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Program

Monday, November 25th, 2013

7:00 - 9:00   Registration   Jade Ballroom

9:00 - 10:00
Opening   Obsidiana Ballroom

10:00 - 11:00
Plenary lecture
“The power of genomics: Transforming life, business and the global economy"

Gerardo Jiménez-Sánchez, MD, PhD
President & CEO, GBC Group
Harvard School of Public Health
Human Genome Organization
Genómica y Bioeconomía
Mexico

  Obsidiana Ballroom

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break and commercial exhibition   Foyer Obsidiana Ballroom and Amatista Ballroom

11:30 - 12:30

Plenary lecture
“Human Genomics a decade after the Human Genome Project: Opportunities and challenges"

Eric D. Green MD, PhD.
Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
United states

  Obsidiana Ballroom

12:30 - 13:30
Plenary lecture
“From genome variation to personalized medicine"  

Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis, MD DSc
President, Human Genome Organization
University of Geneva
Switzerland

  Obsidiana Ballroom

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch Break


Lunch with the experts

"Financing mechanisms for agroinnovation"
Carlos Alberto Treviño Rivera
Director General, Financiera Rural
Mexico

Request your invitation at the Financiera Rural booth (limited to 100)

 

 



Sponsored by


15:00 - 16:00
Plenary lecture
“Pharmacogenomics: Personalizing drug therapy"

Prof. Howard McLeod, PharmD
Medical Director, Personalized Medicine Institute
Senior Member, Division of Population Sciences
Moffitt Cancer Center
United States

  Obsidiana Ballroom

16:00 - 17:00

Plenary lecture
“Marker-assisted selection for precision plant breeding: The case of submergence-tolerant rice"

Prof. David Mackill
Department of Plant Pathology
University of California
United States

 

Obsidiana Ballroom


17:00 - 19:00



Dr. Robert Wells, Chairman
Healthymagination
Advisor to General Electric
United States

 



Ing. Javier Delgado, Chairman
Director General
The Capitalization and Investment Fund for the Rural Sector
Mexico

 

Obsidiana Ballroom

 






 

 

Onix Ballroom


 
 
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

9:00 - 10:00
Plenary lecture
“Genomic medicine and public health"

Prof. David Hunter, MBBS, MPH, ScD
Dean for Academic Affairs
Vincent L Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention
Harvard School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital &
Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
United States

  Obsidiana Ballroom

10:00 - 12:00



Dr. David Bailey, Chairman
President & CEO
Genome Alberta
Canada




Dr. Pedro Aspe, Chairman
President
Evercore Partners
México.

 

Obsidiana Ballroom







 

Onix Ballroom


12:00 - 12:30
Coffee Break and commercial exhibition   Foyer Obsidiana Ballroom and Amatista Ballroom

12:30 - 12:45
Book Presentation
"The impact of genomic applications in the economy"

Beatriz Pagés
Director,

  Obsidiana Ballroom

12:45 - 13:45
Plenary lecture
“Applications of genomics to the fishing industry"

Prof. Gary Carvalho
Professor of Molecular Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Wales, Bangor
United Kingdom

  Obsidiana Ballroom

13:45 - 15:30

Lunch Break


Lunch with the experts

"Use of genomic selection and systems biology to gain insights into milk and meat production"
Dr. James Reecy
Iowa State University
United States

Request your invitation at the Affimetrix booth (limited to 100)

 

 


Sponsored by


15:30 - 16:30
Plenary lecture
“The pivotal role of synthetic biology in the bioeconomy"

Richard Johnson
CEO, Global Helix LLC
Chairman, OECD BIAC Technology Committee
National Academy of Sciences Board on Life Sciences
United States

  Obsidiana Ballroom

16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break and commercial exhibition   Foyer Obsidiana Ballroom and Amatista Ballroom

17:00 - 18:00
Plenary lecture
“Production of sustainable fuels and chemicals using synthetic biology applications"

Andreas Schirmer, PhD.
Director of Microbial & Cellular Engineering
LS9 Inc.
United States

  Obsidiana Ballroom

18:00 - 19:00
Plenary lecture
"From science to business: Turning basic science into commercial success.

Yaacov Michlin
President & CEO, Yissum
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
  Obsidiana Ballroom

19:00
Networking Cocktail and Casino Night

  Onix Ballroom

 
 
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

9:00 - 10:00
Plenary lecture
“Genomics and the global beef cattle industry"

Dr. E. John Pollak

Director 
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, NE
United States
  Obsidiana Ballroom

10:00 - 11:00
Plenary lecture
“Innovation, ethics and policy for the bioeconomy"

Prof. David Castle
Chair of Innovation in the Life Sciences
Director, MSc BIG Programme
ESRC Innogen Centre
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

  Obsidiana Ballroom

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break and commercial exhibition   Foyer Obsidiana Ballroom and Amatista Ballroom

11:30 - 13:30



Dr. Francisco Gurría, Chairman
General Coordinator of Livestock
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
Mexico



Dr. Guillermo Soberón, Chairman
Emeritus President
Mexican Health Foundation
Mexico

 

Obsidiana Ballroom

 






 

Onix Ballroom


13:30 - 15:30

Lunch

Open to registered participants

  Onix Ballroom

15:30 - 16:30
Plenary lecture
“Genomic selection of high economic value traits in tilapia and other commercial fish species"

Prof. Brendan J. McAndrew
Professor of Aquaculture Genetics
Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
United Kingdom

  Obsidiana Ballroom

16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break and commercial exhibition   Foyer Obsidiana Ballroom and Amatista Ballroom

17:00 - 18:00

Plenary lecture
“Genomics innovation for the cattle industry"

Dr. José Fernando Garcia
Leader researcher of cebuine genome project
Universidad Estatal de Sao Paulo (UNESP)
Araçatuba
Brazil

  Obsidiana Ballroom

18:00 - 19:00
Plenary lecture
“Genomics innovation to produce drought and heat tolerant crops for food and bioenergy markets"

Dr. Yafan Huang
President & Chief Scientific Officer
Performance Plants Inc.
Canada


  Obsidiana Ballroom

19:00
Closure   Obsidiana Ballroom

Program Subject to Changes

 


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