Preliminary Conference Timetable

Sunday, December 25, 2011

08:30 - 09:15	Registration, coffee,    poster mounting and exhibition
09:15 - 10:30	OPENING PLENARY SESSION
	Greetings
	Plenary Lectures:
09:30 - 10:00	Yuval Shoham, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion
10:00 - 10:30	Smadar Cohen, Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
11:00 - 12:30	Session A    Biosensors	Session B    Pharmaceuticals and     Bioprocessing Sponsored by Medent Ltd.	Session C   Functional Biomaterials
	Chairs:     Ester Segal,    Technion    Robert Marks,    Ben-Gurion University	Chairs:     Ayelet Fishman,    Technion    Yoseph Shaaltiel,        Protalix Biotherapeutics	Chairs:     Dganit Danino,     Technion    Levi Gheber,    Ben-Gurion University
12:30 - 13:30	Posters and Exhibition
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch and Exhibition
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
14:00 - 15:20	Session D   Medical Biotechnology	Session E   Regenerative Medicine	Session F   Environment and Energy
	Chairs:   Assaf Friedler,    Hebrew University   Ronit Satchi-Fainaro,    Tel-Aviv University	Chairs:   Marcelle Machluf,    Technion   Rosa Azhari,    ORT Braude College	Chairs:    Ariel Kushmaro,    Ben-Gurion University   Ed Bayer,   Weizmann Institute
15:20 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 17:00	CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
15:30 - 16:00	Plenary Lecture
	Chair: Shosh Arad, Ben-Gurion University   Israel Makov, Chairman of Given Imaging and of BIOLIGHT Life Sciences Investments
16:00 - 16:10	Presentation of "Best Poster" Awards
16:10 - 16:30	Lecture and Demonstration: Molecular Gastronomy
	Serjio Broido, Texturot - Innovative Gastronomy
16:30 - 17:00	Tasting of molecular beveregaes    The lecture and beverages are Sponsored by Bargal Analital Instruments Ltd.