Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Introduction

• Welcome and introduction to Session

Marcel Bruins - Keynote

• Marcel Bruins, Secretary General, International Seed Federation
  Seed Science and the Seed Industry in the 21st Century

Jonathan Wickert

• Senior Vice President and Provost, Iowa State University

Miller McDonald

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University
  Public SectorSeed Science: Past,Present, and Future

Diego Risso

• Secretary General, Seed Association of Americas
  Facilitating Seed Trade in the Americas: A Science Based Strategy

Moses Siambi

• Senior Scientist and Malawi Representative, International Crops Research Institute for the SemiArid Tropics (ICRISAT)
  Seed of Orphan Crops for Food Security

Panel Discussion

• Marcel Bruins, Miller McDonald, Diego Risso, Moses Siambi
  Policy for Seeding The Future

Introduction

• Introduction to Afternoon Session

Margaret Karembu - Keynote

• Director, International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) Africenter
  Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops

Kenneth Ostlie

• Professor and Extension Entomologist, University of Minnesota
  Emergence and Implications of Resistant Corn Rootworm

Iain Kelly

• Bayer CropScience
  Seed Treatment and Pollinators

Dave Stimpson

• Seeds Regulatory Specialist, Dow AgroSciences
  Refuge in a Bag

Michael Owen

• Extension Weed Specialist & Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University
  Herbicide Resistant Crops: Old Chemistry and New Traits

Alan Taylor

• Professor Seed Science and Technology, Cornell University
  New and Emerging Seed Treatments

Panel Discussion

• Margaret Karembu, Kenneth Ostlie, Iain Kelly, Dave Stimpson, Michael Owen, Alan Taylor
  Science for Seeding the Future

Closing

• Closing Remarks