The Nagoya Protocol on ‘Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS)’ represented a deep transformation on the discovery and use of new enzymes from nature since 2014. The recent COP16 decision to adopt the necessary arrangements for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of DSI on genetic resources (see https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-16/cop-16-dec-02-en.pdf) will undoubtedly impact academic and industrial research and innovation on
microbiomes and biocatalysis, in which databases are often mined to find novel enzymes and biosynthetic pathways but also to develop computational tools.
This workshop seeks to inform researchers on microbiome and biocatalysis about the recent agreements regarding benefit sharing for DSI and features diXerent academic and industrial stakeholders. The aim is to reflect on >10 years of ABS and on the expectations for the new paradigm around DSI. This activity is spearheaded by EU-funded projects on marine microbiomes, BlueTools and BlueRemediomics .
Agenda:
1. Welcome and introduction to the session (9:00-9:10 CET).
2. A brief introduction to ABS from the use of genetic resources (9:10-9:35 CET)
• Speaker: Thomas Vanagt (3Bio)
3. ABS from the use of genetic resources in practice: case study from a country with implemented procedure for prior informed consent and due diligence (PIC/DD) (9:35-10:00 CET)
• Speaker: Noelia Vallejo, Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition
4. Benefit sharing from DSI: state of the art (10:00-10:25)
• Speaker: Mery Ciacci, European Commission, DG ENV
5. Benefit sharing and DSI: role of the public databases (10:25-10:50 CET)
• Speaker: Rob Finn (MGnify – EBI/EMBL)
Coffee BREAK (20 min)
6. Round table (Moderator: Aurelio Hidalgo, UAM. 11:10-11:50 CET):
• Alexander Pelzer (BRAIN Biotech)
• Marla Trindade and Anita Burger (Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and metagenomics, University of the Western Cape)
7. Conclusions and forward look (11:50-12:00)
The recording of the webinar is available on YouTube here.