This document provides an agenda for the Plant Breeding Congress taking place from December 2-4, 2015 in Amsterdam. The congress will feature presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions on novel plant breeding techniques, ensuring protection of innovation, overcoming biotic and abiotic stresses, increasing genetic diversity, genome engineering, regulatory perspectives, big data challenges, and more. Speakers will represent companies like Dow, Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer, as well as research institutions. The event aims to discover new breeding methods and strategies to produce crops with desirable traits while meeting regulatory requirements.
The document summarizes a PhD defense presentation on farmer innovations in local food systems. It discusses how conventional views of innovation focus on technology adoption, while an alternative view sees adaptation and development of innovations as important. It also notes that sustainable agriculture was a response to perceived costs of chemical-based innovations. The presentation analyzed innovations on 28 farms, finding production and networking innovations were common and identifying compost tea as addressing the most production problems.
Targetted Breeding Applications Of CRISPR-Cas Technology For European MarketsFabio Caligaris
Presented at Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress: Europe. For more information visit: www.global-engage.com
CRISPR-Cas as an advanced plant breeding tool is a more efficient way to improve plants and help farmers produce more and better food, with fewer resources. The superior properties of CRISPR-Cas allows DuPont Pioneer scientists to develop innovative and sustainable seed products for growers similar to those realized through conventional plant breeding, but with even greater efficiency, accuracy and quality.
Case studies of south-south collaboration in agricultural biotechnologies: L...ExternalEvents
Case studies of south-south collaboration in agricultural biotechnologies: Lessons learned presentation by "Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi, India
"
Opportunities for research to help smallholders engage with biotechnology. m...ExternalEvents
This document discusses opportunities for biotechnology research to help smallholder farmers. It defines biotechnology broadly as any application using biological systems or organisms to develop products or processes. While biotechnology is often associated with genetics and GMOs, it also includes techniques like artificial insemination and biofertilizers that have been used for a long time. The document outlines new biotechnologies being developed for crops, livestock, fish and other sectors in Asia and the Pacific to meet growing demands. It also discusses challenges for smallholder adoption, like complex risks, and recommends research focus on understanding local contexts, identifying policy barriers, and ensuring technologies are profitable and low risk for poor farmers and consumers.
Grand Challenges and Open Science for the Food Systeme-ROSA
The document discusses open science approaches for addressing challenges in the global food system. It identifies three key components of the food system - smart farming, food security and the environment; gene-based approaches from omics to landscape; and food safety, nutrition and health. For each component, it outlines societal and scientific challenges, as well as obstacles and expectations for developing open science solutions. An example case study on global agricultural monitoring is also provided. The document argues that developing open science for food systems requires efforts to share data and resources, connect through standards and best practices, and enable broader collaboration across disciplines and sectors.
Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, February 19, 2017. This presentation highlights the need for a new global food system that is knowledge based and one that will address complex issues. The need for smart agriculture has to be firmly based on excellence in science but also firmly situated by design in the social context in which it operates. The presentation discusses genetically engineered crops as an example of convergence and provides a few broad ideas about the characteristics a new innovation system in agriculture needs to pursue.
The document summarizes a PhD defense presentation on farmer innovations in local food systems. It discusses how conventional views of innovation focus on technology adoption, while an alternative view sees adaptation and development of innovations as important. It also notes that sustainable agriculture was a response to perceived costs of chemical-based innovations. The presentation analyzed innovations on 28 farms, finding production and networking innovations were common and identifying compost tea as addressing the most production problems.
Targetted Breeding Applications Of CRISPR-Cas Technology For European MarketsFabio Caligaris
Presented at Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress: Europe. For more information visit: www.global-engage.com
CRISPR-Cas as an advanced plant breeding tool is a more efficient way to improve plants and help farmers produce more and better food, with fewer resources. The superior properties of CRISPR-Cas allows DuPont Pioneer scientists to develop innovative and sustainable seed products for growers similar to those realized through conventional plant breeding, but with even greater efficiency, accuracy and quality.
Case studies of south-south collaboration in agricultural biotechnologies: L...ExternalEvents
Case studies of south-south collaboration in agricultural biotechnologies: Lessons learned presentation by "Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi, India
"
Opportunities for research to help smallholders engage with biotechnology. m...ExternalEvents
This document discusses opportunities for biotechnology research to help smallholder farmers. It defines biotechnology broadly as any application using biological systems or organisms to develop products or processes. While biotechnology is often associated with genetics and GMOs, it also includes techniques like artificial insemination and biofertilizers that have been used for a long time. The document outlines new biotechnologies being developed for crops, livestock, fish and other sectors in Asia and the Pacific to meet growing demands. It also discusses challenges for smallholder adoption, like complex risks, and recommends research focus on understanding local contexts, identifying policy barriers, and ensuring technologies are profitable and low risk for poor farmers and consumers.
Grand Challenges and Open Science for the Food Systeme-ROSA
The document discusses open science approaches for addressing challenges in the global food system. It identifies three key components of the food system - smart farming, food security and the environment; gene-based approaches from omics to landscape; and food safety, nutrition and health. For each component, it outlines societal and scientific challenges, as well as obstacles and expectations for developing open science solutions. An example case study on global agricultural monitoring is also provided. The document argues that developing open science for food systems requires efforts to share data and resources, connect through standards and best practices, and enable broader collaboration across disciplines and sectors.
Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, February 19, 2017. This presentation highlights the need for a new global food system that is knowledge based and one that will address complex issues. The need for smart agriculture has to be firmly based on excellence in science but also firmly situated by design in the social context in which it operates. The presentation discusses genetically engineered crops as an example of convergence and provides a few broad ideas about the characteristics a new innovation system in agriculture needs to pursue.
This document summarizes an event bringing together leaders in agriculture and computational informatics to discuss cross-disciplinary opportunities. The objectives were to discuss experiences and challenges, provide opportunities for early career researchers, and use the outcomes to inform research planning. Key topics included big data, modeling, emerging science priorities in areas like genomics and breeding, and transforming information and decision-making workflows. The challenges discussed included improving productivity, developing competitive products and services, and addressing global agricultural issues through collaboration and managing risk/uncertainty.
Building reputation to secure future success for life sciencesHermann-Josef Baaken
This document discusses strategies for building and maintaining reputation among key stakeholders for life sciences and healthcare companies. It emphasizes the importance of stakeholder relations and transparency. For the life sciences sector, it outlines challenges around meeting growing global food demand and the need for sustainable agriculture. Effective media relations and communicating the role of innovation are highlighted. For healthcare, reputational drivers include quality, safety, transparency and social responsibility. Close engagement with key stakeholders like physicians, patients, payors and regulators is advised. Case studies of corporate social responsibility programs related to the UN Millennium Development Goals are also provided.
"Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science" GPC Symposium on 4th Nov. 2018 , CSSA/ASA Annual meeting In Baltimore USA.
Ros Gleadow, Monash University, Australia. Knowledge Exchange programmes in Science
- Three expected outputs of the meeting are: a regional action plan and roadmap, priority themes and partners for South-South cooperation, and regional themes addressing food security and nutrition constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Biotechnologies can help increase crop production but adoption by smallholders faces challenges including understanding local contexts and barriers like risk. Ensuring technologies are profitable and have support systems may aid adoption.
- Physical technologies can speed biotechnology development and adoption, but non-biological factors also influence whether farmers benefit from new varieties.
What do we have to lose? Generating crop diversity and threat monitoring info...Bioversity International
Ehsan Dulloo, Bioversity International Conservation and Availability Programme Leader, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
It is said that “you can't manage what you don't measure”. The unprecedented global loss of agricultural species, varieties and associated traditional knowledge is of increasing concern, threatening the provisioning, regulatory, supporting and cultural ecosystem services of importance to the livelihoods of the poor as well as the welfare of broader society. Such services include such public goods as maintaining agroecosystem resilience and future option values.
Unfortunately, although many crop genetic resources (CGR) are widely recognized as being threatened, there is only limited information available regarding actual status. Only isolated efforts at monitoring have been undertaken. Conventional monitoring efforts, where they exist at all, have been subject to limitations due to ad hoc approaches that lack rigorous survey and sampling approaches, do not adequately account for search effort costs or systematically involve the participation of local-level actors, and are usually based on collections instead of direct observations in the field. Furthermore, the links between specific CGR conservation levels/configurations and the provision of specific ecosystem services are poorly understood.
There is thus an urgent need for the development of a systematic approach to the monitoring of CGR. This presentation draws on the outcome of a recent Bioversity International/CIP international expert workshop aimed at the development of such an approach. The proposed multi-scale approach builds on a wide range of existing monitoring experiences and a review of the literature related to agricultural biodiversity-relevant ecosystem services. A number of proposed indicators that could be used to assess CGR threat levels, be used for monitoring purposes and/or assist in evaluating ecosystem service public/private good trade-offs arising from agricultural intensification are presented, with a view to supporting the potential for prioritizing, designing and implementing on-farm/in situ conservation measures that actively involve farmers, support livelihoods, complement existing ex situ conservation efforts and facilitate access and benefit sharing.
Find out more about Bioversity International work on conserving crop diversity on the farm and in the wild http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/
This document summarizes a presentation given by Johannes Keizer from the GODAN Secretariat at the FAO on open data in agriculture. The presentation discusses the challenges farmers in developing countries face, such as unreliable inputs and infrastructure, and how open data can help address these issues. It provides examples of open data initiatives that have benefited farmers. The presentation also outlines specific issues with open research data and the benefits of making it open, such as preventing data loss and enabling new discoveries. It encourages organizations to become GODAN partners to advance open data principles and influence the community.
The document summarizes a presentation given by Johannes Keizer on open data in agriculture. It discusses the challenges of feeding 9 billion people and the opportunities of open data and data-driven science. It provides examples of open data applications that are helping farmers access markets and inputs. The presentation advocates for making agricultural data openly available as global public goods and highlights GODAN's work in building partnerships and advocating for open data principles to solve food security issues.
There are a number of hurdles that need to be overcome to get science into practise. Part of this is knowledge exchange but another part is having relevant research to start with. There is a need to bridge the gap between farming research and practice. There are some reasons for optimism, for example, the UK AgriTech Strategy and RCUK increasing focus on impact but there are also causes for concern with the UK science budget being under review. The research community may be overemphasising high impact papers and more academic research because that is what the system rewards in an increasingly competitive funding arena. There is less incentive for engagement with growers. Agricultural research budgets are stagnating at levels set in the 1980s when there was overproduction and in my view should be increased as we face 21st century challenges of food security and sustainable intensification. There is another huge issue with the dysfunctional EU regulatory system which not only makes it difficult to register new pesticides but also makes it difficult even to register greener alternatives. Feedback from growers using an online knowledge exchange system I am developing has indicated that the most frequently mentioned crop protection targets are ones for which pesticide resistance has evolved or where legislation has reduced the availability of pesticides. New solutions are urgently needed for weeds such as black-grass, diseases such as septoria and pests such as cabbage stem flea beetle and slugs. There are opportunities for involving farmers earlier in the research process and this may improve the adoption of IPM.
