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Preliminary scientific program

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 1

12:20  - 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,
                                  C
arlsberg 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”


08:30  -  09:20        Sequencing approaches for estimating genetic diversity between ecotypes and populations in forage
                                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”


08:30  -  09:20        Genomic selection as a tool to decrease greenhouse gas emission from domestic ruminants
                               (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”


08:30  -  09:20        Carbon dioxide, climate change and agricultural productivity (Lewis H. Ziska, USDA-ARS, USA)
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”


08:30  -  09:20        Back to the future: The use of historical samples to assess and predict the consequences 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”


08:30  -  09:20        The impact of glacial and postglacial history on the genetic structure of Norway spruce and Siberian
                                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”


14:00  -  14:45        A view on animal and plant genetic resources in the light of climate change (Irene Hoffmann, FAO)
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)