FINAL VERSION
30 May 2006
EU-Russia: Prospects for Cooperation in
Biotechnology in the Seventh Framework
Programme
EU - Russia Symposium on Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology
St. Petersburg, 6-8 June 2006
http://www.fp6-food.ru/symposium-2006/index.html
RATIONALE AND SCOPE:
 To discuss EU-Russia joint-interest priorities within Food
Agriculture and Biotechnology, with the involvement of the newly
established Russian Platforms (Industrial Biotechnology, Forestry,
Plants for the Future, Food Safety and Animal Health) together
with the corresponding EU Technology Platforms.
 To share knowledge and experiences as well as to network among
EU, Russian and NIS scientists and facilitators in the field of Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology, in view of enhanced EU-Russia
cooperative research, particularly for the upcoming FP7
Programme.
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Organisers
For the Russian Federation:
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Ministry of Education and Science
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Federal Agency for Science and Innovations
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Russian Academy of Sciences
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Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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Administration of Saint-Petersburg
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A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry RAS
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All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Microbiology
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Russian Society of Biotechnologists
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Russian Fund for Basic Research
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Russian National Contact Point on FP6/7-TP5 (Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology)
For the European Union:
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The European Commission Research DG:
Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
Directorate for International Co-Operation
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INTAS
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Steering Group
Chair
Co-chair
Co-chair
Deputy Chair
Deputy Chair
S.N.Mazurenko, Head of the RF Federal Agency for
Science and Innovation
C. Patermann, European Commission, Director of Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology Research
I.P.Bilenkina, Deputy Head of the RF Federal Agency for
Science and Innovation, Co-Chair of the EC-Russia Working
Group on Agro-Bio-Food
Academician of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
I.Tikhonovich, Director of Institute of Agricultural Microbiology
of RAAS
Prof. V.Popov, Director A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry
RAS, Head of TP5 NCP of Russia
For the Russian Federation:
President of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Academician
G.A.Romamenko
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences and Academician of Russian Academy
of Agricultural Sciences I.G.Atabekov
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences A.S.Isaev
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences V.T.Ivanov
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences M.P.Kirpichnikov
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences D.S.Pavlov
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences S.V.Shestakov
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.M.Boronin
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.G.Debabov
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.F.Galchenko
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences S.G.Inge-Vechtomov
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.Yu.Khomich
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences S.D.Varfolomeev
Academician of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences V.A.Tutelyan
Academician of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences A.N.Panin
Academician of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences I.A.Rogov
Academician of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences K.G.Skryabin
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
P.N.Kharchenko
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences V.I.Tuzhilkin
Prof. E.A.Nepoklonov
Prof. V.Svedas
Prof. R.G.Vasilov
Dr. E.N.Oreshkin
A.D.Victorov
Dr. N.D.Voytkevich
E.V.Ugrinovich
For the European Union:
Dr. Elisabetta Balzi, EC, Research DG, Directorate for Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology
Dr. Richard Burger, EC, science counsellor at the EU Delegation in Moscow
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Dr. D. Descoutures, EC, Research DG, Directorate for International Co-operation
Dr. A. Gerard, INTAS Executive Secretary
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Programme at a Glance
Time
Event
Monday, June 5
07.00-23.00
Arrival and registration in Pribaltiyskaya Hotel
17.00-19.00
POSTER SESSION
Tuesday, June 6
Mariinskiy Palace - Pribaltiyskaya Hotel
09.00-10.00
Arrival and registration at Mariinskiy Palace
10.00-12.00
Symposium opening and Plenary lectures
12.00-13.00
Transfer to Pribaltiyskaya Hotel/Press-conference
14.00-15.00
Lunch
15.00-16.00
INTRODUCTION : INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION in the EU Framework
Programme
16.00-16.30
Coffee-break
16.30-19.00
Session I PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
19.00-20.00
POSTER SESSION and BROKERAGE
