7th International Conference on Marine Bioprospecting BIOPROSP_15, 18-20th February 2015 Tromsø, Norway

Bioprosp is one of Europe's top conferences in marine bioprospecting.

BIOPROSP_15 Conference objectives
BIOPROSP_15 will focus on the possibilities and challenges in industrial development of novel marine bioactive compounds and biomass. 
Oceans cover 71% of the planet's surface and offer human necessities such as food and energy. More than 90% of the marine biodiversity remains unexplored. This offers a huge potential for applications in a wide range of products such as drugs, ingredients, supplements, bioprocessing, energy, green chemicals and biomaterials. The economical outcome of R&D in marine biotechnology is expected to generate a 10 % annual growth, as assessed by Blue Growth H2020.
BIOPROSP_15 will address how to translate basic research into applied research on possible industrial applications – overcoming the bottlenecks.
Target group / who should attend
Stakeholders in biotech (life science) and pharmaceutical industry, scientists, public support system, decision-makers and others interested in marine bioprospecting and biotechnology.

BIOPROSP International Conference on Marine Bioprospecting is a biennial conference on bioprospecting from cold marine environment that is held in the university town of Tromsø in Northern Norway.  Conference has been organized since 2002 and it has already established itself as one of best conferences in the field of marine bioprospecting.
BIOPROSP Conference aims at bringing together scientists and industry representatives and addressing issues of how to translate basic research into applied research on possible industrial applications. Join leading speakers from science and industry for an updated grasp on what's new and what's next. 
The 7^th BIOPROSP Conference will take place at Clarion Hotel The Edge in Tromsø, Norway, February 18^th - 20^nd 2015.
BIOPROSP is initiated by the MABIT programme, and is made possible with cooperation with Universities, R&D institutions and businesses (see below who these people are). The members of the different committees contributes with tremendous amount of work into planning and organization of this conference.
The organizers have an ambition to develop BIOPROSP to become one of the leading conferences for everyone interested in R&D and industrial applications within the field of marine bioprospecting. The marine environment and the Arctic Ocean have been described as the last untapped resource with the prospects of discovering new and unique drugs and bioactive molecules. BIOPROSP_15 is proud to offer the delegates an exciting program with outstanding speakers from the USA, Belgium, Australia, UK, Germany, and Norway. Through the presentations the audience will be exposed to the most recent scientific results.

Information about submission of abstract

All invited speakers and poster presenters are asked to kindly fill in this form for abstract sumission. We will publish your abstract on our web. Please indicate in the form wether you accept to publish your presentation and/or poster after the conference. We will publish all posters and presentations where permission is given.  There will not be a paper version of Conference Proceeding.
Please Register to the BIOPROSP_15 Conference before you submit your abstract

Registration fees BIOPROSP_15 Conference

Early Bird Registration Fee before December 13^th (VAT included)
Regular NOK 4000 (approx.EUR 485)  - After December 13^th NOK 5000 (approx.EUR 600)
Student NOK 2000 (approx.EUR 243)  - After December 13^th NOK 2500 (approx.EUR 304)
Workshop NOK 500 (approx.EUR 60)  - After December 13^th NOK 650 (approx. EUR 79)
Conference Dinner NOK 600 (approx.EUR 73)

EXHIBITORS AT BIOPROSP_15:

There is limited space available for exhibitors at BIOPROSP_15. Exhibitors may be companies and cluster organizations. The organisers have to prioritise among these if there are many candidates. Contact Asbjørn Lilletun (asbjorn@biotechnorth.no) if you are interested to become an exhibitor at BIOPROSP_15.
The exhibition will be in the central mingling area outside the conference hall. Cost for exhibitors are NOK 15.000 (VAT included) including 2 persons and 2 tables à 1,2 m.

Website: http://www.bioprosp.com
Contact person: Unn Sørum
7th International Conference on Marine Bioprospecting BIOPROSP_15, 18-20th February 2015 Tromsø, Norway BIOPROSP_15 will focus on the possibilities and challenges in industrial development of novel marine bioactive compounds and biomass.
Organized by: MABIT
Check the event website for more details.