Publications - United States Report on the Meeting to Review Progress of the US-EC Cooperation in Biobased Product Research

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The US-EC Biobased Products Steering Committee sponsored a meeting with European and U.S. specialists from industry, academia, and government on March 1-2, 2005, at the Head Quarters of the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the meeting was to:

• evaluate the Steering Committee's Strategy Paper of a new vision for US-EU collaboration in agricultural and industrial biotechnology;
• evaluate the two identified flagship research projects and identify new ones if relevant; and to
• determine the next steps towards implementation.

The discussions held during this meeting resulted in unanimous support to seek approval from the US-EC Biotechnology Taskforce for the strategic vision. This includes the two proposed flagships, with slight modification and refinement, along with an additional (third) flagship proposed by meeting participants.

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