Wednesday, June 7
InJoy&Train Satellite Meeting
Pribaltiyskaya Hotel
9.00-11.00
Session II FORESTRY and
ENVIRONMENTAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Satellite Symposium of RussianGerman Bioinformatics Network
11.00-11.30
Coffee-break
11.30-13.30
Session III
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
13.30-14.30
Lunch
14.30-16.30
Session IV: FOOD RESEARCH and ANIMAL HEALTH
16.30-17.00
Coffee-break
17.00-19.00
YOUNG SCIENTISTS CONFERENCE POSTER SESSION and BROKERAGE
19.00-19.30
CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING
20.00-22.00
Symposium reception
Thursday, June 8
9.00-10.30
Meeting of EC-Russia Work Group on Agro-Bio-Food
9.00-12.00
Visits to research centres
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EU-Russia Symposium on Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
Programme
MONDAY 05 JUNE
CULTURAL PROGRAMME AND TECHNICAL VISITS
TUESDAY 06 JUNE
Mariinskiy Palace/Hotel Pribaltiyskaya
10:00-12:00
SYMPOSIUM OPENING
INTRODUCTORY WORDS FROM THE ORGANIZERS
WELCOME ADRESSES
- Mrs. Valentina Matvienko, Governor of Saint-Petersburg
- Mr. Vadim Tulpanov, Chairman of Petersburg Legislative Assembly
- Mr. Ilya Klebanov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the
Northwest Federal District
- Mr. Sergey Mazurenko, Head of Federal Agency on Science and Innovations,
Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Chair of the Symposium
Organising Committee
- Dr. Christian Patermann, European Commission, Director of Food Agriculture and
Biotechnology Research, Co-chair of the Symposium Organising Committee
- Dr. Alain Gérard, INTAS Executive Secretary
- Acad. Gennadiy Romamenko, President of Russian Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
- Acad. Andrzej Legocki, President of Polish Academy of Sciences
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PLENARY LECTURES
- Dr. Christian Patermann
European Commission, Director of Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research
The European Union R&D 7th Framework Programme in the field of Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology: overview and perspectives for co-operation –
- Acad. Michael Kirpichnikov
Biological Faculty of Moscow State University, Symposium Steering Group
Russian biotechnology today
12.00-13.00: PRESS CONFERENCE
14.00-15.00: Lunch
15:00- 16:00
INTRODUCTION : INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
in the EU Framework Programme
- Alain Gerard
INTAS, Executive Secretary
INTAS: a tool for East-West Scientific Cooperation
- Daniel Descoutures
EC, Research DG, Directorate for International Co-operation
International Cooperation Policy in the EU 7th Framework Programme and International
S&T Cooperation between the EU and the Russian Federation
- Diassina Di Maggio
Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea, Italy
Co-ordinator of the FP6 Specific Support Action InJoy&Train
East European Co-operation Network for International Joint Training in FP6/FP7 Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology for EU-Russia and NIS Countries
- Hendrik Visser
ISTC, Senior Project Manager
Hi-Tech Opportunities in Biotechnology with ISTC
Panel Discussion
- Prof. Klaus-Peter Schulze
General Manager ZAB Brandenburg, Germany
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
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16:30-19:00
Session I: PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Co-chairs:
For the RF: Prof. Konstantin Skryabin
For the EU: Prof. Andrzej Legocki
EU speakers:
- Prof.
Andrzej Legocki
President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Member of the ETP Plants for the Future Steering Council
Potential developments for international co-operation with Russia and NIS in the field
of plant biotechnology – the views from the European Technology Platform Plants for
the Future
- Prof. Marc Zabeau
Strategic Director, Plant Systems Biology, University Ghent, Technologiepark, Belgium
European Plant Sciences Organisation (EPSO),
Member of the ETP Plants for the Future Steering Council
Proposal for a European research agenda in the field of plant biotechnology – the
views from the European Technology Platform Plants for the Future
RF Speakers from Russian Platform on Plant Biotechnology:
- Acad. RAAS Igor Tikhonovich
Director of the Institute of Agricultural Microbiology RAAS, St.Petersburg
Self-sufficient plant-microbe communities for highly productive and ecologically
friendly agriculture in Europe
- Acad. Joseph Atabekov
Head of Chair of Virology, Moscow State University
Superproduction of foreign proteins in plants by virus vectors
- Acad. RAAS Konstantin Skryabin
Director of Centre of Bioengineering RAS, Moscow
Potential developments for international co-operation with EU in the field of plant
biotechnology – the views from Russia
- Dr. Tatjana Gavrilenko
Head of laboratory of biotechnology, Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry RAAS, St.Petersburg
Biodiversity, biotechnology and research cooperation for developing of sustainable
agriculture
Panel Discussion
- Prof. Sergey Dolgov
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow
- Dr. Paul Beckers
ERA-Net Plant Genomics, The Netherlands
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- Prof. Jari Valkonen
University of Helsinki Department of Applied Biology, Finland
- Dr. Nikolay Ravin
Centre of Bioengineering RAS, Moscow
- Prof Silvio Gianninazzi
Université de Bourgogne PME, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement,
Bourgogne, France
- Prof. Nikolay Kolchanov
Deputy Director of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk
