Conference Schedule

Agribiotech & SEED Markets
12-13 Oct, 2010 – Jakarta

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Day 1 – 12 Oct 2010, Tuesday

08:00 Registration and Coffee

08:55 Welcome and Introduction

09:00 Global Seed Market Outlook

Asian seed markets -evolution and trends
Seed market development and consolidation
How seed industry consolidation will impact global seed security?

Speaker: Gautam Sirur, Director, Cropnosis Limited

Current Status, Development and Trends

Policies and regulations
Market structure and outlook
Future trait commercialization

09:30 Hybrid Rice Seed
Speaker: Frederic Arboucalot, Global Head of Rice Seed & Traits, Bayer CropScience

10:00 Hybrid Maize Seed
Speaker: Dr. Orachos Napasintuwong, Department of Agricultural and resource Economics, Kasetsart University

10:30 Discussion followed by Refreshments

11:00 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

Speaker: Paul Teng, Chairman, Asia BioBusiness Pte Ltd

Agriculture Development : Market Outlook and Plans

Regulatory framework for seed market
Structure of agribiotech industry
Prospects for investments

11:30 Indonesia
Speaker: Hindarwati, Director- Plant Variety Protection Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia

12:00 Malaysia
Speaker: Norma Othman, Director – Crop quality Control Division, Department of Agriculture Malaysia

12:30 Discussion followed by Lunch

14:00 Chairman’s Remarks

14:05 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

Speaker: Dr. Randy A. Hautea, GLOBAL COORDINATOR – ISAAA, Director, ISAAA SEAsiaCenter, ISAAA

14:35 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

Speaker: Peter Pickering, Head of Seeds, Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

15:05 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

Speaker: Frank Shotkoski, Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSPII), Cornell University

15:35 Discussion followed by Refreshments

16:05 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…

Speaker: Niranjan Kumar Kollipara, Managing Director, Garc Seeds Private Limited

16:35 Leveraging Tissue Culture Platforms for Hybrid Seed Production
Speaker: Geetaa Singh, Managing Director, Labland Biotech

17:05 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

Speaker: Joseph Lopez, Biotech Lead, SGS India

17:35 Discussion followed by End of Day One

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Day 2 – 13 Oct 2010, Wednesday

08:45 Chairman’s Remarks

08:55 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

Speaker: Glenn Pardede, Director, East West Seed Indonesia

09:20 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

Speaker: Dr. Sung Do Song, Director, Agro Genesis Pte Ltd

09:45 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

10:10 Discussion followed by Refreshments

10:30 Development and Prospect of China’s Seed Industry

11:00 Protection of Varieties of Agricultural Plants