Morning Programme

10.00 - 10.20 am Registration & Morning Tea/Coffee on arrival

10.20 - 10.30 Welcome to the RAC and Introductory Comments by the Principal, Professor Barry Dent

10.30 - 10.45 Chairman's Introduction by Dr. George Rothschild, NRI

10.45 - 11.25 "Transgenic Plants:The Next Green Revolution?"

by Professor Christopher Leaver, Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science, University of Oxford

11.25 - 11.50 "New Technologies for Plantation Crop Improvement"

by Professor Hereward Corley, University of Cranfield

11.55 - 12.20 "New Technologies for the Developing World: the Challenges and Opportunities"

by Dr. Robert Williams, Deputy DG, CABI

12.20 - 12.45 Panel Discussion

12.45 - 01.45 Lunch

Afternoon Programme

1.45 - 2.00 "Is there a Role for Biotechnology in Development?"
by Ms. Linda Brown, Senior Environment Adviser, DFID

2.00-2.10 Chairman's Introduction by Professor Paul Davies, RAC

2.10 - 2.40"Implications of GM Technology Adoption for International Agricultural Trade"
by Mr. Thomas Hamby, Minister-Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, U.S.Embassy, London

2.40 - 3.10 "Technology Transfer;Biosafety and Intellectual
Property: The Challenges for Sustainable Development"
by Dr. Yvonne Pinto,Group Leader on Rice
Biotechnology, John Innes Centre, Norwich

3.10 - 3.40 "Hitting the Press and Missing the Point: the Debate about Biotechnology and The Poor"
by Dr. Robert Tripp, ODI, London

3.40 - 3.55 Panel Discussion

3.55 - 4.00 Closing Remarks: Mr.John Russell, formerly with World Bank
 

Organisers: Prof. P Davies(RAC) and John Russell (TAA:01392-876066)