Main topics

The three day programme will start with a plenary diner session on Sunday evening. Three speakers will highlight the international developments from an Asian, European and US perspective.
The next two days will offer eight workshop on relevant topics in the agro - food industry ranging from business strategies to advances in new technologies. Session topics will include;

  • New high throughput sequencing &
    screening technologies

  • New traits, products & technologies

 

  • Business models in a consolidating agro - food industry

 

  • Intellectual properties and regulatory systems:
    a global perspective

 

  • Plant breeding a global business

 

  • Business approaches for commodity crops and
    the food chain

 

  • Genomics for bio based fuel & fiber product development

 

  • Applied genomics in the food & health industry