| Day 1 - [12 Oct, 2010 - Tuesday] |
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08:00
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Registration and Coffee
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08:55
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Welcome and Introduction
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09:00
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Global Seed Market Outlook
- Asian seed markets -evolution and trends
- Seed market development and consolidation
- How seed industry consolidation will impact global seed security?
Mr. Gautam Sirur, Director
Cropnosis Limited
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Current Status, Development and Trends - Policies and regulations
- Market structure and outlook
- Future trait commercialization |
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09:30
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Hybrid Rice Seed
Mr. Frederic Arboucalot, Global Head of Rice Seed & Traits
Bayer CropScience
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10:00
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Hybrid Maize Seed
Dr. Orachos Napasintuwong, Department of Agricultural and resource Economics
Kasetsart University
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10:30
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Discussion followed by Refreshments
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11:00
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Food Security in Asia : The Changing Landscape in Supply, Distribution and Demand
- Supply of agricultural produce resulting from conventional and biotech seed
- Sources of demand for food and distribution of food
- Latest trends on where the demands will come from and in the securitization of food production and distribution
Paul Teng, Chairman
Asia BioBusiness Pte Ltd
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Agriculture Development : Market Outlook and Plans - Regulatory framework for seed market
- Structure of agribiotech industry
- Prospects for investments |
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11:30
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Indonesia
Ms. Hindarwati, Director- Plant Variety Protection Office
Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia
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12:00
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Malaysia
Norma Othman, Director - Crop quality Control Division
Department of Agriculture Malaysia
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12:30
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Discussion followed by Lunch
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14:00
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Chairman’s Remarks
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14:05
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Global Commercialization of Crop Biotech and its Prospects for Food, Feed and Biofuel
- Analysis of trends in biotechnology and conventional seed area by traits, markets, ownership
Dr. Randy A. Hautea, GLOBAL COORDINATOR - ISAAA, Director, ISAAA SEAsiaCenter
ISAAA
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14:35
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Latest Innovations in Agribiotech Seed (Corn, Rice and Vegetables) Development
- Corn/rice/vegetables development trends and outlook
- Prospects for future trait & commercialization
- The impact of regulation on biotech innovation in Asia Pacific
- The challenges
Mr. Peter Pickering, Head of Seeds
Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
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15:05
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Agriculture Biotechnology : A Road Map to Commercialization
- Case studies on product development, deregulation and commercialization of genetically engineered crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines
- Current project pipeline, public-private partnership, key technology and seed trait work: fruit and shoot borer resistant eggplant, papaya ring spot resistant papaya, late blight resistant potato and virus resistant tomatoes
Dr. Frank Shotkoski, Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSPII)
Cornell University
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15:35
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Discussion followed by Refreshments
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16:05
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Current Status, Development and Trends in Cotton Seed
- Scenario of cotton cultivation in India
- Current status of Indian cotton seed industry
- Role & impact of transgenic technology
- Investment opportunities in Indian cotton seed industry
- The road ahead...
Mr. Niranjan Kumar Kollipara, Managing Director
Garc Seeds Private Limited
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16:35
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Leveraging Tissue Culture Platforms for Hybrid Seed Production
Dr. Geetaa Singh, Managing Director
Labland Biotech
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17:05
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Seed & Crop Improvement through Biotechnology Tools
- Crop improvement: marker identification, genetic transformation, molecular marker assisted selection, screening crop/seed pathogens
- Biotechnology services in regulatory GMO field trials: GM event method validation, soil micro-flora analysis, transgene expression, pollen flow & contamination
- Biotechnology services in transgenic seed development: DNA finger print screening for trait introgression, zygosity analysis, gene expression analysis
- Biotechnology services in transgenic seed production: genetic purity, GM event purity, trait purity
- Biotechnology services in food: GMO testing, GM food labelling, market research/crop survey of GM crops
Dr. Joseph Lopez, Biotech Lead
SGS India
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17:35
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Discussion followed by End of Day One
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| Day 2 - [13 Oct, 2010 - Wednesday] |
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09:00
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Chairman’s Remarks
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09:10
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Vegetable Seed Market Outlook in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and India
- Vegetable production, quality control and certification of seed vegetables in the region
- The impact of improved vegetable farming technology on small farmers'income in tropical Asia
- How could Asia respond to the challenge of seed vegetable production
- Prospects for the seed vegetable market and future trait commercialization
Mr. Glenn Pardede, Director
East West Seed Indonesia
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09:40
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Micro Suspension Technology : A Novel Innovation in Seed Treatment
- LESS IS MORE - less input, more benefit to the grower
- Increases crop yield and quality by maximizing nutrient use efficiency
- Flexible application methods
Dr. Sung Do Song, Director
Agro Genesis Pte Ltd
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10:10
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Trends in Seed Regulatory Framework in Philippines
- Regulations on release of varieties and on production, distribution, import and export of seed
- leveraging international certification for commercial seed development
- Pipeline approval for GM seed
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10:40
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Discussion followed by Refreshments
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11:10
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Development and Prospect of China’s Seed Industry
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11:40
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Protection of Varieties of Agricultural Plants
- Managing seed quality integrity
- How to protect IPR?
- Registration and certification protocols
Dr. Tan Siang Hee, Executive Director
CropLife Asia
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12:10
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Role of the OECD Schemes for International Certification of Seed and Trade
- Why international certification: benefits
- The OECD varietal certification system
- Implementation of the OECD schemes in member countries
- Joining the OECD: procedures
Dr. Michael M. Ryan, Head of Codes and Schemes
OECD Development Centre
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12:40
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Final Discussion Followed by Closing Lunch
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14:00
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End of Conference
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