PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Day 1 (09/02/05) |
Philippines Room – Building C 277-281 |
08:30 – 09:30 |
Registration |
09:30 – 10:15 |
Opening Ceremonies |
• Welcome remarks: M. Solh, Director, AGP | |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Coffee/tea break |
Session I (part 1) |
Country case presentations |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Presentation 1: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Philippines |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Presentation 2: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Venezuela |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Presentation 3: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Kenya |
12:00 – 12:30 |
Presentation 4: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Angola |
12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
Session I (part 2) |
Country case presentations |
14:00 – 14:30 |
Presentation 5: Analysis of the plant breeding and biotechnology survey: Examples from Venezuela and The Philippines |
14:30 – 15:00 |
Presentation 6: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: aggregated information for Africa |
15:00 – 15:45 |
General Discussion led by the Chair |
15:45 – 16:00 |
Coffee/tea break |
16:00 – 16:15 |
Orientation for the working group discussions |
Session II (part 1) |
Working group discussions |
16: – 18:00 |
Proposed issues for discussion • Strategies to strengthen national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity considering: Crop, country and/or regional strategy |
Day 2 (10/02/05) Session II (part 2) |
Working group discussions Group A – Philippines Room (C277-281) |
009:00 – 10:00 |
Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee/tea break |
10:15 - 12:30 |
Proposed issues for discussion • How biotechnology can better support plant breeding in developing countries |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) |
15:00 - 15:15 |
Coffee and tea break |
15:15 - 17:00 |
Proposed issues for discussion • Role of CG Centres |
17:00 - 18:00 |
Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) |
Day 3 (11/02/05) Session II (part 3) |
Working group discussions Group A – Philippines Room (C277-281) |
08:30 – 10:15 |
Proposed issues for discussion • Policies to enhance private sector investments |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee and tea break |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Proposed issues for discussion (continuation) • Policies to enhance private sector investments |
11:00 - 12:00 |
Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Recommendations to FAO |
13:00 - 15:00 |
Lunch break and Draft Report preparation |
Session III |
Meeting Report Adoption |
15:00 - 16:00 |
Final review of meeting report summary |
16:00 - 16:30 |
Adoption of Report and Recommendations |
16:30 - 17:00 |
Closing Ceremony |
WORKING GROUPS
Group A (Philippines room) |
Group B (AG meeting Room) |
Elizabeth Matos (Angola |
Desiree Hautea (Philippines) |
Josephine Songa (Kenya) |
Orangel Borges (Venezuela) |
Mohan Saxena (ex-ICARDA) |
Hernan Ceballos (CIAT) |
Kedear Nath Rai (ICRISAT) |
Alexei Morgounov (CIMMYT) |
Ann Marie Thro (USDA) |
B. B. Singh (IITA) |
Qingyao Y. Shu (FAO/IAEA) |
Jose Falk-Zepeda (IFPRI) |
Jonathan Robinson (Consultant) |
Mauricio Lopes (EMBRAPA) |
Patricia Zambrano (IFPRI) |
Robert Evenson (Yale University) |
Moussa Sié (WARDA) |
Rolf Folkertsma (ILRI) |
Kakoli Gosh (FAO/AGPS) |
Ehsan Dulloo (IPGRI) |
Hoan Le (FAO/AGPC) |
Peter Button (UPOV) |
Andrea Sonnino (FAO/SDRR) |
Jonathan Latham (EcoNexus) |