Task Groups

• Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology
  Chairman: Prof. R. Braun, Worb, CH
  Secretary: Dr. D. Bennett, Delft, NL
  - Brief introduction
  - Homepage

• Task Group on Education and Mobility
  Chairman: Prof. Charles Bryce, Edinburgh, UK
  Secretary: Dr. David Bennett, Delft, NL
  - Brief introduction
  

• Task Group on Safety in Biotechnology
  Chairman: Dr. William Moens, Brussels, B
  Secretary: Dr. Harald Haymerle, Vienna, A
  - Brief introduction
  - Homepage

• Task Group on International Relations (TGIR)
  Chairman: Prof. Brian F. C. Clark, Aarhus, DK
  Secretary: Dr. David Bennett, Delft, NL
  - Brief introduction
  - Homepage

• Task Group on Innovation (TG INN)
  Chairman:Dr. Bowman J Heiden, Goteborg, S
  Secretary: Dr. David Bennett, Delft, NL
  - Brief introduction
  

• Task Group on European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES)
  Chairman: Prof. David McConnell, Dublin, Ireland
  Secretary: Dr. David Bennett, Delft, NL
  - Brief introduction
  - Homepage

The main activities of the Task Groups are:

• to promote international cooperation, in particular with China (EFBIC), South East Asia (ASEM Platform on Food Safety), 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 reports 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

For further information please contact the respective Task Group Chairman.

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