iPlanta Final conference; webinar 10
Webinar 10
Thursday 25 March 2021
iPlanta Final conference
Programme:
OPENING 9.15 Speaker: Bruno Mezzetti
9.30 Speaker: Jeremy Sweet
Development of RNAi based pesticides: new opportunities and environmental biosafety considerations
9.45 Speaker: Athanasios Dalakouras
RNAi plant epigenetics and development
10.00 Speaker: Elena Baraldi
RNAi-based control of fungal pathogens
10.15 Speaker: Olivier Christiaens
RNAi strategy to control insect pests
10.45
Book – Videos presentation
11.00 Speaker: Guy Smagghe – additional speaker will be announced
General discussion: Priority area of research for RNAi technology
Speakers: Thomas Crampton, Rob Blackie - GreenLight Biosciences
11.45 Speaker: Salvatore Arpaia
RNAi based pesticides: Environmental biosafety issues
12.00 Speaker: Antje Dietz Pfeilstetter
RNAi based pesticides: Regulation issues
13.15 Speaker: Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ON RNAI IMPACTS IN AGRICULTURE
13.30 Speaker: Vera Ventura
13.45 Speaker: Ralph Scorza
Honey Sweet: a RNAi based PPV resistant plum
14.00 Speaker: Huw Junes – additional speaker will be announced
General discussion: Future vison on RNAi technology in Sustainable agriculture
Speaker: Toby Bruce, Professor of Insect Chemical Ecology, Keele University UK.
Title: New opportunities reduce vulnerability of crops to pests
15.00 End of the conference