Task Groups
Apart from the Sections, the Task Groups are responsible for the Federation's main scientific activities. While Sections are devoted to a particular field of biotechnology, Task Groups cover topics of wide and interdisciplinary interest.
Membership of a Task Group is by invitation only - interested persons should contact the respective Task Group Chairman.
The main activities of the Task Groups are:
- to promote international cooperation with China (EFBIC), South East Asia, Eastern Europe and South America, with a particular interest for Europe's responsibilities towards developing countries (EAGLES)
- to initiate and/or organise specialised meetings and to be involved in the planning of the European Congresses on Biotechnology (ECB)
- to promote education and training
- to prepare position papers, reviews and expertises on topical issues
- to publish on new developments in science and on new application
- to collaborate as teams of experts with the European Commission in research funding
- to promote public understanding of biotechnology
- to stimulate innovation in biotechnology
More Information
Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology
- Chairman: Prof. Julian Kinderlerer, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Website
Task Group on European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES)
- Chairman: Prof. David McConnell, Dublin, Ireland
- Website
Task Group on Education and Mobility
- Chairman: Prof. Charlie Bryce, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Secretary: Christian Suojanen