Academic – IndustryCollaborationAcademic interface• ETH Zurich (Switzerland)• University of Zurich (Switzerland)• University of Basel (Switzerland)

Industry interface• CARLSBERG GROUP, Carlsberg

Research Laboratory (Denmark)• Deutsche Saatveredelung AG

(Germany)• BASECLEAR BV (The Netherlands)• Photon Systems Instruments

(Czech Republic)• HELIOSPECTRA (Sweden)• AGROISOLAB GMBH (Germany)

What is it about?

PlantHUB is a European Industrial Doctoral Programme (EID) funded by the H2020 PROGRAMME Marie Curie Actions – Peo-ple, Initial Training Networks (H2020-MS-CA-ITN-2016). The programme is managed by the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center. PlantHUB offers training to 10 PhD students in skills and competencies necessary to apply responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the area of plant breeding and pro-duction. The programme addresses the demand for RRI leadership in plant science related research and diffusion of innovation.

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Publisher PlantHUB Programme Office Tannenstrasse 1, ETH Zurich 8092 Zurich, Switzerland Phone +41 44 632 47 96www.plantsciences.ch/en/research/fellowships/PlantHUB.html

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PlantHUB-Annual Meetings

Deliverable 33Dissemination level: public Date: 18.12.2019

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Boosting technology transfer and responsible research and innovation (RRI) in plant sciences

This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722338 - PlantHUB.

Design thinking with the help of The Lego serious play. Image: M. Dahinden

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D33: Three PlantHUB Annual Meetings

During the PlantHUB programme, three Annual Meetings were organised in 2017 (M12), 2018

(M24) and 2019 (M36). All fellows and beneficiaries participated.

Overview of the PlantHUB Annual Meetings:

Day Annual Meeting 1 Annual Meeting 2 Annual Meeting 3

1 PhD Retreat: Oral

scientific presentations

of all ESRs

Integration

Workshop: Get to

know each other

Evening: Supervisory

Board and General

Assembly Meeting

Training:

Entrepreneurship

PhD Retreat: Oral scientific

presentations of all ESRs, with focus

on the exploitation of the individual

projects

Site Visit at Carlsberg Research

Laboratory,

Integration Workshop: Efficient

strategies for genome sequencing and

assembly. 2 Training: Innovation

Management

Training:

Entrepreneurship

Supervisory Board and General

Assembly Meeting

3 Training: Innovation

Management

PhD Retreat & Midterm

Review Meeting

Evening: Supervisory

Board and General

Assembly Meeting

4

Integration Workshop:

Non-invasive imaging

technologies

Training: Making the

most out of my research:

Patents…

5

Training: Making the

most out of my research:

Patents…

Venue Zurich-Basel Plant

Science Center, ETH

Zurich, CH

Zurich-Basel Plant

Science Center, ETH

Zurich, CH

Carlsberg Research Laboratory,

Copenhagen, DK

Date 27/11/2017 –

29/11/2017

19/11/2018 –

23/11/2018

19/11/2019 –

20/11/2019

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PlantHUB 1st ANNUAL MEETING

27/11/2017 – 29/11/2017 (3 days)

with arrival on Sunday 26/11/2017

The 1st PlantHUB annual meeting was composed of a one-day retreat (Monday) and two-days PhD training on Innovation Management (Tuesday, Wednesday) organised by the PlantHUB programme office. The aim of this first scientific retreat was to get to know each other and to exchange knowledge and expertise. The ten PlantHUB research projects are contributing to different innovations in the area of plant breeding and production. We took up the spirit and developed ideas about how to benefit from our partnership. At the beginning the ten PhD students presented their research projects, including the contribution of the respective academic and industry partner involved. In the afternoon, the first integration workshop took place with the aim to get to know each other, to foster common interests and to exchange knowledge. Each academic and each industry partner presented a 3’ minutes pitch, highlighting their greatest achievements and connections to plant breeding and production followed by a group discussion on: what is plant breeding in 20 years? In the evening all, academic and industry partners came together with the PhD students and the PlantHUB programme office and enjoyed the traditional Swiss kitchen in the restaurant Walliser Keller, which served "SwissAlpeChuchi" such as cheese fondues and raclette. The following two days were reserved for the training of the ten PhD students in Innovation Management provided by Dr. Andreas Peter from University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen (FHS St.Gallen).