The Vision and the Grand Challenges of the Agri-Food Communitye-ROSA
The document discusses the vision and grand challenges of the agri-food community. It identifies three main trends: adopting a systems perspective, new genetic techniques, and digital agriculture. It outlines the food system challenges of feeding 9 billion people while addressing climate change, unhealthy diets, and planetary boundaries. The food system is divided into three components: smart farming and food security, gene-based approaches, and food safety, nutrition and health. Each component lists societal and scientific expectations as well as obstacles to open science approaches. The overall challenges are interconnectedness and developing inclusive, sustainable solutions through increased sharing, connecting and collaborating across the agri-food community.
Presentation at the 95th Governing Board meeting (Program Committee) By Resea...ICRISAT
In support of SDG #2 and others, Research Program -Innovation Systems for the Drylands provide the knowledge, tools and capacity for enabling people in the drylands to transition towards sustainable and resilient farm and food systems. Some of the Priority research issues are listed in this presentation.
The document provides information about the World Congress and Expo on Applied Microbiology conference to be held August 18-20, 2015 in Germany. The conference will bring together over 300 participants from over 60 countries to share knowledge on applied microbiology. It will include keynote speeches, oral and poster presentations from experts in the field on topics related to microbial characterization, manufacturing of vaccines/antibiotics, medical microbiology, food/agricultural microbiology, and more. Accepted abstracts will be published in OMICS Group journals.
Integrated pest management and the future of farmingKTN
If you're involved in the Plants and Crops sector, give this webinar a watch.
In June 2020, industry, academia, farmers, growers, government and funders involved in the Plants and Crops sector came together to discuss Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the future of farming.
Here's what to expect:
• Scene-setting presentations including an overview of IPM approaches
• Thoughts on the current agricultural landscape in the UK, how IPM is being used and future opportunities
• A discussion around opportunities (e.g. funding) to support future work in this area
• An interactive session to gather audience input on challenges and opportunities for IPM
This event was hosted with the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield and the Transforming Food Production team of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Find out more here: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/integrated-pest-management-and-the-future-of-farming
This document summarizes issues related to commercializing biotech crops globally. It discusses (1) the increasing global demand for food due to population growth and diet changes, and challenges from climate change; (2) how biotechnology has increased agricultural productivity but regulatory hurdles have slowed commercialization, especially in developing countries; and (3) the complex interplay of scientific, economic, political and social factors that must be addressed for successful commercialization of biotech crops globally.
This document summarizes issues related to commercializing biotech crops globally. It discusses (1) the increasing global demand for food due to population growth and diet changes, and challenges from climate change; (2) how biotechnology has increased agricultural productivity but regulatory hurdles have slowed commercialization, especially in developing countries; and (3) the complex interplay of scientific, economic, political and social factors that must be addressed for successful commercialization of biotech crops globally.
Less sticks, more carrots: New directions for improving food safety in inform...ILRI
This document provides an overview and recommendations from a report on improving food safety in informal markets in low- and middle-income countries. It discusses the context of fragmented hybrid food systems and food safety deficiencies. Specifically, it describes poor physical environments, hygiene practices, and consumer protection in informal community marketplaces. The document advocates for less regulatory enforcement and more collaborative approaches like training, collective action, and incentives to motivate compliance. It recommends local interventions guided by central standards, and multisector partnerships to address challenges at scale through capacity building and differentiating approaches across contexts.
Barbra Batshalom, the Executive Director of NEXUS, will share information about the newest green product initiatives in the industry. She will present the results of months of conversations, surveys, events and research with manufacturers, thought leaders and specifiers to identify the barriers to green products. Barbra will share the latest activities behind these efforts and her vision for the future that the Green Product Association is part of.
The ISPC conducted a qualitative prioritization exercise to provide expert scientific guidance for new CRP investments. They surveyed donors and experts to rate sub-IDOs (intermediate development outcomes) under the CGIAR's strategic level outcomes. Donors allocated points across sub-IDOs based on organizational priorities. Experts assigned scores to sub-IDOs based on criteria like relevance and the CGIAR's comparative advantage. Results showed varying priority levels for sub-IDOs. The ISPC aims to use this qualitative prioritization to strengthen the quality, relevance and impact of CRP proposals approved for funding.
Biotechnology for Health and Food Security [Najat Mokhtar, Hassan II Academy ...UNESCO Venice Office
Workshop on Higher Education and Professional Responsibility in CBRN Applied Sciences and Technology across the Sub-Mediterranean Region
3-4 April 2012. Palazzo Zorzi, Venice
Session 2. Science and Society - Identifying Priorities and New Technologies Challenges
This document provides a summary of a student's assignment on breeding designer crops. It discusses the need for biosafety regulations to ensure safe development and release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It outlines the emergence of biosafety regulations internationally and in India. It also discusses the status of GMOs in agriculture globally and in India, as well as research and development activities. It proposes various training modules to build capacity in biosafety.
1) The documentary describes the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, where a leak of toxic gases from a Union Carbide pesticide plant killed thousands.
