Speakers
DR. HOLGER PUCHTA
Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter Institute of Plant Sciences (JKIP), Germany
“Pushing borders: From Gene Editing to Plant Genome Restructuring”
DR. DAN VOYTAS
Director, Center for Precision Plant Genomics
Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota, USA
“Plant Gene Editing at Scale”
DR. JANG R LIU
Immediate Past President, International Association of Plant Biotechnology (IAPB)
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
“Early Greenhouse Agriculture in the Joseon Dynasty: Traditional Innovation and Its Relevance to Modern Plant Biotechnology”
DR. BARBARA DOYLE PRESTWICH
Past President (IAPB)
Head of Plant Science & Vice Head of School
Programme Director for Applied Plant Biology & CK404 Biological Earth and Environmental Science, University College Cork, Ireland
“Genomic Innovations in European Plant Breeding”
DR. ARIE ALTMAN
Past President (IAPB)
Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Israel
“Exploring the Evolution and Future of Plant Biotechnology in Shaping Global Challenges “
DR. DANNY GEELEN
Professor, HortiCell
Department Plants and Crops
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering. Ghent University ,Belgium
“Image Based Machine Learning for Plant Cell Sorting and Regeneration“
DR. GOERTZ HENSEL
Head Centre for Plant Genome Engineering (CPGE) bei Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
“Precision Plant Editing: From Barley to Amaranth with CRISPR in Hand”
DR. ANINDYA BANDYOPADHYAY
Principal Scientist, Lead Precision Genetics International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), México
“High Throughput Gene Editing for Trait Development in Global South“
Dr. Piero Barone
Capability Leader, Genome Editing
Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA 50131-7060, USA
“Pioneering Agricultural Innovation: The Role of Genome Editing “
Dr. Raj Deepika Chauhan
Director, Transformation and Delivery Technology Pairwise Inc. 807 East Main Street, Suite 4-100 Durham, NC 27701, USA
“Advancing Innovative Trait Phenotypes through a Robust Gene Editing Platform in Rubus”
Dr. Sareena Sahab
Senior Research Scientist, Plant Functional Genomics, Agriculture Victoria Research, Dept. of Energy, Environment, Climate Action, Melbourne, Australia
“Precision Gene Editing for Grain and Forage Crop Enhancement’“