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AGENDA Day 1 – Monday 28/11/2017: Retreat and Supervisory Board Meeting

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 3, 8092 Zürich: CLA J1

08:30 Welcome remarks and opening of the 1st PlantHUB Annual Meeting

by Prof. Zeeman (ETH, PlantHUB scientist in charge)

08:40 - 09:20 Mercedes Thieme (ESR 1) and Anton Hochmuth (ESR 2)

ETH Zurich / Carlsberg Research Laboratory

09:20 - 10:00 Claudio Cropano (ESR 3) and Maximilian Vogt (ESR 4)

ETH Zurich / DSV

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:10 Giacomo Potente (ESR 5) and Seydina Issa Diop (ESR 6)

University of Zurich / Baseclear BV

11:10 - 11:50 Aya Yokota (ESR 7) and Franco Conci (ESR 8)

University of Zurich / LemnaTec GmbH

11:50 - 12:30 Camilo Chiang (ESR 9) and Florian Cueni (ESR 10)

University of Basel / Heliospectra respective Agroisolab

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Opening of the Integration Workshop by Prof. Studer (ETH Zurich)

13:40 - 15:30 ETH Zurich: Prof. Sam Zeeman, Prof. Bruno Studer

CLAB: Dr. Ilka Braumann

DSV: Nic Boerboom

BaseClear BV: Dr. Daniël Duijsings

University of Zurich: Dr. Diana Santelia, Prof. Elena Conti, Dr. Peter

Szoevenyi

LemnaTec GmbH: Dr. Markus Jansen

Agroisolab: Dr. Marcus Boner

Heliospectra: Daniel Bankestad

University of Basel: Dr. Günter Hoch

15:30 - 16:00 Group discussions on: what is plant breeding in 20 years?

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30 Supervisory Board and subsequently General Assembly Meeting

Welcome remarks and opening by Prof. Zeeman (ETH Zurich)

Moderation: Dr. Dahinden, R. Kohlmann (PlantHUB Programme Office)

19:30 Dinner at the traditional Swiss restaurant: Walliser Keller

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Day 2 – Tuesday 29/11/2017: PhD Training in Innovation Management

Day 3 – Wednesday 30/11/2017

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 7, 8092 Zürich: ML E13

The course on innovation management has been designed with the aim to provide the PhD students with fundamental skills regarding the management of innovation processes and employing innovation methods. Being able to assess and employ different innovation processes and methods represents a critical skill in the further professional career of independent researchers, innovation managers or entrepreneurs in plant sciences.

By the end of the course the PhD students:

- understand different processes and strategies used in innovation management (Design-driven Innovation, Open/Closed Innovation

- are able to use creative methods to reflect, collaborate and present research work (Visual Thinking, Lego Serious Play)

- understand the role, trends can play to inspire new ideas and opportunities - can build their own business cases (Business Model Canvas) - have reflected on potential implications innovation management has for their

research project

Lecturer: Dr. Andreas Peter, University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen (FHS St.Gallen)

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PlantHUB 2nd ANNUAL MEETING

19/11/2018 – 23/11/2018 (5 days)

with arrival on Sunday 18/11/2018

The 2nd PlantHUB annual meeting was composed of a PhD retreat coupled to the mid-term review meeting (Wednesday) and two training workshops on Entrepreneurship (Monday-Tuesday) and on Patenting (Thursday-Friday) organised by the PlantHUB programme office. The retreat was in scope of the PlantHUB Midterm review meeting, presenting the scientific progress of the individual fellowships as well as the progress of the overall programme. At the beginning the PlantHUB programme office gave a coordinator’s report, about the progress in science, training, network and management. Afterwards the PhD students presented the scientific progress of their research projects and their achievements so far. The second integration workshop took place with the focus on non-invasive imaging technologies, headed by Dr. Diana Santelia (University of Zurich) and served as a forum to exchange research and innovation activities within the consortium and develop ideas for further collaboration. The aim of the workshop was to provide an overview of laboratory and field-scale phenomic approaches to studying plant traits, incl. data handling strategies. In the evening academic and industry partner came together with the PhD students and the PlantHUB programme office and continued the discussions during a common dinner.