2) It focuses on the fictional story of Dilip, a rickshaw driver who takes a job at the plant hoping to improve his family's life. However, he and others raise safety concerns that go unaddressed.
3) On the night of the leak, toxic gas clouds spread over the city as people flood into hospitals. Many victims die untreated while others are left permanently blinded or injured. The film shows how the disaster devastated the community but global corporations denied responsibility.
This document provides an agenda for the "IVD Regulatory and Strategic Forum" conference taking place on December 8-9, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will feature keynote speakers and panels discussing topics related to in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical device regulations, including updates on the EU's new IVD Regulation and how companies can prepare for its implementation. Specific sessions will cover issues like the role of notified bodies, clinical evidence requirements, post-market surveillance, software/mobile medical apps, and navigating regulations in different global markets. Pre-conference workshops on December 7 will address UDI implementation experiences and a pilot program for revised adverse event reporting forms.
This document summarizes an event bringing together leaders in agriculture and computational informatics to discuss cross-disciplinary opportunities. The objectives were to discuss experiences and challenges, provide opportunities for early career researchers, and use the outcomes to inform research planning. Key topics included big data, modeling, emerging science priorities in areas like genomics and breeding, and transforming information and decision-making workflows. The challenges discussed included improving productivity, developing competitive products and services, and addressing global agricultural issues through collaboration and managing risk/uncertainty.
Building reputation to secure future success for life sciencesHermann-Josef Baaken
This document discusses strategies for building and maintaining reputation among key stakeholders for life sciences and healthcare companies. It emphasizes the importance of stakeholder relations and transparency. For the life sciences sector, it outlines challenges around meeting growing global food demand and the need for sustainable agriculture. Effective media relations and communicating the role of innovation are highlighted. For healthcare, reputational drivers include quality, safety, transparency and social responsibility. Close engagement with key stakeholders like physicians, patients, payors and regulators is advised. Case studies of corporate social responsibility programs related to the UN Millennium Development Goals are also provided.
"Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science" GPC Symposium on 4th Nov. 2018 , CSSA/ASA Annual meeting In Baltimore USA.
Ros Gleadow, Monash University, Australia. Knowledge Exchange programmes in Science
- Three expected outputs of the meeting are: a regional action plan and roadmap, priority themes and partners for South-South cooperation, and regional themes addressing food security and nutrition constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Biotechnologies can help increase crop production but adoption by smallholders faces challenges including understanding local contexts and barriers like risk. Ensuring technologies are profitable and have support systems may aid adoption.
- Physical technologies can speed biotechnology development and adoption, but non-biological factors also influence whether farmers benefit from new varieties.
What do we have to lose? Generating crop diversity and threat monitoring info...Bioversity International
Ehsan Dulloo, Bioversity International Conservation and Availability Programme Leader, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
It is said that “you can't manage what you don't measure”. The unprecedented global loss of agricultural species, varieties and associated traditional knowledge is of increasing concern, threatening the provisioning, regulatory, supporting and cultural ecosystem services of importance to the livelihoods of the poor as well as the welfare of broader society. Such services include such public goods as maintaining agroecosystem resilience and future option values.
Unfortunately, although many crop genetic resources (CGR) are widely recognized as being threatened, there is only limited information available regarding actual status. Only isolated efforts at monitoring have been undertaken. Conventional monitoring efforts, where they exist at all, have been subject to limitations due to ad hoc approaches that lack rigorous survey and sampling approaches, do not adequately account for search effort costs or systematically involve the participation of local-level actors, and are usually based on collections instead of direct observations in the field. Furthermore, the links between specific CGR conservation levels/configurations and the provision of specific ecosystem services are poorly understood.
There is thus an urgent need for the development of a systematic approach to the monitoring of CGR. This presentation draws on the outcome of a recent Bioversity International/CIP international expert workshop aimed at the development of such an approach. The proposed multi-scale approach builds on a wide range of existing monitoring experiences and a review of the literature related to agricultural biodiversity-relevant ecosystem services. A number of proposed indicators that could be used to assess CGR threat levels, be used for monitoring purposes and/or assist in evaluating ecosystem service public/private good trade-offs arising from agricultural intensification are presented, with a view to supporting the potential for prioritizing, designing and implementing on-farm/in situ conservation measures that actively involve farmers, support livelihoods, complement existing ex situ conservation efforts and facilitate access and benefit sharing.
Find out more about Bioversity International work on conserving crop diversity on the farm and in the wild http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/
This document summarizes a presentation given by Johannes Keizer from the GODAN Secretariat at the FAO on open data in agriculture. The presentation discusses the challenges farmers in developing countries face, such as unreliable inputs and infrastructure, and how open data can help address these issues. It provides examples of open data initiatives that have benefited farmers. The presentation also outlines specific issues with open research data and the benefits of making it open, such as preventing data loss and enabling new discoveries. It encourages organizations to become GODAN partners to advance open data principles and influence the community.
The document summarizes a presentation given by Johannes Keizer on open data in agriculture. It discusses the challenges of feeding 9 billion people and the opportunities of open data and data-driven science. It provides examples of open data applications that are helping farmers access markets and inputs. The presentation advocates for making agricultural data openly available as global public goods and highlights GODAN's work in building partnerships and advocating for open data principles to solve food security issues.
