| 08.30 |
Registration |
| 09.15 |
Welcome address by Mr. Francis Gurry, Secretary-General, UPOV |
| 09.25 |
Welcome from the host of the 1961 Diplomatic Conference
Minister (France)
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Messages from the founding members of the Union |
| 09.30 |
Minister (Germany) |
| 09.35 |
Minister (Netherlands) |
| 09.40 |
Minister (United Kingdom) |
| 09.45 |
Opening by Mr. Keun-Jin Choi, President of the Council of UPOV |
| 09.55 |
The development of plant breeding and plant variety protection
 Mr. Bernard Le Buanec
Presentation of Mr. Le Buanec
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| 10.25 |
Coffee |
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Session 1: Plant Science and the future for plant breeding
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Chair: Ms Kitisri Sukhapinda, Vice-President of the Council of UPOV
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| 10.55 |
The role of genomics in crop improvement
Mr. Mike Bevan, Deputy Director Science, John Innes Centre (United Kingdom)
Presentation Mr. Bevan |
| 11.15 |
Bioengineering
Mr. Konstantin G. Skryabin, Director, Research Centre "Bioengineering", Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation)
Presentation Mr. Konstantin G. Skyrabin
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| 11.35 |
Heterosis in rye
Mr. Stanislau Hardzei, Head, Laboratory of Genetics and Biotechnology, Scientific and Practical Centre of the Belorussian NAS for Arable Farming (SPCAF) (Belarus)
Presentation Mr. Stanislau Hardezi
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| 11.55 |
Breeding for virus resistance in cereals
Mr. Frank Ordon, Director and Professor, Head Insitute of Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Germany)
Presentation Mr. Frank Ordon |
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| 12.15 |
Lunch Seminar “15 years of supranational cooperation in plant variety protection: the European experience” hosted by the European Union at the Intercontinental Hotel, 7-9 chemin du Petit-Saconnex, 1209 Geneva
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| Session 1: Plant Science and the future for plant breeding (continued) |
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| 15.00 |
Stress resistance in maize
Mrs. Marianne BÃnziger, Deputy Director General, Research and Partnership, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
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| 15.20 |
Molecular virus plant interactions and pathogen defense in tuber crop plants
Mr. Jari P.T. Valkonen, Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki (Finland)
Presentation Mr. Jari P.T. Valonen |
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Session 2: Applying the science: challenges and opportunities
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| Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV |
| 15.40 |
Plant variety protection and technology transfer
Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV
Presentation of Mr. Peter Button |
| 15.55 |
Variety traits for the future
Mr. David Nevill, Head of Cereals R&D, Syngenta International AG
Presentation of Mr. David Nevill
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| 16.10 |
Vegetable and field crop strategies in East Africa
Mr. Yashwant Bhargava, Head of R&D, East AFrican Seed Company Ltd
Presentation of Mr. Yashwant Bhargava |
| 16.25 |
Breeding prospects for horticulture in Asia
Mr. Ki-Byung Lim, Professor of Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University (Republic of Korea)
Presentation of Mr. Ki-Byung Lim |
| 16.40 |
Coffee |
| 16.55 |
Flower breeding for the global market
Mr. Ulrich Sander, Managing Director, Selecta Klemm (Germany)
Presentation of Mt. Ulrich Sande |
| 17.10 |
Fruit breeding aims for the twenty-first century
Mrs. Wendy Cashmore, Manager, Plant Varieties, New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (New Zealand)
Presentation of Mrs. Wendy Cashmore |
| 17.25 |
Discussion |
| 17.55 |
Concluding remarks by Mr. Keun-Jin Choi, President of the Council of UPOV |
| 18.00 |
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