Presentation of the Plant Bioinformatics network
Discussion, questions and answers
19:00 - 20:00
POSTER SESSION and BROKERAGE
Moderators: Dr. Paul Beckers, Dr. Olga Koroleva
WEDNESDAY 07 JUNE
Hotel Pribaltiyskaya
9:00 -11:00
Satellite Symposium of Russian-German Bioinformatics Network
9:00 -11:00
Session II: FORESTRY
and ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Co-chairs:
For the RF: Acad. Alexander Isaev
For the EU: Dr. Markku Lehtonen
EU speakers:
- Forestry:
- Dr. Markku Lehtonen
Research Director, Wood Focus Oy, Finland
Member of the ETP Forest-Based Sector
Proposal for a European research agenda and potential developments for international
co-operation with Russia and NIS in the field of forestry and forest-based products the views from the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform
- Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation:
- Prof. Spyros Nicolas Agathos
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Unit of Bioengineering, Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioindustries, Catholic
University of Louvain, Belgium
Environmental biotechnology research in Europe and potential developments for
international co-operation with Russia and NIS in this field
RF Speakers from Russian Platform on Forestry and Environmental biotechnology:
- Acad. Alexander Isaev
Director of the Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of RAS, Moscow
Modern Russian forestry research area
- Dr. Larisa Khanina
Institute of Mathematical Problems in Biology of RAS, Moscow
Forest biodiversity modelling: methodology and applications for sustainable
management systems
- Dr. Natalia Lukina
Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of RAS, Moscow
Successional trends in boreal forest diversity and soil properties: a case study in
virgin forests
- Dr. Olga Koroleva
A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Moscow
Biotechnological applications for forestry
Panel Discussion
- Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
HGF / GSF- National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Ecological
Chemistry Molecular BioGeoanalysis, Neuherberg / Oberschleisheim / Munich, Germany
- Prof. Victor Roschin
Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy
Discussion, questions and answers
11:00 - 11: 30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:30
Session III : INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Co-chairs:
for the RF: Prof. Vladimir Debabov, Prof. Vladimir Popov
for the EU: Dr Dirk Carrez
EU speakers:
- Dr. Colja Laane
Corporate Science Manager DSM Life Sciences
Group Leader of the ETP on Sustainable Chemistry – Industrial Biotechnology section
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Proposal for a European research agenda in the field of industrial biotechnology – the
views from the ETP on Sustainable Chemistry
- Dr Dirk Carrez
Public Policy & Industrial Biotechnology Director, EuropaBio (European Association for
Bioindustries)
Member of the ETP on Sustainable Chemistry – Industrial Biotechnology section
Potential developments for international co-operation with Russia and NIS in the field
of industrial biotechnology – the views from the ETP on Sustainable Chemistry
- Biofuels:
- Dr Dietrich Klein
COPA-COGECA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European
Union - General Confederation of Agricultural Co-operatives in the European Union),
Chairman of the working party on bioenergy/biotechnology - Member of ETP on Biofuels
Proposal for a European research agenda and potential developments for international
co-operation with Russia and NIS in the field of biofuels – the views from the
European Technology Platform on Biofuels
RF Speakers from Russian Platform on Industrial Biotechnology and Biofuels:
- Prof Raif Vasilov
Vice President of Russian Biotechnological Society
Priorities of the Russian federal programme on biotechnology
- Prof. Vladimir Popov
Director of A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry
Russian integrated projects in the field of industrial biotechnology
- Prof. Alexandre Yanenko
Production of monomers via biocatalysis and fermentation of renewable raw materials
- Prof. Vytas Svedas
Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Aqueous biocatalysis - basis for novel green processes
- Prof. Sergey Varfolomeev
Director of Institute of Biochemical Physics, Moscow
Biofuels and biochemicals: from fundamentals to applications
- Dr. Valeriy Brenner
President of Rosalko, Moscow
Russian biofuel programme
Panel Discussion
- Dr. Sergey Yarotsky
Technology Director Bioprocess Group, Moscow
Discussion, questions and answers
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13.30-14.30: Lunch
14:30 – 16:30
Session IV : FOOD RESEARCH and ANIMAL HEALTH
Co-chairs
For the RF: Prof. Alexander Baturin
For the EU: Prof. Roger Fenwick
EU speakers:
- Dr. Tim Hogg
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Member of the ETP Food for Life
Proposal for a European research agenda on Food – the views from the European
Technology Platform Food for Life
- Prof. Roger Fenwick
Head of International Office, Institute for Food Research, Norwich, UK
Member of the ETP Food for Life Operational Committee and co-chairman of the WG on
Horizontal Activities; Contact point of Food Force
Potential developments for international co-operation with Russia and NIS in the field
of Food research – the views from the European Technology Platform Food for Life
RF speakers from Russian Platform on Food Safety:
- Prof. Alexander Baturin
Deputy Director, Institute of Nutrition RAMS, Moscow
Food and health. Problems and perspectives in the Russian Federation.