There are a number of hurdles that need to be overcome to get science into practise. Part of this is knowledge exchange but another part is having relevant research to start with. There is a need to bridge the gap between farming research and practice. There are some reasons for optimism, for example, the UK AgriTech Strategy and RCUK increasing focus on impact but there are also causes for concern with the UK science budget being under review. The research community may be overemphasising high impact papers and more academic research because that is what the system rewards in an increasingly competitive funding arena. There is less incentive for engagement with growers. Agricultural research budgets are stagnating at levels set in the 1980s when there was overproduction and in my view should be increased as we face 21st century challenges of food security and sustainable intensification. There is another huge issue with the dysfunctional EU regulatory system which not only makes it difficult to register new pesticides but also makes it difficult even to register greener alternatives. Feedback from growers using an online knowledge exchange system I am developing has indicated that the most frequently mentioned crop protection targets are ones for which pesticide resistance has evolved or where legislation has reduced the availability of pesticides. New solutions are urgently needed for weeds such as black-grass, diseases such as septoria and pests such as cabbage stem flea beetle and slugs. There are opportunities for involving farmers earlier in the research process and this may improve the adoption of IPM.
The Vision and the Grand Challenges of the Agri-Food Communitye-ROSA
The document discusses the vision and grand challenges of the agri-food community. It identifies three main trends: adopting a systems perspective, new genetic techniques, and digital agriculture. It outlines the food system challenges of feeding 9 billion people while addressing climate change, unhealthy diets, and planetary boundaries. The food system is divided into three components: smart farming and food security, gene-based approaches, and food safety, nutrition and health. Each component lists societal and scientific expectations as well as obstacles to open science approaches. The overall challenges are interconnectedness and developing inclusive, sustainable solutions through increased sharing, connecting and collaborating across the agri-food community.
Presentation at the 95th Governing Board meeting (Program Committee) By Resea...ICRISAT
In support of SDG #2 and others, Research Program -Innovation Systems for the Drylands provide the knowledge, tools and capacity for enabling people in the drylands to transition towards sustainable and resilient farm and food systems. Some of the Priority research issues are listed in this presentation.
The document provides information about the World Congress and Expo on Applied Microbiology conference to be held August 18-20, 2015 in Germany. The conference will bring together over 300 participants from over 60 countries to share knowledge on applied microbiology. It will include keynote speeches, oral and poster presentations from experts in the field on topics related to microbial characterization, manufacturing of vaccines/antibiotics, medical microbiology, food/agricultural microbiology, and more. Accepted abstracts will be published in OMICS Group journals.
Integrated pest management and the future of farmingKTN
If you're involved in the Plants and Crops sector, give this webinar a watch.
In June 2020, industry, academia, farmers, growers, government and funders involved in the Plants and Crops sector came together to discuss Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the future of farming.
Here's what to expect:
• Scene-setting presentations including an overview of IPM approaches
• Thoughts on the current agricultural landscape in the UK, how IPM is being used and future opportunities
• A discussion around opportunities (e.g. funding) to support future work in this area
• An interactive session to gather audience input on challenges and opportunities for IPM
This event was hosted with the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield and the Transforming Food Production team of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Find out more here: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/integrated-pest-management-and-the-future-of-farming
This document summarizes issues related to commercializing biotech crops globally. It discusses (1) the increasing global demand for food due to population growth and diet changes, and challenges from climate change; (2) how biotechnology has increased agricultural productivity but regulatory hurdles have slowed commercialization, especially in developing countries; and (3) the complex interplay of scientific, economic, political and social factors that must be addressed for successful commercialization of biotech crops globally.
This document summarizes issues related to commercializing biotech crops globally. It discusses (1) the increasing global demand for food due to population growth and diet changes, and challenges from climate change; (2) how biotechnology has increased agricultural productivity but regulatory hurdles have slowed commercialization, especially in developing countries; and (3) the complex interplay of scientific, economic, political and social factors that must be addressed for successful commercialization of biotech crops globally.
Less sticks, more carrots: New directions for improving food safety in inform...ILRI
This document provides an overview and recommendations from a report on improving food safety in informal markets in low- and middle-income countries. It discusses the context of fragmented hybrid food systems and food safety deficiencies. Specifically, it describes poor physical environments, hygiene practices, and consumer protection in informal community marketplaces. The document advocates for less regulatory enforcement and more collaborative approaches like training, collective action, and incentives to motivate compliance. It recommends local interventions guided by central standards, and multisector partnerships to address challenges at scale through capacity building and differentiating approaches across contexts.
Barbra Batshalom, the Executive Director of NEXUS, will share information about the newest green product initiatives in the industry. She will present the results of months of conversations, surveys, events and research with manufacturers, thought leaders and specifiers to identify the barriers to green products. Barbra will share the latest activities behind these efforts and her vision for the future that the Green Product Association is part of.
The ISPC conducted a qualitative prioritization exercise to provide expert scientific guidance for new CRP investments. They surveyed donors and experts to rate sub-IDOs (intermediate development outcomes) under the CGIAR's strategic level outcomes. Donors allocated points across sub-IDOs based on organizational priorities. Experts assigned scores to sub-IDOs based on criteria like relevance and the CGIAR's comparative advantage. Results showed varying priority levels for sub-IDOs. The ISPC aims to use this qualitative prioritization to strengthen the quality, relevance and impact of CRP proposals approved for funding.
