Food for a New Generation

Programme

3:45 pm

Arrival & registration

4:00 pm

Introduction: Into the future

Professor Sir John Beddington, Chair of the Rothamsted Board

(Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, 2008-2013)

Overview:  Rothamsted Research - Great Science: Great Benefits

Strategic vision, scientific innovations, game-changing solutions for farming and food

Professor Achim Dobermann, Director and CEO

(Deputy Director General for Research at the International Rice Research Institute, 2007-2014)

4:40 pm

Sound-bites from the Scientists

Designing Future Wheat; Smart Crop Protection; Tailoring Plant Metabolism; Sustainable Intensification; Soil to Nutrition; GM Camelina Development; Integrated Solutions Lab

5:15 pm

Open Science and Farming Forum (for Press and invited staff only)

Over a reception of drinks and canapes, our researchers will be free to discuss key issues facing farming and society today, including:

• raising productivity and breaking the yield barrier
• pesticide resistance – developing a new vision for crop and animal health
• delivering environmentally and economically sustainable solutions for farmers
• neonicotinoids and glyphosate – and the future for fertilisers
• genetically modified (GM) plants

6:00 pm

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