in biotechnology (Chair: Zea Mayerhoff - INPI, Brazil)

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:30 Parallel sessions

14 A: National and regional efforts

14 B: Biological resources preservation and management

14 C: Microbial Resource Centres: e-learning strategies and tools

14 D: Oral presentations

19h30: Conference Dinner

FRIDAY 01/10/10: THE GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTERS NETWORK (GBRCN)

9:00 -10:30 Session 15 - Next steps to the global network implementation

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 -12:00 WFCC General Assembly

12:00 - 12:30 ICCC-12 Closure

14:00 WFCC Board Meeting (closed)

Afternoon post-conference excursion

SATURDAY 02/10/10:

post-conference excursions

workshops

departure

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