Biotechnology for Health and Food Security [Najat Mokhtar, Hassan II Academy ...UNESCO Venice Office
Workshop on Higher Education and Professional Responsibility in CBRN Applied Sciences and Technology across the Sub-Mediterranean Region
3-4 April 2012. Palazzo Zorzi, Venice
Session 2. Science and Society - Identifying Priorities and New Technologies Challenges
This document provides a summary of a student's assignment on breeding designer crops. It discusses the need for biosafety regulations to ensure safe development and release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It outlines the emergence of biosafety regulations internationally and in India. It also discusses the status of GMOs in agriculture globally and in India, as well as research and development activities. It proposes various training modules to build capacity in biosafety.
1) The documentary describes the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, where a leak of toxic gases from a Union Carbide pesticide plant killed thousands.
2) It focuses on the fictional story of Dilip, a rickshaw driver who takes a job at the plant hoping to improve his family's life. However, he and others raise safety concerns that go unaddressed.
3) On the night of the leak, toxic gas clouds spread over the city as people flood into hospitals. Many victims die untreated while others are left permanently blinded or injured. The film shows how the disaster devastated the community but global corporations denied responsibility.
This document provides an agenda for the "IVD Regulatory and Strategic Forum" conference taking place on December 8-9, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will feature keynote speakers and panels discussing topics related to in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical device regulations, including updates on the EU's new IVD Regulation and how companies can prepare for its implementation. Specific sessions will cover issues like the role of notified bodies, clinical evidence requirements, post-market surveillance, software/mobile medical apps, and navigating regulations in different global markets. Pre-conference workshops on December 7 will address UDI implementation experiences and a pilot program for revised adverse event reporting forms.
CQ5254 Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Labelling SummitKiran Bains
This document provides an agenda for "The Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Labelling Summit" conference taking place from October 27-29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The summit will focus on strategies for optimizing labelling of pharmaceuticals and medical devices to ensure regulatory compliance and accurate product information. It will consist of presentations, panels, and discussions on topics such as patient-centered labelling, global harmonization of labelling standards, content management systems, and implementation of unique device identification (UDI) systems. The agenda includes speakers from pharmaceutical and medical device companies as well as regulatory agencies.
This document provides information on the "Discovering the Route to Regulatory Compliance" conference taking place on September 23-24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. The conference will address topics related to regulatory compliance with REACH, including preparing for the 2018 registration deadline, managing substances of very high concern (SVHCs) and applications for authorization, substance and dossier evaluation, safety data sheets, and more. It lists keynote speakers from the European Chemicals Agency and industry organizations discussing these topics.
The document summarizes an agricultural conference called "Crops and Chemicals USA" taking place from July 21-24, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The conference will consist of four streams on agrochemical formulation, seed treatments, biopesticides, and biostimulants & plant growth. It will feature expert speakers from various companies and over 350 expected attendees. The document provides the conference agenda with sessions on topics like novel adjuvants, essential oil biopesticide formulations, seed treatment strategies, biostimulant regulations and more.
This document provides information about an upcoming conference on orphan drugs that will take place on October 18-20, 2016 in London. It includes details about the interactive workshops on the first day and key sessions over the two main conference days that will discuss topics such as regulatory challenges, developing treatments for rare diseases, pediatric orphan drug development, and partnerships in the orphan drug field. Information is provided on registering for the event and sponsorship opportunities.
This document provides information about a cancer vaccines conference, including two pre-conference workshops on cancer vaccines and combination therapies. The conference will take place September 20-22, 2016 in London and focus on the latest advances in cancer vaccine development and commercialization. It lists the agenda and speakers for the two days of the main conference, which will cover topics like RNA-based vaccines, biomarkers, clinical trials, and combination therapies. Registration discounts are available before certain dates. The workshops on September 20th will address how cancer vaccines can work with and without other treatments to maximize efficacy against cancer.
This document provides information about an upcoming conference on peptides taking place July 6-7, 2016 in London. It includes:
- Details on two pre-conference workshops on cyclic peptides and cell penetrating peptides
- An agenda for the two-day conference featuring speakers from pharmaceutical companies discussing topics like peptide drug development, oral delivery technologies, purification techniques, and peptide-based vaccines
- Information on discounts for early registration as well as sponsorship opportunities
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1. 2-4 December 2015
Hilton Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Discover novel breeding techniques to
produce the most desirable traits whilst
ensuring the protection of innovation
Plant Breeding
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1 EXHIBITION • 3 STREAMS • 1 LOCATION
Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo
Acting Head of Unit
DG Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission, Spain
Tristan Coram
Trait Manager Group Leader
& Agronomic Traits Program Leader
Dow, USA
Renata Bolognesi
Insect Control Platform Lead
Monsanto, USA
Ana Atanassova
Global Regulatory Manager
Bayer CropScience, Belgium
Dave Warner
AgTraits Program Director
DuPont Pioneer, USA
Christine Gould
Head of Next Generation Innovation
and Engagement
Syngenta, USA
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2. Plant Breeding: Market Analysis
Morning of plenary sessions
09.00 The future of agriculture: Where will we be in 10 years
time?
• Foresight vs forecasting
• Encouraging people to think about the future and reflect on
their thought processes to prevent inaccurate predictions
• Horizon scanning for megatrends
• Visions of the future of agriculture and food systems
• Two global scenarios: alternative frames for looking into the
future -a fresh perspective compared to business as usual
• Seeing the future from different lenses gives clarity in the
discussion on new opportunities and what can be done
today
Freija Van Duijne, President, Dutch Future Society,
The Netherlands
09.40 Market review of biopesticides, seed treatments and plant
breeding technology
• What have we learnt and where are we headed?
