Program

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April 4, 2011

Day 0, evening

17:00 Opening Reception
20:00

April 5, 2011

Day 1, morning - plenary session

Plenary theme: Words of Welcome

09:00 "Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) - a short introduction" - Bert Visser (CGN)
09:10 "Added value through cooperation; Plant Sciences Group" - Ernst van den Ende (PSG/WUR)
09:20 "EUCARPIA" - Eva Thörn (EUCARPIA)
09:30 OPENING "An (in)convenient future - Policy on Genetic Resources in The Netherlands" - Hans Smolders (Ministry EL&I)

Plenary theme: Genebanks - Where are we and Where are we going?

09:45 KEYNOTE "Whither Genebanks?" - Geoff Hawtin
Geoff Hawtin
10:15 "State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources and the Global Plan of Action" - Eva Thörn
10:35 "The Political Context of PGR Conservation: CBD, ITPGRFA, ABS and other Acronyms"- Anke van den Hurk

10:55 Coffee break

11:30 "Promoting conservation and use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Information services for users worldwide"- Sonia Dias and Michael Mackay
11:50 "The challenges of molecular genetics for genebanks" - Ken McNally and Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton
12:10 "A European Genebank Integrated System (AEGIS): concept and reality" - Jan Engels and Lorenzo Maggioni

12:30 Lunch break

Day 1, afternoon - plenary session

Plenary theme: Quality Assurance at the basis of Collaboration among Genebanks

14:00 KEYNOTE "From QMS Ideal to Performance Reality - a hybrid performance management approach for genebanks" - Mellissa Wood
Mellissa Wood and Jenin Assaf
14:30 "Standards and Best practices for genebank management" - Ehsan Dullo et al.
14:50 "Quality standards in genebanks - improvement of sustainability of plant genetic resources" - Ulrike Lohwasser and Andreas Börner

15:10 Coffee break

15:45 "Quality management at the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands" - Theo van Hintum and Liesbeth de Groot

16:05 Plenary activity: 60 sec. Poster Introductions
17:30

Day 1, evening

18:30 Poster viewing / Social gathering (Dutch dinner included)
22:00

April 6, 2011

Day 2, morning - plenary session and discussion groups

08:55 "Plant Genetic Resources - charaterization and utilization - the journal" - Robert Koebner

Plenary theme: How can we serve You?

09:00 KEYNOTE "Exploiting the wealth of gene bank collections in breeding" - Kees Reinink
Kees Reinink
09:30 "About the PGR networks in France: the collaboration between users and the Genetic Resource Centre on small grains cereals" - Audrey Didier
09:50 "Pre-competitive Research on Genebank Material in the Netherlands" - Tonny van den Boom
10:10 "EVA II: A German network for the use of PGR in resistance breeding" - Lother Frese (replacing Siegfried Harrer)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Discussion group theme: How can we serve You?
• find out how genebanks can better serve users

12:30 Lunch break

Day 2, afternoon

13:00 Excursion (culture and nature) - download information sheet
17:45 return to Hof van Wageningen.

Day 2, evening

18:45 Conference dinner
23:00 return to Hof van Wageningen.

April 7, 2011

Day 3, morning - plenary session

Plenary theme: How can we serve You? (cont.)

09:00 Impressions from the discussion groups

• Group 1 - chair: Eva Thörn, rapporteur: Audrey Didier - report
• Group 2 - chair: Jens Weibull, rapporteur: Robert Koebner - report
• Group 3 - chair: Marcin Studnicki, rapporteur: Peter Bretting - report
• Group 4 - chair: Nigel Maxted, rapporteur: Jean Louis Pham - report
09:50 "Utilization of plant genetic resources at the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute of the ARC" - Riana Kleynhans
10:10 "Utilization of the Czech collection of wheat genetic resources in breeding" - Zdenek Stehno et al.

10:30 Coffee break

Plenary theme: Genebanks working together

11:00 KEYNOTE "Genebanks work together" - Merja Veteläinen
Merja Veteläinen
11:30 "The role of the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) in unifying the U. S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)" - Peter Bretting et al.
11:50 "Lessons learned from the 2010 ECPGR review" - Orlando de Ponti
12:10 "Temperate forage and pulse legume genetic gap analysis" - Nigel Maxted et al.

12:50 Lunch break

Day 3, afternoon - discussion groups and plenary session

14:00 Discussion group theme: Genebanks working together

• list scenarios and set priorities for collaboration

15:15 Coffee break

Plenary theme: Genebanks working together (cont.)

15:45 Impressions from the discussion groups

• Group 1 - chair: Matthew Ordidge, rapporteur: Ken McNally - report
• Group 2 - chair: Orlando de Ponti, rapporteur: Robert Koebner - report
• Group 3 - chair: Ulrike Lohwasser, rapporteur: Peter Bretting - report
• Group 4 - chair: Priscille Huot, rapporteur: Dainis Rungis - report
16:30 "South East European Development Network on Plant Genetic Resources - SEEDNet" - Jelka Sustar-Vozlic et al.
16:50 "The Dutch German collaboration" - Lothar Frese and Roel Hoekstra

Plenary session: Closing of the meeting

17:10 Closing words
17:30