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High-level conference: Challenges and Opportunities for Marine Biotechnology in Europe, 11-12 March 2013, Brussels

European Marine Board in collaboration with the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) are organizing a high-level conference on marine biotechnology, entitled Challenges and Opportunities for Marine Biotechnology in Europe. The event, organized as a final Conference of the CSA MARINEBIOTECH project, will take place on 11-12 March 2012 at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in Brussels.

This international conference will bring together scientists, industry representatives, policy makers/advisors and other key stakeholders involved or interested in marine biotechnology research in Europe to discuss policy, scientific and industry perspectives relevant to various geographic scales (pan-European, macro-regional, national, sub-national regional) and inform future policy and coordination efforts. Conference sessions will address among others: (i) research collaboration challenges and opportunities, (ii) science policy and coordination: progress and remaining issues, and (iii) industry-academic collaborations: lessons learned for the future.

More information about the conference and registration: www.marinebiotech.eu/conference. Registration deadline is 1 March 2013.

This conference is organised by the European Marine Board and Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) for th EU FP7 CSA MARINEBIOTECH project.