Final Programme
Wednesday October 7
SCANBALT ACADEMY SESSION
Auditorium Kalmarsund
13.00-16.15 Session: Ecology of the Baltic Sea
Chairperson: Kaare Norum, Chairman ScanBalt Academy, Oslo, Norway
13.00-13.15 Opening ceremony
Agneta Bladh, Vice Chancellor, University of Kalmar
Per Larsson, Dean Faculty of Natural Science, University of Kalmar
13.15-14.00 Niels Christian Stenseth
Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Modeling the ecological dynamics of the Baltic marine system using long-term survey data
14.00-14.45 Erik Bonsdorff
Environmental and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Ecological threats and challenges for the Baltic Sea - where science meets policy and governance
14.45-15.15 Coffee/tea break
15.15-16.00 Marina Orlova
Zoological institute of Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
Environmental problems in the Eastern Gulf of Finland: solutions and possible approaches
16.00-16.15 General discussion
16.15-18.00 ScanBalt ExCo Meeting and ScanBalt General Assembly
19.00-22.00 Welcome dinner (included in registration fee)
Thursday October 8, 2009
SCANBALT FORUM
Auditorium Kalmarsund
Restoration of the Baltic Sea; Limitations and possibilities
09.00-12.00 Session 1: Environmental conditions and management plans in the Baltic Sea region
Chairperson: Hans-Robert Metelmann, Chairman, ScanBalt Bioregion
09.00-09.15 Opening ceremony
Anders Alm, Ministry of the Environment
Anne-Li Fiskesjö, Deputy Governor, Administrative Board of Kalmar County
Leif Larsson, Chairman, Regional Council of Kalmar County
Johan Persson, Mayor, City of Kalmar
Agneta Bladh, Vice Chancellor, University of Kalmar
09.15-09.45Anders Alm, Ministry of the Environment, Swedish Government Offices, Stockholm, Sweden
The Baltic Sea - A Priority for Sweden
09.45-10.30 Sif Johansson
BU-9 03/124, Marine Unit, DG Environment, European Commission, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Ecological status of the Baltic Sea and the role of the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea region
10.30-11.00 Coffee/Tea and Press conference
11.00-11.30Hanna Paulomäki
Helsinki Commission, Helsinki, Finland
The Baltic Sea Action Plan
11.30.12.00 Sten Bergström
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Climate change impacts on the Baltic Sea
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.20 Session 2: Restoration of physical attributes in river and the coastal zone
Chairperson: Sif Johansson, DG Environment, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
13.00-13.30Per Larsson
University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden
Restoration of wetlands for pike reproduction
13.30-14.00 Andris Urtans
Biosphere Reserve North Vidzeme, Salacgriva, Latvia
River recultivation and its multishaped influence on the environment and society: experience from the salmonid River Salaca and River Jaunupe, Latvia
14.00-14.20 Britta Küper
Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein, Molfsee, Germany
BaltCoast: Actions on Baltic Sea Coastal Habitats
14.20-14.40 Claus Stenberg
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
BlueReef - Rebuilding of Marine Cavernous Boulder Reefs in Kattegat
14.40-15.10 Coffee/Tea
15.10-16.40 Session 3: Reintroduction of plants and animals
Chairperson: Per Larsson, University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden
15.10-15.40 Michal Skóra
Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn Poland
Restoration of the sturgeon population in Polish waters
15.40-16.10 Lena Kautsky
Plant Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Restoring Fucus and submerged macrophyte communities in shallow areas of the Baltic Sea. – What are the possibilities and problems that have to be addressed?
16.10-16.40 Bo Lindholm & Anna Thore
City of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden
Coastal municipalities, university, farmers and non-profit organisations in Southeast Sweden collaborating for improved water quality
BIOMATERIALS DAYS
Room Långe Jan
10.30-10.50 Coffee/Tea
10.50-12.20 Session 1: Plenary session
Chairperson: Ian Nicholls, University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden
10.50-11.00 Opening
11.00-11.40 John D. Lambris
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , USA
System biology approaches to biomaterial induced inflammation
11.40-12.20 Jöns Hilborn
Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden Osteogenesis using injectable gels
12.20-13.00 Lunch
13.00-16.40 Session 2: Biomaterial research in the Baltic Sea Region
Chairperson: Heimo Ylänen, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
13.00-13.10 Chairperson´s introduction
13.10-13.35 Leena Hupa
Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Properties and composition of bioactive glasses – recent research activities
13.35-14.00 Jari Hyttinen
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
From biomaterials, electronics and modeling to intelligent tailor made spare parts – activites at TUT/BME
14.00-14.25 Reeta Huhtinen
Department of Biomaterials Science, Institute of Dentistry and BioCity Turku Biomaterials Research Program, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
BioCity Turku Biomaterials Research Program
14.25-14.50 Hans Elwing
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Göteborgs University, Göteborg, Sweden
Tissue-stimulated production of endogenic antimicrobial peptides, a new possibility to reduce biomaterial related infections
