Draft:European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association

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The European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association (EBTNA) is a biotechnology association that has been presenting both academic and industrial projects since 1996. Biotechnology is an innovative science that spans many different sectors such as biology, agriculture, veterinary medicine, medicine and bioengineering, and is related to many industrial activities. Therefore, biotechnology can bring many benefits to humankind. However, ethical issues need to be taken into account as well as public education to make the public aware of the positive and negative aspects of biotechnology. The European Biotechnology Association organizes many international events that serve this purpose.

The association carries out its activities in 47 countries, from Europe to the Near East, from Pacific Asia to Latin-America, through a coordinator system. First of all, the aim of EBTNA is to show that biotechnology is an interdisciplinary branch of science by combining life, nature and health sciences, which are the starting point of biotechnology, with technology; to prepare projects together by bringing together both scientific and academic studies and industry; to strive to contribute to this field by training experts in the field of biotechnology with undergraduate and graduate programs.

Objectives of the Association

a. Implement, advise or manage programs to assess knowledge and skills in the sciences with an emphasis on biotechnology

b. Undertake programs related to education and training, especially those with innovative approaches

c. To take part as a consultant or evaluator in programs related to Education and Training

d. Provide a certificate of achievement when assessments are carried out under appropriate conditions

e. Cooperation with other associations and professional organizations

f. Taking biotechnology education beyond borders

The members of the association have the opportunity to collaborate with biotechnology groups and different disciplines worldwide through the Thematic Network project. It intends to create a network of universities for students to analyze and discuss. Many scientific networks have also been created for the human sciences.

Events

With the meetings they organize every year, they bring together academics and industry in the field of biotechnology and pave the way for new horizons for those who want to work in this field. EBTNA, which tries to be a pioneer in every subject, first organized the European Biotechnology Congress[1] in Istanbul in 2011 under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and Tübitak, with the participation of approximately 1000 people. Eurobiotech2012 Agricultural Symposium was organized in Kayseri with the participation of many academicians from Europe and Turkey, and Biotechnology days were organized in Valencia/Spain in the following months. The events organized in the following years are as follows;

European Biotechnology Congress 2011 Istanbul, Türkiye

European Biotechnology Congress 2012 Kayseri, Türkiye

European Biotechnology Congress 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia

European Biotechnology Congress 2014 Lecce, Italy

European Biotechnology Congress 2015 Bucharest, Romania

European Biotechnology Congress 2016 Riga, Latvia

European Biotechnology Congress 2017 Dubrovnik, Croatia

European Biotechnology Congress 2018 Athens, Greece

European Biotechnology Congress 2019 Valencia, Spain

European Biotechnology Congress 2020 Prague, Czech Republic

European Biotechnology Congress 2021 Virtual

European Biotechnology Congress 2022 Prague, Czech Republic

European Biotechnology Congress 2023 Ljubljana, Slovenia

European Biotechnology Congress 2024 Istanbul, Türkiye

The European Biotechnology Congress will be held in Tirana, Albania on 11-13 September 2025.

Executive Committee of EBTNA

The association, headquartered at Piazza University/Italy, was founded in 1996 by Prof. Mariapia Viola Magni. Prof. Mariapia Viola Magni and later Prof. Fabrizio Bruschi have been the presidents of the Association until today. The Board of Directors is composed as follows.

EBTNA Executive Committe Members 2023-2025

President of EBTNA: Munis Dundar

Member: Dana Tapoloaga

Member: Oscar Vicente

Member: Donald Martin

Member: Tommasso Beccari

Member: Martin Koller

Member: Anargyros Moulas

Member: Ariola Bacu

Member: Michel Salzet

Member: Matteo Bertelli

Member: Ratnesh Lal

Member: Qun Sun

Member: Robert Marks

Member: Luis Izquerdio Lopez

Member: Iza Redecka

Member: Gary Henehan

Member: Satya Prakash

Reference

Bruschi, Bruschi (September 2011). “Biotechnology worldwide and the 'European Biotechnology Thematic Network' Association (EBTNA)”. Current opinion in biotechnology. Vol 22 Suppl 1. pp. S7-14. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2011.05.506. PMID 21680172. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Accessed January 12, 2016.

https://ebtna.org/

External links

• The association's website was archived at the Wayback Machine on 14 May 2017.

Category:1996 establishments in Europe Category:Biotechnology organizations Category:Science Category:International Category:Biotechnology