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Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach

IPBO builds awareness and capacity through knowledge transfer in enabling technologies and promotion of innovative research for low and middle income countries.

Marc Van Montagu is this year's recipient of the prestigious World Food Prize!

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King Albert II visits VIB King Albert II visits VIB Ghent Belgium On Wednesday 12 June, King Albert II visited VIB. This special day recognizes the hard work of the more than 1,300 collaborators of Vlaams Instituut Biotechnologie (VIB) and the work that VIB has achieved. Take a look at the VIB Facebook Page to see the pictures!	Science-Industry Match-Making Workshop linking Latin American and the Caribbean with Europe A delegation of key actors involved in agricultural and bioeconomy development in Latin American and the Caribbean met with European counterparts in a Match-Making Event, in Antwerp, Belgium on June 3-7, 2013. Abstracts available.	The International Industrial Biotechnology Network On November 13, 2013 an IIBN Networking Conference will follow the symposium ‘Achievements of 30 years agrobiotechnology’ organized by the VIB. Case studies illustrating the value of biotechnology contributing to food security and bio-resource conservation will be presented. Institutions, businesses and development partners interested in joining IIBN or the Networking Conference should contact the IIBN Program Manager Prof. Ivan Ingelbrecht.
Olomouc Biotech 2013 Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good II 17-21 June 2013 International conference in Olomouc, Czech Republic Keynote speaker: Marc Van Montagu For more information please click here.	Postgraduate Certificate in Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology by Distance Learning Registration for the academic year 2013-2014 is now open! More information Application deadline: 31st of August 2013.	SFIC Workshop: ‘Approaching Brazil’ A strategic workshop on Brazil-Europe cooperation was held in Brussels on June 17, 2013 byBELSPO. This workshop gathered European experts involved in Brazil cooperation and covered both R&I cooperation efforts with Brazil and EU-Brazil research mobility programs. Prof. Ivan Ingelbrecht presented IPBO’s initiatives with regard to Brazil cooperation in a presentation Approaches Towards S&T Cooperation with Brazil for a Bio-Based Economy.
	The Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network (FURARN) releases DTREEv2, a decision-support software tool for the identification of hazards related to the release of GM plants into the environment. More information here.
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