| TIME | SESSION TITLE | DETAILS / SPEAKERS |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee | Lobby area - 3rd floor |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Opening Ceremony | Avetis TSATURYAN, Director, SPC “Armbiotechnology” NAS RA - Welcome speech & Introductions - Conference Hall, 3rd floor |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Welcome speech | Ashot Saghyan, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia |
| 10:20 – 10:25 | Welcome speech | Sargis Hayotsyan, Chairman of the RA MESCS Higher Education and Science Committee |
| 10:25 – 10:30 | Welcome speech | Rouben Harutyunyan, Academician Secretary of the Division of Natural Sciences, NAS RA |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Presentation of a DOCUMENTARY FILM dedicated to the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of the SPC “Armbiotechnology” NAS RA |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Commercial partners’ welcome speech | Arthur Karganyan, Founder, “BIONA” LLC, Russia Thomas Gottfried, “GECCO-Vivasan” LLC, Austria Anna Toplishvili, “GROWWELL” LLC, Georgia |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Presentation of the BOOK highlighting the Center's fundamental and applied research activities AWARD CEREMONY |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Coffee Break | Lobby area - 3rd floor |
| TIME | SESSION TITLE | DETAILS / SPEAKERS |
|---|---|---|
| 12:20 – 12:50 | Keynote Lecture | “Biology from the point of view of an inorganic crystal chemist” Prof. Artem OGANOV, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of VYZOV Prize, Russia |
| 12:50 – 13:20 | Keynote Lecture | “The role of lactic acid bacteria in the development of probiotic preparations” Prof. Svetla DANOVA, Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian AS, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 13:20 – 13:50 | Keynote Lecture | “Nanopore technology for massively parallel sequencing of metagenomes, complete bacterial genomes, and individual genes is already a reality in the biotechnology sector of the Republic of Armenia!” Dr. Artur HAMBARDZUMYAN, Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Keynote Lecture | “Molecular biosystems based on synthetic amino acids for potential biomedical applications” Prof. Giovanni ROVIELLO, Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, Napoli, Italy |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Lunch Break | Center’s Cafeteria - 3rd floor |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Keynote Lecture | “Bacterial cellulose: Production, study and prospects for application” Dr. Sona AVETISYAN, Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Keynote Lecture | “Immobilized biocatalysts for green chemistry: Studies on oxidases and hydrolases” Dr. Anamaria TODEA, Associate Professor, Polytechnical University Timisoara, Romania |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Keynote Lecture | “The Potential of Georgian Medicinal Plants as Alternative Therapeutics” Prof. Valentina MITTOVA, Scientific-Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Geomedi, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 16:10 – 16:40 | Keynote Lecture | “The multifaceted world of peptides” Dr. Alessandro GORI,, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “Giulio Natta”, CNR, Milan, Italy |
| 16:40-16:50 | Closing Ceremony Group Photo - The main entrance of the Center |
| 18:00 … | GALA DINNER |
Notes:
• Presenters are kindly requested to upload their slides at least 1 hour prior to their sessions.
• Wi-Fi credentials and emergency contact information will be available in the registration packet.