09:00-09:10 hs  Opening Ceremony
Lic. Monica Silenzi - International Relations National Directress

09:10-09:20 hs  Greetings from the ambassador of Japanese embassy
Emb. Hitohiro Ishida

09:20-09:45 hs  Presentation of the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology
Dr. Armando Bertranou - President of the Agency

09:45-10:10 hs  Introduction of Argentinean S&T policy
Dra. Ruth Ladenheim-Secretary of Planning and Science, Technology and Productive Innovation Policy

10:10-10:45 hs  Presentation of Japan Science and Technology Agency
(Including brief introduction of Japanese S&T policy)
Mr. Yuji Kato - Manager, Department of International Affairs, JST

10:45-10:50 hs  Presentation of the Argentinean delegation
Dr. Alejandro Mentaberry (head of the Argentinean delegation)

10:50-10:55 hs  Presentation of the Japanese delegation
Dr. Atsuhiko Shinmyo (head of the Japanese delegation)

10:55-11:10 hs  Coffee Break

11:10-11:35 hs  Application of metagenomic approaches to soil management and microbial gene prospection in Argentine soils.
Dr. Alejandro Mentaberry

11:35-12:00 hs  Plant Biotechnology, Key Technology in the 21^st Century
Dr. Atsuhiko Shinmyo (head of the Japanese delegation)

12:00-12:25 hs  Veterinary vaccines produced in plants: First report of a experimental vaccine against BVDV produced in transgenic plants that induce protection in cattle’s.
Dr. Andres Wigdorovitz

12:25-12:55 hs  Metabolomics approachies for Agro-Biotechnology
Dr. Daisuke Shibata

12:55-14:30 hs  Lunch

14:30-14:55 hs  Presentation of Dr. Roque Hours

14:55-15:20 hs  The Japanese Traditional Applied Microbiology may Contribute to the Argentine Dr. Osao Adachi

15:20-15:45 hs  Probiotic and technological characteristics of microorganisms isolated from the natural ecosystem of the Kefir grain
Dr. Graciela de Antoni

Biological and thechnological application of kefiran an EPS from kefir grains
Dr. Analia Abraham

15:45-15:55 hs  Coffee Break

15:55-16:20 hs  Potentials of Microorganisms for Functional Food Production and Probiotics
Dr. Jun Ogawa

16:20-16:45 hs  Recombinant vaccine reduces the excretion of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle and elicits high titres of bacteria-targeted antibodies in colostrum
Lic. Elsa Mercado

16:45-17:10 hs  Biofilm formation and effective production of menaquinone-7 (Vitamin K2) by Bacillus subtilis: Lost of the world in environmental bacteria.
Dr. Kenji Washio

09:30-09:55 hs  Technological aspects associated with the development of food with specific nutritional properties.
Dra. Noemí Zaritzky

09:55-10:20 hs  Omics-Based Science of Food and Nutrition in Japan
Dr. Hisanori Kato

10:20-10:45 hs  Bioactive peptides from vegetable proteins
Dra. María Cristina Añon

10:45-11:10 hs  Chemical Biology of Tea Catechins
Dr. Tsutomu Nakayama

11:10-11:25 hs  Coffee Break

11:25-11:40 hs  The INTI-Industrial Biotechnology Center
Dr. Alberto Diaz

11:40-12:05 hs  Structural Biology of Carbohydrate-Degrading Enzymes that Contribute to Biotechnology
Dr. Shinya Fushinobu

12:05-12:30 hs  Technologies for the production of Functional Foods, Healthy Foods, Foods for Special diets and their ingredients, from whole grains.
Lic. Maria Cristina López de Ogara and Lic. Marcela Alvarez

12:30-12:55 hs  Soybean as food material; Physiological and nutritional effect for human health and physicochemical properties in various foods.
Dr. Motohiko Hirotsuka

12:55-14:00 hs  Lunch

14:00-14:25 hs  Presentation of REDBIO
Dr. Alejandro Escandón

14:25-16:30 hs  Each group will elaborate a draft document with conclusions

09:00-09:30 hs  Presentation of the conclusions of the first sessions

09:30-10:00 hs  Presentation of the conclusions of the second sessions

10:00-10:30 hs  Presentation of the conclusions of the third sessions

10:30-11:00 hs  Coffee break

11:00-12:20 hs  Conclusions, recommendations and definition of futures activities

12:20-12:30 hs  Sign of the final document

09:30-14:30 hs  Visit to INTA-Castelar
http://www.inta.gov.ar

09:30-11:00 hs  Visit to CIDCA-La Plata
http://www.cidca.org.ar

11:30-12:30 hs  Visit to CINDEFI
http://www.cindefi.org.ar

13:30-14:30 hs  Visit to IBBM
http://www.ibbm.org.ar