Food Biotechnology Training Course for Developing Countries Luzhou, Nov. 15– Workshop: “biotechnology in practice” Instruction for participants

At home preparation: 1.Describe a problem/issue or opportunity in your country/society that could be solved or explored by applied biotechnology in the areas of Food/Nutrition 2.Propose a potential innovative solution 3.Describe the disadvantages or drawbacks and advantages of your solution in a SWOT analysis: Include technical and legal hurdles 4.Prepare a 5 minutes presentation and use the attached template and put you name and affiliation on the presentation The organising committee will select 10 winners to present their ideas in plenum In a next selection round the organising committee will select three ideas to be worked further in groups and to be presented at the last day of the workshop Workshop: “biotechnology in practice”

Selection Criteria Urgency of the problem Biotechnology solution Level of innovation Impact Feasibility of the solution

Ideas and ownership From the community for the community Adding value by building on ideas No claims for ownership, but credits, involvement, and acknowledgements to the idea initiator and the contributors during group work The secret behind getting a good idea, is creating many ideas

Fill in: Problem / Opportunity Text fieldIllustration/Picture

Fill in: Solution Text fieldIllustration/Picture

Fill in: SWOT Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threads

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