21 Century Sorghum

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE


Monday, 9 April
Tuesday, 10 April
Wednesday, 11 April
Thursday, 12 April
07:00
Registration
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 6: Bringing Ancient Grains to the World's Dinner Tables
Symposium 7: New advances in stress management to maximise sorghum performance
07:30
08:00
08:30
Opening, Welcome
Plenary 1
Setting the Stage: Mark Cooper
Plenary 4: Bettina Haussemann
Plenary 5: David Jordan
Plenary 6: Donor /funder priorities
09:00
09:30
10:00
Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30
Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 4: Partnering genetics and breeding to meet the needs of the changing sorghum industry
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 6: Bringing Ancient Grains to the World's Dinner Tables
Symposium 7: New advances in stress management to maximise sorghum performance
11:00
Plenary 2 Gebisa Ejeta
Plenary 3 Alvaro Cordero
Concurrent Technical Sessions
11:30
12:00
12:30
Lunch, poster, exhibition viewing
Lunch, poster, exhibition viewing
Lunch, poster, exhibition viewing
Lunch, poster, exhibition viewing
13:00
13:30
14:00
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 1: A driver for change: Sorghum's role in global markets
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 2: Productivity and food security for the smallholder farmer
Symposium 3: Going beyond the grain: Sorghum forages and biofuel feedstocks
Special Session: Regional issues: Sorghum in Southern Africa Plus
Symposium 4: Partnering genetics and breeding to meet the needs of the changing sorghum industry
Symposium 5: Agroecological intensification
Field visits
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 6: Bringing Ancient Grains to the World's Dinner Tables
Symposium 8: Breeding, genetics and stress management-key issues
14:30
15:00
15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 1: A driver for change:
Sorghum's role in global
markets
Concurrent Technical Sessions Plus
Symposium 2: Productivity and food security for the smallholder farmer
Symposium 3: Going beyond the grain: Sorghum forages and biofuel feedstocks
Special Session: Regional issues: Sorghum in Southern Africa Plus
Symposium 4: Partnering genetics and breeding to meet the needs of the changing sorghum industry
Symposium 5: Agroecological intensificationField visits
Plenary: Conference close
16:30
17:00
Posters
17:30
18:00 - 19:00
3 Minute Thesis Competition
18:30 - 20:30
Welcome Reception