Planning Workshop 2005

Introduction

A major ERA-PG workshop was held on 29-30 June 2005, at the John Innes Centre in Norwich. This workshop brought together 84 representatives from science, science policy and industry.

The programme included:
• Presentations of the outcome of the inventories of ERA-PG Workpackage 1.
• Presentations of the views from industry.
• Workshop breakout sessions on crops, traits, and technologies.
• Workshop breakout session on the administration & evaluation procedures
• Workshop breakout session on IPR and legal issues

The following documents provide background:
- ERA-PG report Plant Genomics in Europe
- Plants for the Future, a vision paper from the Technology Platform
- European plant science: a field of opportunities, EPSO paper in J. Exp. Bot. link

Participants

List of participants: participants

Programme

Pdf version of Workshop Programme: Programme (pdf)

ERA-PG Workshop 2005.
John Innes Centre, Norwich UK.

Wednesday 29th June

Welcome and opening introduction.

ERA-NET Plant Genomics
An opportunity for collaborative research
coordinated by national plant genomics programmes
Willem Stiekema (CBSG, NL)

presentation slides / presentation handout

9.15 – 10.00

General sessions

1. Findings of ERA-PG: presentations by task leaders.

National Programmes
Christine Bunthof (NGI, NL)

presentation slides / presentation handout

10.00 – 10.30

Programme Implementation Approaches
Stephan Micha (PTJ-BIO, DE)

presentation slides / presentation handout

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee

11.00 – 11.30

The Landscape of Plant Genomics in Europe
Thomas Goujon (INRA, FR)

presentation slides / presentation handout

11.30 – 12.00

Europe’s Competitiveness
Sophie Laurie (BBSRC, UK)

presentation slides / presentation handout

12.00 – 12.30

Lunch

12.30 – 13.30

2. View from the Technology Platform

Chris Lamb (JIC UK) 13.30 – 14.00

presentation slides / presentation handout

3. Vision of the future of EU plant science – view from the scientists.

Mark Stitt (MPIMP DE)

presentation slides / presentation handout

14.00 – 14.30

4. Views from Industry

a) Food industry
Vincent Pétiard (Nestlé, FR)

presentation slides / presentation handout

14.30 – 14.55

b) Agrochemical Industry
Dieter Berg (Bayer Bioscience, DE)

presentation slides / presentation handout

14.55 – 15.20

c) Plant breeders
Tina Barsby (Nickersons/Biogemma, UK)

presentation slides / presentation handout

15.20 – 15.45

d) Biotechnology Industry
Arjen van Tunen (Keygene, NL)

presentation slides / presentation handout

15.45 – 16.10

Tea

16.10 – 16.40

5. Discussion session and preparation for breakout workshops – aims and ambitions

Alf Game (BBSRC UK)

presentation slides / presentation handout

16.40 – 17.30

Evening dinner at the University of East Anglia

18.30

After dinner speaker
Dr. Machi Dilworth (NSF, USA)

presentation slides / presentation handout

20.00

Thursday 30th June

Breakout sessions

Subject	Chair	Reporter	Outcome summary
1. Crops (Opportunities for translational research)	Francesco Salamini (IT)	Thomas Goujon (FR)	report pdf
2. Traits (Defining the systems)	Jaakko Kangasjärvi (FI)	Sophie Laurie (UK)	report pdf
3. Technologies (including data standardisation)	Atle Bones (NO)	Christine Bunthof (NL)	report pdf
4. IPR issues	Verena Simpson (DK)	Stephan Micha (DE)	report pdf
5. Admin and evaluation.	Okker van Batenburg (NL)	Päive Teivainen-Lædre (NO)	report pdf

08.30 – 10.00

Coffee

10.00 – 10.30

Breakout sessions - continued

10.30 – 11.30

Breakout circulation: groups to move round different sessions

11.30 – 12.30

Lunch and compilation of feedback

12.30 – 14.00

Feedback from breakout facilitators/chairs (7 mins each max) and general discussion (45 minutes), led by breakout chairs

14.00 – 15.20

Way forward/workpackage 3

The way forward - WP 3
Jens Freitag (GABI, DE)

presentation slides / presentation handout

15.20 – 15.30

Final lecture and close

The magic of heterosis: how come 1 1>2?
Dani Zamir (Israel)

presentation slides / presentation handout

15.30 – 16.30

Planning Workshop 2005

Introduction

Participants

Programme

ERA-PG Workshop 2005.John Innes Centre, Norwich UK.

Wednesday 29th June

Thursday 30th June

ERA-PG Workshop 2005.
John Innes Centre, Norwich UK.