- Prof. Alexey Valehov
Moscow University of Food Biotechnology, Moscow
Promising areas of co-operation between Russia and EC countries in the field of food
biotechnology
- Prof. Michael Eropkin
Institute of Influenza RAMS
Avian flew in Russia
- Prof. Vilen Kantere, Prof. Valeriy Matison
Moscow University of Food Manufacturing
Harmonization of international and Russian standards in food industry
Panel Discussion
- Prof. Noel Ellis
John Innes Center, UK
- Dr. Erik Oestergaard Jensen
Department of Molecular Biology University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Dr. Iliya Demidyuk
Institute of Molecular genetics RAS, Moscow
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- Prof. Boris Dzantiev
A.N.Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Moscow
Discussion, questions and answers
16.30–17.00 Coffee break
17:00 -19:00
Parallel Sessions: 1) POSTER SESSION and BROKERAGE
Moderators: Dr. Paul Beckers, Dr. Olga Koroleva
2) YOUNG SCIENTISTS CONFERENCE
“Biotechnology of the Future”
Moderators: Dr. Francesco Lescai, Prof. Vasiliy Popov
EU speaker:
- Dr. Francesco Lescai
CIG - Centre for Biocomplexity, University of Bologna, Italy
Young European Biotech Network
Co-ordinator of the FP6 Specific Support Action BIOPOP (Pilot Study on innovative
approaches to public communication of life sciences and biotechnology by students and
young researchers)
The Young European Biotech Network: activities and perspectives for co-operation
RF Speaker:
- Prof. Vasiliy Popov
Voronezh University
Networking as an instrument to benefit new generation of Russian biotechnologists
Presentations
- Dr. Anna Hodorenko
Institute of Agricultural Microbiology RAAS, St.Petersburg
Immunocytochemical analysis of organisation of specific molecular components in
extracellular symbiotic compartments providing interaction between symbiotic
partners during development of root nodules of pea (Pisum sativum L.)
- Igor Ermakov
Soil Sciences Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Contamination and Remediation of Forest Soils in Surroundings of a Nickel Smelter
- Dr. Yuliya Burtzeva
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of RAS, Vladivostok
Efficient technique for immobilization of laminarinases from marine molluscs on novel
hybrid polysaccharide-silica nanocomposites
- Dr. Vera Sadykova
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Siberian State Technological University, Krasnoyarsk
Development of biopreparations on the base of Trichoderma strains using
technogenic plant wastes
- Dr. Nataliya Malikova
Institute of Biophysics of Siberian Branch of RAS, Krasnoyarsk
Са2+-regulated photoproteins and their “colour” mutants as bioluminescent reporters
- Dr Moritz Frommberger
GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health in the Helmholtz Association
Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Munich, Germany
An Analytical Platform for Environmental, Plant and Microbial Metabolomics
19:00 -19:30
CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING
Conclusions from the different sessions by the co-chairs
Conclusions and perspectives, the European views –
Dr. C. Patermann, European Commission, Director of Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology Research
Conclusions and perspectives, the Russian views –
Acad. Michael Kirpichnikov, Biological Faculty of Moscow State University,
Symposium Steering Group
20.00- 22.00 Symposium Reception
THURSDAY 08 JUNE
09:00-10:30
Meeting of EC-Russia Work Group on Agro-Bio-Food
Co-chair
I. Bilenkina, Deputy Head of the RF Federal Agency for
Co-chair
Science and Innovation
C. Patermann, European Commission, Director of Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology Research
Endorsement of Joint Communiqué of the Symposium
09:00-12:00
TECHNICAL VISITS TO RESEARCH CENTRES
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