14.50-15.20 Coffee/Tea
15.20-15.40 Mika Pelto, Minna Kellomäki
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Quality system in biomaterials research laboratory
15.40-15.55 Timothy Wilson
Departments of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Nanopatterned cell contacting surfaces
15.55-16.10 Susanne Fagerlund, Leena Hupa, Mikko Hupa
Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Reactions of bioactive glasses in buffered solutions
16.10-16.25 Tiiu Niemelä, Minna Kellomäki
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
Osteoconductive bioabsorbable composites
16.25-16.40 Baran Aydogan, Markus Hannula, Niko Moritz, Erkki Levänen, Jari Hyttinen, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Pore-size distribution estimation using multiple resolution μ-CT image sets
BRIDGE-BSR
Room Kalmarflundran
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-15.00 Bridge-BSR Member Meeting
16.40-18.15 Workshop I, Bridge-BSR
New ways of Bridging SMEs and Academia In ScanBalt BioRegion
Chairperson: Bo Samuelsson, Västra Götalandsregionen, Göteborg, Sweden
FOR ALL
16.40-18.15 Poster session
19.00-23.00 Congress dinner at Kalmar Castle (included in registration fee)
Friday October 9, 2009
SCANBALT FORUM
Auditorium Kalmarsund
08.30-10.40 Session 4: Marine environmental engineering
Chairperson: Björne Olsson, Marine Environment Unit, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
08.30-08.55 Heikki Pitkänen, Marine Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Testing possibilities to counteract hypoxia and sediment release of phosphorus by pumping oxygenation in coastal Baltic Sea scales
08.55-09.20 Daniel Conley, GeoBiosphere Centre, Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: Is engineering the solution?
09.20-09.45 Sven Blomkvist, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
How to enhance long-term removal of phosphorus by bottom sediments in the Baltic Sea
09.45-10.10 Magnus Appelberg, Swedish Board of Fisheries, Department of Research and Development, Institute of Coastal Research, Öregrund, Sweden
Planktivore management - linking food web dynamics to fisheries in the Baltic Sea (PLAN FISH)
10.10-10.35 Odd Lindahl, Kristineberg, Marine Research Station, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Mussel farming – Open landscape feeding in the sea
10.35-11.00 Coffee/Tea
11.00-12.00 Panel discussion
Moderator: Olof Johansson, Stockholm, Sweden
Sif Johansson, Marine Unit, DG Environment, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Björne Olsson, Marine Environment Unit, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Conley, GeoBiosphere Centre, Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Andris Urtans, Biosphere Reserve North Vidzeme, Salacgriva, Latvia
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 Workshop
Moderators Lena Tjärvar and Charlotta Filling, Baltic Sea Unit, Sida, Visby, Sweden
14.00-14.30 Coffee/Tea
14.30-18.00 Excursion to Hagby Harbour
BIOMATERIALS DAYS
Room Långe Jan
09.00-12.05 Session 3: Biomaterial research in Sweden/Norway
Chairperson: Kristina Nilsson-Ekdahl, School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden
09.00-09.10 Chairperson´s introduction
09.10-09.35 Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden
The enigma of hemocompatibility: Principle and applied strategies
09.35-10.00 Tom Eirik Mollnes
Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Complement and innate immunity: danger signaling by exogenous ligands
10.00-10.25 Bo Nilsson
Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden
Transplantation of insulin producing cells
10.25-10.45 Coffee/Tea
11.05-11.20 Anna Engberg, Jenny P. Rosengren-Holmberg, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl, Ian A. Nicholls
School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden
Synthesis of New Polymers and Evaluation of their Hemocompatibility
11.20-11.35 Per Nilsson, Anna Engberg, Jennie Bäck, Lars Faxälv, Thomas Lindahl, Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden
Immobilization of apyrase enables platelet regulation on a biomaterial surface
11.35-11.50 Jonas Leijon,
Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
A novel flexible heparin surface improves endothelialization of gelatin scaffolds without addition of exogenous growth factors.
11.50-12.05 Ian Nicholls, Björn C.G. Karlsson, Håkan S. Andersson, Kerstin Golker, Henning Henschel, Gustaf Olsson, John O'Mahony, Kristina Nilsson-Ekdahl, Kanita Orozovic, Annika M. Rosengren, Jenny Rosengren-Holmberg, Siamak Shoravi, Jesper G. Wiklander, Susanne Wikman
School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden
Biomimetic Polymer Design
12.05-13.00 Lunch
MEETING
Room Kalmarflundran
09.00-10.15 Regions of Knowledge planning meeting
10.15-10.45 Coffee/Tea
10.45-12.00 Regions of Knowledge planning meeting continuation
12.00-13.00 Lunch
BRIDGE-BSR FP7 SESSION
Room Långe Jan
13.15-14.00 Heinrich CuypersBioCon Valley® GmbH, Greifswald, Germany
Industrial Biotechnology is a Driving Force for Entrepreneurship
14.00-15.00 Workshop II, Bridge-BSR
Chairperson: Stephan Hundermark, Steinbeis Transfer Institue Intellectual Property Management, Rostock, Germany
Commercialization of results – How to create value in Life Sciences
15.00-15.30 Coffee/Tea
15.30-16.30 Workshop II, Bridge-BSR
Continuation
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