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Dr Christian Patermann

patermann 009 minimiert cropped 80pxl Christian Patermann was born in Gliwice, Upper Silesia, in 1942. Following his High School years, he studied Law, Economics and Languages in Germany (Freiburg, Munich, Bonn), Switzerland (Lausanne, Geneva) and Spain (Santander) and completed his Doctoral Thesis in Law at the University of Bonn in 1969.

He entered the German public service in 1971 by joining the Federal Ministry of Science and Education, Bonn. From 1974-1978 he became Science Counsellor at the German Embassy in Washington D.C., USA. He then returned to the Ministry of Research and Technology where he held many positions in Germany and International Organisations, like ESA, ESO, EMBL. In 1988 he became Director of Cabinet of the German Federal Minister of Research and Technology, Dr. H. Riesenhuber. This comprised also the position of the spokesperson of the Ministry. In 1993 he was appointed Deputy Director General of the Ministry.

In 1996 he went to Brussels to become the Programme Director for "Environment" Research at the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission at Brussels.

Since January 2004 he was Programme Director for "Biotechnology, Agriculture & Food" Research at the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission, which from 2007 also comprised Aquaculture and Fisheries as well as Forestry. During these years he was responsible for the elaboration of the new concept of the Knowledge Based Bioeconomy ( KBBE ), which today is known as biobased Economy or more simply Bioeconomy in Europe.

In August 2007 Christian Patermann retired. He now lives in Bonn and advises public and private institutions and companies, among them the largest German Land NorthRhine-Westphalia , the Fraunhofer Society, the Swiss Agricultural Research Council etc. Since beginning of 2009 he has been appointed member of the first Research and Technology Council " BioEconomy " of the Federal German Government. The University of Bonn awarded Christian Patermann in November 2011 an honorary doctor's degree because of his merits to promote European Agricultural Research .In April 2012 Christian Patermann was appointed member in the Georgofili Academy in Florence, the oldest Science Academy in the area of agrosciences in the world. In 2018 he was appointed Fellow of the International Society of Horticultural Societies in Louvain, the largest international Assembly in Horticulture worldwide.

2018 ICA Rectors and Deans Forum programme

High Tech to Feed the World Sustainably: Innovation from Spade to Fork

Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 October 2018

was held at Wageningen University and Research

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Programme

Wednesday 24 October at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg

16.30	Coffee for those attending the ICA General Assembly
17.00	ICA General Assembly
19.30	GA Closure
20.00	ICA Forum Reception and Walking Dinner

Thursday 25 October at the Wageningen University Campus

Session 1: The potential and challenges of high tech in agriculture and the food value chain

8.50	Welcome Marek S Szyndel, President of ICA and Warsaw University of Life Sciences Arthur Mol, Rector Magnificus, Wageningen University and Research
	Chair: Antanas Maziliauskas, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), LT
9.10	Keynote 1: Big data opportunities for food and agriculture: research and education challenges Kevin McDonnell, University College Dublin, IE
9.45	Keynote 2: Precision Farming: advances in high tech, data-driven agriculture at field, farm and regional level Corne Kempenaar, Senior Scientist Agrosystems Research, Wageningen University and Research, NL
10.20	Coffee
10.45	Keynote 3: High Tech in the Food Value Chain – non-invasive sensing of food quality in manufacturing, distribution and retail Wouter Saeys, Department of Biosystems, MeBioS-Biophotonics, KULeuven, BE
11.20	Keynote 4: High Tech in the Food Value Chain - digitisation in industrial food processing and packaging Marc Mauermann, Deputy Director Division Processing Technology Dresden, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, DE
12.00	Lunch
12.30	Visit to Wageningen University's High Tech Greenhouses Research Facilities with short presentations of ongoing research - more details

Session 2: Issues in the responsible use new technology and big data, for consideration by universities in responding to their mission in education, research and management

