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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,
                                  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”


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)