All PlantHUB fellows together with the lecturer Prof. Dr. Heinz Müller. 1st row: Giacomo Potente, Claudio Cropano, Mercedes Thieme, Anton Hochmuth, Seydina Issa Diop, Prof. Dr. Heinz Müller 2nd row: Aya Yocota, Maximilian Vogt, Franco Conci, Florian Cueni, Camilo Chiang

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AGENDA Day 1 –Monday 19/11/2018: PhD Training in Entrepreneurship

Day 2 – Tuesday 20/11/2018

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 7, 8092 Zürich: ML E13

The course on Entrepreneurship has guided the PhD students through the business development pipeline. All 10 ESRs have gain entrepreneurial skills and mind-set allowing them to create and set up innovative products and businesses. With practical tools and exercises, the PhD students have been guided through the business development process. Additionally, they learned about different supporting and coaching opportunities helping them to found their own company (i.e. innosuisse)

Learning Objectives: - Foster entrepreneurial mind-set - Understand the process of commercial exploitation of research results - Create idea and identify opportunities internally and externally for enterprises

Develop motivation to take forward enterprising ideas - Is aware of supporting institutions providing targeted training and coaching to start-

ups

By the end of this course participants ESRs gained entrepreneurial skills allowing them to exploit their knowledge and ideas and develop the commercial potential it.

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Lukas Schmid, University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen (FHS St. Gallen)

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Day 3 – Wednesday 21/11/2017: PhD Retreat & Midterm Review Meeting

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 3, 8092 Zürich: CLA J1

Marie Curie Actions

PlantHUB: Mid-term Review Meeting, ETH Zurich, CLA J1

Marie Curie Action: ITN–EID 2016 – PlantHUB

Project acronym: PlantHUB

Grant agreement no.: 722338

Project full title: Boosting technology transfer and responsible research and

innovation (RRI) in plant sciences

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

present throughout the day:

- Emanuela Galeazzi, EU Adviser

- Jane Roche, Laboratory of Genetics, Diversity et Ecophysiology of Cereals UMR

UCA/INRA 1095, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Biological Engineering Department, Head

of International Office

Time Agenda Item Who

9:00 – 9:15

(~15 minutes)

Introduction by Emanuela Galeazzi, Jane Roche (External expert) and by Prof. Sam Zeeman (PlantHUB scientist in charge)

9:15 – 9:30

(~15 minutes)

Tour de Table

all PIs briefly present their research team and describe their role within the network, incl. introduction of the industry partners

9:30 – 10:15

(~45 minutes)

Coordinator's report: presentation of the Mid-term report:

- Science

- Training

- Networking

- Management

by Manuela Dahinden and Romy Kohlmann

(PlantHUB Programme Office)

Coffee Break

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Fellows' individual reports (~10 minutes/fellow plus 10 minutes for Q&A)

10:30 – 11:00 ESR 1 and 2 presentations Anton Hochmuth, Mercedes

Thieme (ETH / Carlsberg)

11:00 – 11:30 ESR 3 and 4 presentations Claudio Cropano,

Maximilian Vogt

(ETH / DSV)

11:30 – 12:00 ESR 5 and 6 presentations Giacomo Potente, Seydina

Issa Diop (UZH / BaseClear)

12:00 – 12:30 ESR 7 and 8 presentations Aya Yokota, Franco Conci

(UZH)

12:30 – 13:00 ESR 9 and 10 presentations Camilo Chiang, Florian

Cueni (UBasel / Heliospectra

respective Agroisolab)

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00

(~60 minutes)

Bilateral Meeting with the 10 fellows ESR 1-ESR 10 with Emanuela

Galeazzi, EU Adviser, and

Jane Roche, External expert

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00

(~30 minutes)

Restricted session

(without ESRs)

Meeting between PlantHUB

programme office, academic

and industry partner and

Emanuela Galeazzi and Jane

Roche to discuss financial

issues and Mid-term report

16:00 – 16:30

(~30 minutes)

Feedback and open discussion on:

