Program for Conference on "Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in a Changing Climate" Monday, 27th of January, 2014
08:30 - 11:30 Registration of the participants 11:30 - 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 12:50 Welcome words (Odd Arne Rognli, chair of the organizing committee) 12:50 - 13:15 Opening of the conference (Pål Vidar Sollie, Ministry of Agriculture and Food) SESSION I: “What mitigation, adaptation and genetic challenges do we face in the light of climate change?” 13:15 - 14:00 Effects of climate change on bioproduction (Jørgen E. Olesen, Aarhus University, Denmark) 14:00 - 14:30 Strategy building in farm animal practices – a look into the future (Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) 14:30 - 15:00 Sustainable primary production in a changing climate – effects to barley and oilseed rape from the future climate (Rikke Bagger Jørgensen, Technical University of Denmark and Michael Foged Lyngkjær, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 - 16:00 Challenges for fish in warmer waters: the case of the Arctic char (Sigurður Guðjónsson, Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Iceland) 16:00 - 16:30 Adaptation of Nordic forage crops to a changing climate (Aslaug Helgadottir, Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland) 16:30 - 17:00 Break 17:00 - 17:45 Adaptability of forest trees to climate – what can we learn from their evolutionary history? (Antoine Kremer, INRA Université de Bordeaux, France) 17:45 - 18:05 Short talk 1 18:05 - 18:25 Short talk 2 18:25 - 18:45 Short talk 3 19:30 --> Welcome reception and poster session
Tuesday, 28th of January, 2014
SESSION II: “Understanding genetic diversity and adaptation using molecular and quantitative genetic tools” 08:30 - 09:15 Genetic adaptation to climate change: Insights from natural populations (Ary A. Hoffmann, The University of Melbourne, Australia) 09:15 - 10:00 Lessons from model plant species (Juliette de Meaux, University Münster, Germany) 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 11:15 On identifying variation related to local adaptation (Outi Savolainen, University of Oulu, Finland) 11:15 - 12:00 Association mapping of traits relevant to fitness of barley in the future climate (Cathrine Ingvordsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 112:20 - 14:00 Lunch SESSION III: “Modelling, and characterization and utilization of genetic resources” 14:00 - 14:45 Need for seed banks in a changing climate (Roland von Bothmer, The Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Sweden) 14:45 - 15:30 Forest tree breeding in face of climate change
(Yousry A. El-Kassaby, University of British Columbia, Canada) 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 - 16:45 Breeding for the future – avoiding climate extremes and maximising yield of spring wheat in water- limited environments (Scott Chapman, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia) 16:45 - 17:05 Short talk 1 17:05 - 17:25 Short talk 2 17:25 - 17:50 Break 17:50 - 18:10 Short talk 3 18:10 - 18:30 Short talk 4 18:30 - 18:50 Short talk 5 18:50 - 19:20 A view from industry on genetic resource utilization in the light of climate change (Mats Hansson, Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark) 20:00 --> Conference dinner Wednesday, 29th of January, 2014
08:30 - 12:20 SESSION IV-VIII: Parallel sessions SESSION IV: “Nordic
Forage Crops Genetic Resource Adaptation Network”
grasses (Stephen Byrne, Aarhus University, Denmark) 09:20 - 09:40 Short talk 1 09:40 - 10:00 Short talk 2 10:00 - 10:20 Short talk 3 10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:20 Short talk 4 11:20 - 11:40 Short talk 5 11:40 - 12:00 Short talk 6 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 7 SESSION V: “Animal
Genetic Resources in the Adaptation to Climate Change”
(John McEwan, AgResearch, New Zealand) 09:20 - 09:40 Short talk 1 09:40 - 10:00 Short talk 2 10:00 - 10:20 Short talk 3 10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:20 Short talk 4 11:20 - 11:40 Short talk 5 11:40 - 12:00 Short talk 6 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 7 SESSION VI: “Sustainable
Primary Production in a Changing Climate”
09:20 - 09:40 Short talk 1 09:40 - 10:00 Short talk 2 10:00 - 10:20 Short talk 3 10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:20 Short talk 4 11:20 - 11:40 Short talk 5 11:40 - 12:00 Short talk 6 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 7 SESSION VII: “Fish Genetic Resources in the Age of Climate Change” on the genetic resources of fish (Einar Eg Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark, DTU AQUA, Denmark) 09:20 - 09:40 Short talk 1 09:40 - 10:00 Short talk 2 10:00 - 10:20 Short talk 3 10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:20 Short talk 4 11:20 - 11:40 Short talk 5 11:40 - 12:00 Short talk 6 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 7 SESSION VIII: “Forest
Genetic Resources and Climate Change”
spruce (Mari Mette Tollefsrud, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Norway) 09:20 - 09:40 Short talk 1 09:40 - 10:00 Short talk 2 10:00 - 10:20 Short talk 3 10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:20 Short talk 4 11:20 - 11:40 Short talk 5 11:40 - 12:00 Short talk 6 12:00 - 12:20 Short talk 7 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch SESSION IX: “Genetic Resources and Climate Change – science, strategies and policies” 14:45 - 15:05 Short talk 1 15:05 - 15:30 Short talk 2 15:30 - 16:00 Panel discussion 16:00 Closing conference (Odd Arne Rognli) |
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