Everson Seed and Biosafety Symposium

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Date/Time:Wednesday, 12 Apr 2017 from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm
Location:Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, 2100 Green Hills Dr., Ames
Cost:$50-$140 (free for ISU faculty, staff, students)
URL:http://www.register.extension.iastate.ed...um/welcome
Phone:515-294-5681
Channel:College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Categories:Conferences
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Morning speakers will present an overview of the outlook for the seed industry, addressing recent changes and offer varying perspectives on resulting challenges and opportunities. Presentations in the afternoon will focus on topics relating to next generation agriculture, and will highlight new innovations and technologies and their domestic and global impacts.

Wednesday, April 12
Welcome, 8 a.m.
- Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State

Symposium Keynote, 8:15 a.m.
- Kenneth M. Quinn, World Food Prize Foundation

Session One: "Seed Industry Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities," 9 a.m.
- Moderator: Joe Colletti, Iowa State
- Michael Gumina, CEO, RiceTec Ag, Inc.
- Jim Schweigert, President, Gro Alliance
- Samson Konlan, Food Security Specialist, Economic Growth Office, USAID, Ghana

Luncheon and Keynote, noon
- Joe Colletti, Iowa State
- Mike Crum, Iowa State

Session Two: "Next Generation Innovations and Technologies in Agriculture," 1:30 p.m.
- Moderator: Catherine E. Woteki, former Chief Scientist and Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics, US Department of Agriculture
- Dileepkumar Guntuku, Global Program Leader, Seed Science Center, Iowa State
- Steve Sonka, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois and Fellow, Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets, University of Maryland
- Bruce Battles, Seedcare Technology Manager, Syngenta
- B.M. Prasanna, Director, Global Maize Program, CIMMYT and Research Program MAIZE, CGIAR

Closing remarks, 4:55 p.m.

Poster viewing and reception, 5-6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 13 (Extended session)
Registration and breakfast, 8 a.m.

Extended session, 8:30 a.m.
"Genome Editing for Crop Improvement"
- Dr. Thomas Lubberstedt, Professor and Director, R.F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding, Iowa State
- B.M. Prasanna, Director, Global Maize Program, CIMMYT and Research Program MAIZE, CGIAR
- Jeffry Sander, Research Scientist, DuPont Pioneer
- Kan Wang, Professor and co-Director, Crop Bioengineering Consortium, Iowa State
"Risk, Public Perception and the Regulation of Biotech Innovation"
- Clark Wolf, Professor and Director, Bioethics Program, Iowa State
"Planning for Future Biotechnology Products: Outcomes of the National Academies Report"
- Jeff Wolt, Professor and co-Director, Crop Bioengineering Consortium, Iowa State

Adjourn at noon