	Chair: Richard Visser, Wageningen University and Research, NL
14.00	Keynote 5: Key challenges in the management of Big Data – for the institution and the indivdual Barteld Braaksma, Innovation Manager, Statistics Netherlands, NL
14.30	Keynote 6: Ethical issues relating to the application of Big Data Andreas Jedlitschka, Head of Department Data Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), DE (TBC)
15.00	Keynote 7: Legal issues relating to the use of high tech – as exemplified by novel plant breeding technologies Petra Jorasch, Manager Plant Breeding and Innovation Advocacy, European Seed Association, BE
15.30	Coffee
16.00	Short interventions
16.30	Roundtable Discussion session
17.30	Report back
18.00	Closure
20.00	ICA Forum Dinner - celebrating 30 years of the Association Speech: Dr Christian Patermann, International Bioeconomy Adviser

Friday 26 October at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg

Session 3: The Strategic and Policy role of Life Science Universities in applying High Tech to address the challenge of achieving global food and nutrition security in a sustainable world

	Chair: Marek S Szyndel, President of ICA & Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL
9.00	Keynote 8: Strategic Industry 4.0 – agriculture/forestry 4.0 – university 4.0? Strategic policy at BOKU to address digitisation Martin Gerzabek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AT
9.30	Keynote 9: CASE IH Agriculture 4.0 Vik Vandecaveye, Precision Solutions & Telematics division, Case IH Agricultural Business
10.00	Keynote 10: Objectives and considerations of (Big) data science education in Life Sciences domain Lukasz Grus, Wageningen Data Competence Centre, Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing Wageningen University and Research, NL
10.30	Coffee
11.00	Roundtable Discussion session
12.00	Report Back
12.30	Closure
13.00	Lunch

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ICA-Edu Colloquium 2019 Progarmme

Let the entrepreneurial genie out of the bottle!

how will we stimulate the nascent entrepreneurial skills of our students?

Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 May 2019
was held at Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium

Tuesday 14 May 19.30 Welcome reception at the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Janseniusstraat 1, Leuven, Belgium

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The Colloquium is structured around three sessions. In each session there will be keynote presentation(s), selected interventions by the Colloquium delegates and followed by roundtable discussion and report back to the whole Colloquium.

Overview of the Programme:

Tuesday 14 May 19.30	Welcome reception at the Leuven Institute
Wednesday 15 May 9.00	Welcome to the 5th ICA-Edu Colloquium 2019 Barbara Hinterstoisser, Chair ICA-Edu and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Let the entrepreneurial genie out of the bottle? Thomas Lans, Education and Learning Sciences, Wageningen University
Session 1	What entrepreneurial learning outcomes do I want to achieve?
Keynote - 9.15	EntreComp: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework. Elin McCallum, Bantani Education, Tervuren, BE
Keynote - 9.45	Developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem for learning: leadership, culture, inclusion and external engagement David Rae, Director, Enterprise Educators UK, De Montfort University, UK
10.30	Coffee
11.00	Short Interventions Presentations by delegates (5 mins each) What do we see as our challenge in stimulating nascent entrepreneurial skills? Václav Švec, Czech University of Life Sciences, CZ How to connect graduates to new labour market needs? Branka Sakic Bobic, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, HR Business Management Case Studies Yiorgos Gadanakis, University of Reading, UK
11.30	Delegate Roundtable discussions
12.30	Report Back
13.00	Lunch
Session 2	What are cutting edge entrepreneurial learning activities and how do I assess them?
Keynote -13.45	Making an Entrepreneurial Difference: new approaches to entrepreneurial learning and assessment in Life Sciences Education Thomas Lans, Education and Learning Sciences, Wageningen University, NL
Keynote -14.15	Integrating the curricular and extracurricular – what is there to be gained? Carsten Nico Hjortsø, Entrepreneurship and Management Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) University of Copenhagen, DK
14.45	Short Interventions Presentations by delegates (5 mins each) Entrepreneurial Uncertainty and Design Thinking – A board game experience Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit, Aarhus University, DK The Food Culture Challenge Edward Collins, University of Reading, UK Rapid Prototyping: boundary crossing in an entrepreneurial setting Lisa Ploum, Wageningen University & Research, NL
15.15	Coffee
15.45	Delegate Roundtable discussions
17.00	Report Back
19.30	Reception aperitif offered by Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven Colloquium dinner
Thursday 16 May 8.30
Session 3	Supporting academic staff incorporate entrepreneurship education in their teaching and their students learning - university-wide challenge
Keynote	Entrepreneurial skills in life science, the importance of the learning trajectory Mia Eeckhout, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, BE
Keynote	Teaching value-creation: how to empower students to change the world? Yvette Baggen, University of Utrecht, NL
Keynote	The IFSTAL Project (Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning) - a model for entrepreneurship training? John Ingram, University of Oxford, UK
Keynote	ERASMUS + INTRINSIC Project: Innovative Education for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Andreas Zitek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), AT
10.30	Coffee
11.00	Short Interventions Presentations by delegates (5 mins each) Embedded entrepreneurship education model Franziska Eller, Aarhus University, DK Convince and support academic staff to incorporate entrepreneurship education in their teaching Teodor Trasca, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Wagenigen Academy: todays knowledge, tomorrows business Geurt Heimensen, Wageningen University and Research, NL Embedded entrepreneurship education model Demetres Briassoulis, Agricultural University of Athens, GR sus+: innovative education towards sustainable food systems Ewa Rembialkowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL
11.30	Delegate Roundtable discussions
12.30	Report Back
13.00	Closure
	Lunch