• Exploring the market size and growth potential
• An overview of recent mergers and acquisitions
• Global trends and developments
• Market leaders for each sector
• Innovations in technology
• Future trends and predictions - where are the current gaps
in the market
John McDougall, Partner, Phillips McDougal, UK
10.20 What investors look for when investing in the biopesticide,
seed treatment and ag-biotech market?
• How to demonstrate that your business is worth investing in
• Investor focus for start up companies
• Investor focus during the growth stage
Eli Ziskind, Vice President, Investment Banking, Credit
Suisse, UK
11.00 Morning coffee networking breakDiscover How to Breed
for the Most Desirable Traits
11.30 Overcoming the challenges of abiotic and biotic stress
• Best approaches and strategies to breeding for stress
tolerance
• Taking a closer look at the importance of experimental
design
• Analysing modelling and systems biology of abiotic and
biotic stress tolerance
• Utilising the available biotechnology for combatting abiotic
and biotic stress
Arnaldo Ferreira, Geneticist, United States Department of
Agriculture - Forest Service, USA
12.00 Spotlight Session
Spotlight presentations are hosted by leading service
providers within the plant breeding field. For more information
on hosting a spotlight session please contact Chamatkar
Sandhu E: chamatkar.sandhu@informa.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 7278
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Host plant resistance of banana to biotic stress: simply
complex.
• Major constraints to smallholder banana production across
sub-Saharan Africa
• Is genetic resistance the most economic and sustainable
solution
• Assessing a combination of conventional breeding and
biotechnology to overcome problems associated with
infertility barriers, high hybridity, ploidy and genome
configurations, complex host plant-pest interactions
Abdou Tenkouano, Regional Director, AVRDC - The World
Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa
14.30 A summary of native trait breeding and transgenic
approaches to maize drought tolerance in the industry:
Accomplishments and future trends.
• Global market demand for products - future challenges for
sustainable water use
• A historical view of progress made with conventional breeding
• Progress made with native trait technology – enabling
technologies, prediction modelling, phenotyping
• Transgenic approaches to drought tolerance – over a decade
of discovery and development of novel genetic variation
• Future trends and predictions – integrated approaches
Dave Warner, AgTraits Program Director, DuPont Pioneer,
USA
15.00 Hybrid wheat breeding: History, current status and future
perspectives
• Examining pollination control systems for wheat
• Assessing breeding methods of wheat males
• Heterotic pools in wheat
• Current future market perspectives
Mario Gils, Hybrid Wheat Breeding, Nordsaat Saatzucht,
Germany
15.30 Afternoon Break
16.00 Disease resistance traits for potato breeding
• Examining Simplot Plantsciences biotechnology process
Innate™
• How to implement Innate™ into your breeding programme
• RD process behind Innate™
Nicolas Champouret, Head of RD, Disease Resistant
Traits, Simplot Plantsciences, USA
16.30 Panel Discussion: Best approaches and strategies to
overcome environmental stresses.
This interactive session will allow attendees to discuss particular
challenges encountered with dealing with environmental stresses
that affect plant breeding processes and direct specific questions
to our panel of speakers. As well as addressing the below points:
• What key points to consider when breeding for
environment resistant traits?
• Is there a one size fits all technique to combat
environmental stresses?
• Current innovations on the market that show great promise
at dealing with environmental stresses
Dave Warner, AgTraits Program Director, DuPont Pioneer,
USA
Mario Gils, Hybrid Wheat Breeding, Nordsaat Saatzucht,
Germany
Abdou Tenkouano, Regional Director, AVRDC - The World
Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa
The Plant Microbiome
17.00 Is the next big thing the plant microbiome?
• Exploring tools to understand microorganisms in
soil: determining the precise composition of complex
microbial communities
• Understanding of the critical interactions between the
microbial ecosystems that coexist with plants, and in
particular within the rhizosphere
• Applications of the soil microbiome for improving crop
yield: results from research and commercial trails
• Future directions for this rapidly growing field
Douglas Ry Wagner, Chief Executive Officer, Agrinos, USA
17.30 End of plant breeding stream: Day one
17.30 Gala reception sponsored by
Day One Wednesday
2nd December 2015
RD: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE AND
LEARNING FROM THE PRESENT
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3. Day Two
Thursday
3rd December 2015
BRINGING TOGETHER
REGULATION AND SCIENCE
Regulatory Perspective on Plant Breeding
09.00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Key factors and challenges to
consider when dealing with regulatory approval barriers
An in depth analysis on whether a number of new breeding
techniques (NBT) could fall within the scope of the GM
legislation in particular focusing on the following new
breeding techniques:
• Oligonucleotide Directed Mutagenesis (ODM)
• Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology (ZFN)
• Cisgenesis and Intragenesis
• Grafting
• Agro-infiltration
• RNA-dependent DNA methylation (RdDM)
• Reverse breeding
• Synthetic genomics
Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo, Acting Head of Unit, DG Joint
Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Spain
09.40 Bayer CropScience’s view on NBTs and their regulation
• Strategic relevance of new breeding technologies
• Bayer’s research on directed genome engineering
• Multiple ways to look at the NBTs from a regulatory
perspective
Ana Atanassova, Global Regulatory Manager, Bayer
CropScience, Belgium
10.20 International licensing platform for vegetables
• How can we have both incentives for innovation and open
access to innovation?
