Knowledge Based Bio-Economy towards 2020
Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Mrs. SALAS BENITEZ MARIA ANGELES
Director, DG Agri, EC
Biography
Studies of Law, Granada University
Member of cabinet of Commissioner Abel Matutes, from 1986 to 1992,
Counsellor in the Delegation of the Commission in Buenos Aires (Argentina), from 1992 to 1996,
European Commission, DG FISH, Head of Unit in charge of control of fisheries, from 1997 to 2001,
European Commission, Secretariat General, Head of Unit in charge of: a) transparency, access to documents, relations with civil society, b) ethical questions and deontology, from 2002 to 2006,
European Commission, DG AGRI, Director for Communication and Interinstitutionnal Relations, from 2006 to 2008,
From 2008, European Commission, DG AGRI, Director for sustainability and quality of agriculture and rural development.
Programme
Speaker, Closing Remarks
