PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
11:00 REGISTRATION AND LUNCH
12.30 Opening words
12.45 Student council introduction (Erkki Raulo, FinBioNet coordinator)
SESSSION I: NEW FIELDS OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
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13.00 Jill Jönsson, Communication manager of CASCADE Network, Stockholm, Sweden: Chemicals in food - how do they affect you?
  Marina Heinonen, Professor in Food Chemistry, University of Helsinki: Functional foods
  Anu Hopia, Professor in Food Development/EPANET, University of Turku: Molecular gastronomy
15.00 POSTERS
SESSION II: WOMEN IN SCIENCE
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16.00 Alejandra Bravo, Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma in Mexico, in the Department of Molecular Microbiology, The laureate for 2010 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for women in science: Bioinsecticides compatibles with the environment
  Carmen Vela, Managing Director of INGENASA, Spain: How to combine family and academic career
17.30 BREAK AND CHECK-IN TO THE HOTEL
19.30 Get-together dinner party at Puikkari Night Club, entertaiment by Lonestar Band
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
9.00 BREAKFAST
SESSION III: SCIENCE IN NEWS
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9.30 Raili Leino, Finnish National Representative in European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA): Communication between international scientific community and society
  Chris Freeman, Dept of aquatic biogeochemistry, Bangor university, UK: Climate change, enzymes and peat bogs
  Kevin V. Morris, Assistant Professor in The Scripps Research Institute, USA: Thinking outside the box; hurdles in introducing new ideas
11.30 POSTERS
12.30 LUNCH
SESSION IV: BIOBUSINESS
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13.30 Karina Fog, Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark: Synergies and challenges in collaborations between academia and the pharmaceutical industry
  Niklas von Weymarn, VTT: Industrial Biotech (White Biotech)
14.50 BREAK AND REFRESMENTS
SESSION V: ART & SCIENCE
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15.10 Jerry Sedgewick, University of Minnesota, USA: When small errors become big: common mistakes in the world of digital imaging
  Frances Balkwill, Centre Lead of Centre for Cancer & Inflammation, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary University of London, UK: Cells are Us – engaging children with biomedical science
  ANNOUNCING WINNERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
17.00

Concluding remarks