Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of June, 2011
Utrecht, the Netherlands
| Wednesday June 15 | |
| 19.00-20.30 | Welcome reception in Hotel Restaurant Informal gathering over drinks and Dutch snacks |
| Thursday June 16 | |
| 08.30-09.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09.30-09.40 | Opening ECCO XXX and Welcome – Daina Eze (President of ECCO), Pedro Crous (Director of CBS-KNAW) |
| 09.40-11.00 | Session 1: Phylogeny and taxonomy of microorganisms Chair: Pedro W. Crous |
| 11.00-12.20 | Session 2: The Role of BRCs in developing new and existing information resources Chair: Joost Stalpers & Vincent Robert |
| 12.20-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-15.00 | Session 3: Implementation of the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources: a pending subject Chair: Esperanza Garay & Hans-Peter Klenk |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee and Poster Viewing |
| 15.30-17.00 | Session 4: Progress in Collection Networking initiatives Chair: David Smith |
| 17.30-22.00 | Visit to the CBS – tour and dinner |
| Friday June 17 | |
| 09.00-10.30 | Session 5: BRC´s liaising with private and governmental partners to strengthen food security, health care and the biobased-economy Chair: Daina Eze and Dagmar Fritze |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee and poster viewing |
| 11.00-12.30 | Session 6: new methods for strain identification and validation Chair: Nelson Lima & Gerard Verkley |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.30 | ECCO Annual General Meeting |
| 16.00-18.30 | Utrecht City tour (not included in registration fee) |
| 18.30-20.00 | Dinner Buffet (organized with GBRCN) |
We are looking forward to meeting you in Utrecht!