- the output of the Network so far

- possible training areas for future

- exploitation or the impact on

fellows' future careers

development

Feedback from Emanuela

Galeazzi and Jane Roche

Participation of all PIs and

ESRs requested

Dinner

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Day 4 –Thursday 22/11/2018: PhD Training in making the most out of my research –

Day 5 – Friday 23/11/2018 Patents and other things I cannot afford to ignore

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 7, 8092 Zürich: ML E13

Over the last decades, science has become a productive source of technological innovation, leading to commercial products and new markets. Furthermore, the IP databases, in particular for patents, are playing an increasing role in knowledge finding and problem solving for researchers in academia. Along with this on-going development, knowledge in intellectual property (IP) is becoming more and more important for researchers in bioscience. At the end of this two-day workshop, participants will master basic knowledge on IP protection and its challenges, including ethical considerations related to IP, in an academic environment and in a spin-off company alike. Equally important, the participants will learn how to use the vast library of knowledge in patent databases to advance research. The workshop consists of interactive lectures and hands on exercises that will allow discussing the pros and cons of the current IP systems, in particular patents. Learning Objectives: Gain a sufficient understanding of IP rights as they apply to own research; Has a sufficient understanding on the role of patents for the transfer of knowledge in our society; Knows the basic does and don’ts for handling IP rights.

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Heinz Müller, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern

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PlantHUB 3rd ANNUAL MEETING

19/11/2019 – 20/11/2019 (2 days)

with arrival on Monday 18/11/2019

The 3rd PlantHUB Annual Meeting was coupled to the industry visit to one of the industrial partners within the consortium and therefore took place in Copenhagen at the premises of Carlsberg Research Laboratory (CLAB). During the PhD retreat the individual fellow reported exploitable results of their individual projects, whereas exploitation is the use of results for commercial purposes or in public policymaking. Though the fellows reflected the following questions: What outputs have been created? What kind of processes or applications can be exploited? How will the outputs be made available during and after the project? Who are the potential users of your results? What research questions remain to be answered after project duration? The integration workshop on efficient strategies for genome sequencing and assembly was moderated by Prof Bruno Studer (ETH Zurich) with contributions from the University of Zurich and BaseClear. For example, Prof Elena Conti (University of Zurich) gave an interesting insight in high-quality genome assembly efforts (i.e., reference genomes), especially in light of on-going international efforts such as the Earth Biogenome Project.

In front of Carlsberg Research Laboratory.

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Day 1 – Tuesday 19/11/2019: Retreat and Company Visit

Location: ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 3, 8092 Zürich: CLA J1

Time Agenda Item Who

9:00 – 9:15

(~15 minutes)

Introduction und Welcome by Prof. Sam Zeeman (scientist

in charge), Ilka Braumann,

CLAB host

Fellows' individual reports (~10 minutes/fellow plus 10 minutes for Q&A)

Focus: on the exploitable results of the individual projects, whereas exploitation is the

use of results for commercial purposes or in public policymaking.

09:15 – 10:45 ESR1 and 2 presentations Anton Hochmuth, Mercedes

Thieme (ETH/ Carlsberg)

10:45 – 11:15 ESR3 and 4 presentations Claudio Cropano, Maximilian

Vogt (ETH / DSV)

11:15 – 11:45 ESR5 and 6 presentations Giacomo Potente, Seydina Issa

Diop (UZH/ BaseClear)

11:45 – 12:15 ESR9 and 10 presentations Camilo Chiang, Florian Cueni

(UBasel / Heliospectra and

Agroisolab)

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Lunch Break 12:15 – 13:30

13:30 – 14:30

(~60 minutes)

Industry visit at Carlsberg It will be a tour through the

laboratory and its own

brewery.

Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00

(~120 minutes)

Integration Workshop:

Efficient strategies for genome

sequencing and assembly.

Moderation by Prof. Bruno

Studer (ETHZ)

Prof. Elena Conti (UZH)

Danny Duisjings (BaseClear)

Dr. Ilka Brauman (CLAB)

Dr. Peter Szoevenyi (UZH)

17:00 – 17:30

(~30 minutes)

Feedback and open discussion on:

- the output of the Network so

far

- Final PlantHUB Meeting

- to do prior submission of the

thesis

Dinner: Tapas and beer at the historic lab bar on side of CLAB (until 09.00 pm)