Plants for the Future

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Plants for the Future

• Torben Bo Toft Christensen
• Project and Development, Landbrugsraadet.

Annual Meeting Plant Biotech Denmark January 30,
2008 Copenhagen
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Who What How
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Background

• European Commission invites
• The European Platform is established
• The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and
  innovation invites
• New opportunities but also harder competion in FP
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Company evaluation of FP 6

• Upsite
• Network
• Knowledge
• Market
• Global perspective

• Downsite
• Lack of ressources (human, time, money)
• Bureaucratic
• Long term oriented

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Plants for the Future

• 2025
• a European vision
• for plant genomics and biotechnology

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The vision

• A competitive, independent and sustainable
  bio-based European economy that will address the
  specific needs and choices of European consumers
  not only in terms of agriculture and food, but
  through applications in a wide range of fields,
  including plant based pharmaceuticals, chemicals
  and energy.

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The European platform will

• Involve stakeholders researchers, policy-makers,
  environmental and consumer groups, industry and
  farmers.
• co-operate
• common action plans

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• to secure, sustain and develop
• food supply
• feed
• other renewable, bio-based products
• bioactive components
• Influence calls in FP7

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Example 3. call deadline 26/2 08

• Development of new tools and processes based upon
  genomic resources to support R D in crop plants
  for breeding
• To strengthen EUs position in the plant breeding
  sector

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Example 3. call deadline 26/2 08

• Plant natural products alternative sources for
  the synthesis of bioactive or industrial added
  value products
• To make the technology industrially exploitable

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Fremtidens Planter

• a Danish mirror platform
• Increase the Danish participation in European
  R D projects

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Who is our customers ?

• Researchers
• Companies

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What are our products?

• Opportunities
• Profiling competences
• Matchmaking
• Support
• Influence

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Road map
3. Call deadline
26/2 08
Spring 08
Topics for 4. call
Evaluation
Summer 08
Draft for 4. call
Contract nego.
Ideas for 5. call
Project kick off
Autumn 08
Publication of 4. call
Topics for 5. call
4. Call deadline
Draft for 5. call
Spring 09
Summer 09
Autumn 09
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How will we deliver?

• 3 call last minute support
• Contact points
• Dialogue
• Catalyze proposals for topics
• Company Profiles
• Matchmaking meetings
• Supply international contacts

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Contacts

• Projekt og Udviklingskonsulenterne i
  Landbrugsraadet. Mie Berggreen Høj og Torben Bo
  Toft Christensen
• Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Planteproduktion. Jon
  Birger Pedersen.
• Øresund Food Network. Maria Olufsdotter
• Udviklingscenter Årslev. John Henriksen og Thomas
  Echwald.
• Forskning og Innovation, LIFE, Københavns
  Universitet. Jan Andersen og Martin Pihl Jensen.
• Plant Biotech Denmark. Kåre Nielsen (Aalborg
  Universitet) og Anna Haldrup (LIFE Københavns
  Universitet).

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Torben Bo Toft Christensen Projektchef Landbrugsr
aadet Axelborg, Axeltorv 3 1609 København V Tlf.
33 39 42 59 Mobil 27 24 56 59 tbc_at_landbrug.dk