ENHANCED GENEPOOL UTILIZATION ‒ Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement

 

PROGRAMME

Final conference programme

Book of abstracts

List of registered posters

Oral and poster presentation guidelines

Click here for information about keynote speakers.

 

Programme summary

Mon 16th June
Afternoon
  • Registration
  • Visits to NIAB Innovation Farm demonstration plots
  • Informal poster viewing
 NIAB Innovation Farm
Evening
  • Opening session
  • Guest lecture
  • Welcome reception
  • Informal poster viewing

Guest lecturer: Dr. Jean Christophe Glaszmann, researcher at CIRAD, the French centre for international cooperation in agricultural research for development, Montpellier

 NIAB Innovation Farm
Tues 17th June
Morning
  • Registration
  • Session 1: Pre-breeders' use of exotic germplasm
  • Session 2: Novel germplasm characterization techniques

Keynote speakers: Dr. Dani Zamir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Dr. Ken Street, International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria

 Churchill College
Afternoon
  • Session 3: Characterization informatics
  • Session 4: International crop wild relative conservation

Keynote speakers: Dr. Richard Finkers, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, the Netherlands; Dr. Nigel Maxted, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

 Churchill College
Evening
  • Poster session
  • Visit to NIAB Innovation Farm demonstration plots
  • World food party
 NIAB Innovation Farm
Wed 18th June
Morning
  • Poster session
  • Session 5: Breeders' use of exotic germplasm
  • Session 6: Community-based conservation and use

Keynote speakers: Dr. Mathias Lorieux, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia; Dr. Maryam Rahmanian, Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Iran

 Churchill College
Afternoon Visit to the John Innes Centre John Innes Centre
Evening Free time to explore Cambridge  
Thurs 19th June
Morning
  • Poster session
  • Session 7: Improving breeders' access to PGRFA
  • Session 8: Conservation informatics

Keynote speakers: Dr. Lisanne Boon, Rijk Zwaan, the Netherlands; Dr. Theo van Hintum, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, the Netherlands

 Churchill College
Afternoon
  • Poster session
  • Session 9: International landrace conservation
  • Session 10: PGRFA conservation/use policy

Keynote speakers: Dr. Hugo Perales Rivera, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico; Dr. Michael Halewood, Bioversity International, Italy

 Churchill College
17:30–18:00 EUCARPIA business meeting (all EUCARPIA members and interested guests welcome) Churchill College
Evening Conference dinner St. John's College
Fri 20th June
Morning
  • Session 11: National crop wild relative and landrace conservation
  • Panel discussion: Vision of future European PGRFA utilization and conservation
  • Closing session

Keynote speakers: Prof. José Iriondo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain; Dr. Abishkar Subedi, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, the Netherlands

 Churchill College
Afternoon/evening Visit to Minsmere Nature Reserve