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2017 ICA Forum Programme & Presentations

Life Science Universities Deliver Impact
in Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2017
to be held at Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

OUTCOME - WHITE PAPER

Following the keynote presentations, panel comments and the roundtable discussions the Forum identified the most important challenges for life science universities in responding to the global drivers for change exemplified by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

This Summary of the discussions was prepared by Alex Evans, Dean and Head of School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin on behalf of the ICA Board.

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW & THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday 18 October

	Registration and Welcome Coffee and Tea
17.00	ICA General Assembly
19.30	Reception

Thursday 19 October

9.00	Welcome Marek Szyndel, President of ICA & Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL
9.15	Session 1: How should Life Science Universities address the challenge of the SDGs to support the provision of a healthy diet with enough food for everyone – the social, economic and environmental imperatives?
	Keynote: The Agenda 2030 – claims, challenges and imperatives Georg Gratzer, Professor, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, (AT)
	Keynote: Sustainable Intensification: a great idea, what's stopping it? Allan Buckwell, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) Brussels and London, and Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London (UK)
	Panel Discussion
	Philippe Baret, Dean Faculty of Bioscience Engineering ,Université Catholique de Louvain, BE
	Alex Evans, ICA Vice President & Dean of Agricultural Science & Head of UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, IE
	Michal Lostak, Vice Rector, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ
	Isabel Odriozola, Professor, University of Lleida, ES
	Roundtable Discussions and Report Back
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Session 2: What is the impact of the SDGs on the Life Science Universities' education programmes – reflection to meet the expectations of national, international students, and life long learners?
	Keynote: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals Aaron Benavot, Professor Global Education Policy, Dept. of Educational Policy and Leadership, University at Albany-State University of New York (US) and former Director, Global Education Monitoring Reports (GEM), UNESCO, Paris (FR)
	Keynote: Engendering sustainable values in our graduates Peter Högberg, Vice-Chancellor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala (SE)
	Panel Discussion will include
	Emmanuel Hanert, Vice-Dean Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Université Catholique de Louvain, BE
	Barbara Hinterstoisser, Vice Rector for Teaching and International Affairs, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AT
	Karen Keaveney, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, IE
	Frank Nevens, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, BE
	IAAS Representative tbc
	Roundtable Discussions and Report Back
20.00	Forum Dinner

Friday 20 October

9.00	Session 3: How should Life Science Universities provide leadership in the delivery of the SDGs through the governance of the university and engagement in policy development at national, regional and global levels?
	Keynote: The civic university: combining global, regional and local responsibilities' John Goddard, Emeritus Professor & Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor and President, Centre for Urban & Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University (UK)
	Keynote: Strategic action to develop a sustainable university – Case Study Wageningen University and Research Joris Fortuin, Deputy Director Facilities and Services, Wageningen University and Research (NL)
	Panel Discussion
	Frederic Francis, Dean, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, BE
	Josef Glößl, Vice Rector for Research and International Research Cooperation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AT
	Zoran Grgić, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, HR
	Kurt Nielsen, Vice-Dean for Knowledge Exchange, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, DK
	Roundtable Discussions and Report Back
12.30	Closure
13.00	Lunch & Depart

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