Save the date 20-22 April 2018
BioVisionAlexandria 2018
New Life Sciences: Towards SDGs
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BVA 2018 Program

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Friday,

20 April 2018

(Day 1)

08:00–10:30

Registration (available every day of the conference)

10:30–11:30

Opening Session

11:30–13:00

Group Photo and Break

13:00–13:30

Keynote Speeches (I)

13:30–14:30

Break

14:30–15:30

Keynote Speeches (II)

15:30–17:00

Plenary Session 1: The Inspiration and Prospects of Science Diplomacy in the EUROMED Region

Track 1: How Open Data Can Contribute to Achieving the UN SDGs

17:00–17:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

17:30–19:00

A-1: Towards Good Health and Well-Being

B-1: New Trends in Food and Agri-Biotech

C-1: Sustainable Development: Saving our Planet

Saturday,
21 April 2018

(Day 2)

08:30–09:00

Registration (available every day of the conference)

09:00–10:00

Keynote Speeches (III)

10:00–12:00

Roundtable on Higher Education

A-2: Drug Discovery, Metabolomics and New Innovation in Health

B-2: M.S. Swaminathan: Scientist and Humanitarian (Part I)

C-2: Water Prospects in the 21st Century

12:00–12:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

12:30–14:00

A-3: Fighting Cancer: From Lab to Practice

B-3: M. S. Swaminathan: Scientist and Humanitarian (Part II)

C-3: New Prospects of Environmental Genomics and Synthetic Biology

14:00–15:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

15:30–17:00

Plenary Session 2: Precision Medicine: New Tools…New Trends

Track 2: Sciences Academies: Supporting SDGs

17:00–17:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

17:30–19:30

Plenary Session 3: Fostering SDGs: Policies, Economics and Innovation

Track 3: Awakening Science with the BA Serageldin

Sunday,
22 April
2018

(Day 3)

08:30–09:00

Registration (available every day of the conference)

09:00–10:30

A-4: Genomics and Infectious Diseases

C-4: Sustainable Photovoltaic Solutions for Agriculture and the Role of Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus in Achieving the SDGs

Track 4: Bringing Science Home

10:30–11:00

Keynote Speeches (IV)

11:00–11:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

11:30–12:30 Keynote Speech (V)

12:30–14:00

Plenary Session 4 – Robotics and Bio-robotics in Life Sciences  (Part I)

14:00–15:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

15:30–17:00

Plenary Session 5 – Robotics and Bio-robotics in Life Sciences  (Part II)

17:00–17:30

Networking Break
(participants can visit the BioFair and Poster Session area)

17:30–18:30

Reporting Session

18:30–19:30

Closing Session