> EFB holds its 2005 General Assembly in Copenhagen
EFB holds its 2005 General Assembly in Copenhagen
Denmark, August 22, 2005 - The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) held its 2005 General Assembly on Sunday 21st August, at the Technical University of Denmark, in Lyngby. The General Assembly, the first since the recent granting of legal status to the EFB, took place alongside the 12th European Congress on Biotechnology, also held at the Technical University of Denmark campus from the 21st to the 24th of August.
In addition to the normal business of the General Assembly such as reports from the EFB Sections and Task Groups, from the President ad interim, Treasurer and General Secretary, reports were heard on the establishment of the new EFB Central Office in Barcelona, current membership status and general challenges and progress to date.
One of the main goals during the General Assembly was to elect new representatives to the Executive Board, including 3 representatives each from Academia, Industry and EFB Regional Branch Offices. The new members of the Executive Board were elected from a pool of candidates nominated to the Central Office by Institutional Members of the EFB:
Newly elected members of the Executive Board from Academia
- Danilo Porro, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (re-elected)
- Mathias Uhlen, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, Sweden
- Tomasz Twardowski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Newly elected members of the Executive Board from Industry
- Werner Wolf, Techno Venture Management GmbH, Germany
- Peter Silley, Society for Applied Microbiology, United Kingdom
- Carmen Vela, INGENASA, Spain
Newly elected members of the Executive Board from RBOs
- Francesc Gòdia, SEBIOT, Spain
- Willi Meier, Dechema, Germany
- Kornel Kovacs, University of Szeged, Hungary
Contact Info:
EFB Central Office
Anna Alsina
Communications Coordinator
Pg. Lluis Companys 23
Barcelona, 08010, Spain
Tel: +34 93 268 77 03
Fax: +34 93 268 45 00
E-mail: anna@efb-central.org