• Maintaining and defending a monopolistic use of IP
• Shaping a new use of IP that both rewards invention and
also encourages openness following the principle of “free
access but not access for free”
• Examining the International Licensing Platform Vegetables
(ILP) and Syngenta’s TraitAbility
Christine Gould, Head of Next Generation Innovation and
Engagement, Syngenta, Switzerland
11.00 Break
11.30 Interactive “simulating the campfire” session:
Come together in an informal environment to discuss the
acceptance of new breeding techniques (NBT):
The facilitator will drive the discussion and participating
delegates will drive the following content:
• Is the current regulation of borderline new breeding
techniques the best approach?
• The likelihood of being of CRISPR-Cas9 considered as a
GM Technology
• The implication this could have on industry
• The challenged and benefits of the EU accepting GM
technologies
Facilitator: Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo, Acting Head of Unit,
DG Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission,
Spain
12.00 Spotlight Session
Spotlight presentations are hosted by leading service
providers within the plant breeding field. For more information
on hosting a spotlight session please contact Chamatkar
Sandhu E: chamatkar.sandhu@informa.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 7278
12.30 Lunch
Genetic Diversity Genome Engineering
14:00 Dual Dialogue: Innovative strategies to increase genetic
diversity
• Examining the best approaches and strategies to produce
genetic variation
• What is conservation seeking to achieve from a genetic
standpoint?
• Identifiying and utilising gentic diversity to breed desired
traits
• Can molecular markers be used to determine which of a
species’ populations are conservation priorities?
Rodomiro Ortiz, Faculty [Chair] Professor, Genetics Plant
Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU), Sweden
Bert Visser, Director Centre for Genetic Resources,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
14.30 Targeting meiotic recombination to unlock genetic
diversity
• Meiotic recombination and role in plant breeding
• How we can target meiotic recombination and which are
the factors at play
• Impact and applications
Giacomo Bastianelli, Co-Founder CEO, Meiogenix, Italy
15.00 Genome engineering - from site-directed mutagenesis to
precise genome editing
• Understanding principle mechanisms of customisable
endonucleases
• Comparison of zinc-finger nuclease, TALEN and RGEN
(CRISPR/Cas9) platforms
• Establishment of methodology for plants
• Current and future applications
Jochen Kumlehn, Head, Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Germany
15.30 Afternoon Break
16.00 Performance, stability and uniformity of precise genome
modification in maize using zinc-finger nucleases
• Demonstrated targeted insertion into maize IPK1 locus
using EXZACT™ Precision Technology
● • Demonstrated stability and uniformity of “replicate events”
• Study supports case for novel registration approach
Tristan Coram, Trait Manager Group Leader Agronomic
Traits Program Leader, Dow, USA
Innovations in Breeding
16.30 Trait delivery via Seed Treatment: A game changer in
breeding
• How TraitUp can enhance plants with desired traits, via
post-breeding pre-sawing seed treatment
• Trait delivery process - scientific breakthrough in transient
non-transgenic trait delivery, and potential applications
• How far are we in the commercialisation process?
• What are the next steps for TraitUp technology
Dotan Peleg, C.E.O, Morflora, Israel
17.00 The Two Blades foundation, harnessing technological
advances to combat crop disease
• Who are we and what is our mission?
• Examples of 2Blades technology activities
• Cross-species transfer of plant immune receptors
Peter van Esse, Group Leader, The Sainsbury Laboratory,
UK
17.30 End of plant breeding stream: Day two
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Discussions
4. Day Two
Day Three
Thursday
3rd December 2015
Friday
4th December 2015
EVENING
SEMINAR
BIG
DATA
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The Emergence of RNA interference (RNAi)
Evening Seminar: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Register: 18.15 • Start 18.30 • Finish 20.30 • Networking Dinner Included
The breakthrough technology of RNA Interference (RNAi) in recent years has changed the way researchers examine the
genome and their role in disease. Consequently RNAi applications holds promise for many areas of agriculture including
management of weeds, insects, diseases and other uses. This workshop examines the impact this breakthrough technology
has had across the agricultural landscape, predicting what the future may hold for RNAi as well as addressing the below
points:
• A closer look at RNAi – Understanding the mechanism
• Utilising RNAi silencing technology across crop improvement
• The challenges involved in getting RNAi molecules into the
target site
• Safety issues involved with RNAi technology
Workshop leader
Renata Bolognesi, Insect Control Platform Lead
Monsanto, USA
After hearing the discussion on day 1 and day 2 on various breeding methods and innovations in technology, this day
focuses on the copious amounts of complex data that is produced in the next stage of the plant breeding process. Learn the
best strategies and approaches to overcome the vast amounts of data produced from genomic analysis.
Topics addressed include:
Tackling the Challenges that Come with Big Data
Registration 09.00 • Start 09.30 • Finish 15.30 • Morning, lunch and afternoon refreshments will be included
Session 1:
Turn your complex data into useful and meaningful
information
• How to prioritise and use specific data on certain traits
• How to use this information to better exploit my genome
• How to deal with integrating private data and data from a
public repository
Richard Finkers, Senior Researcher
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Session 2:
Data handling for predictive phenomics
• Solutions to correlate and make accessible high velocity
data
• Coordinating large, geographically dispersed breeding
research groups and their datasets
Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill, Associate Professor, Department
of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology and Department
of Agronomy, Iowa State University, USA
Session 3:
Interactive discussion session
Our speakers of the day will go around the room and ask
attendees what they’re biggest challenges and fears are with
big data and what insight they have on this topic. This allows
for and accurate learning experience through sharing of
perspectives and challenges in an informal environment.
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