PROGRAMA

Monday to Wednesday - full day program; 4 sessions per day, 3-4 presentations
per session (e.g.30 mins x 2; 15 mins x 1 or 2).Poster presentations during lunch break (12.30 to 1.30pm) and evening (5 to 6 pm)

• Venue:
          Banco de la Nación Argentina Sede Central, Buenos Aires
• Pre-symposium activities:
          Forage Plant Breeding Course
• Post-symposium activities: 
          Trips to INTA Pergamino, Argentina and to INIA Estanzuela, Uruguay

Interactive poster sessions with themes assigned and facilitators.
Day 1: Monday 19 October 2015

Official Opening – Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Minister of Agriculture, INTA, UBA. UNNOBA, UNLZ, UNR, CSBCBA, INIA-Uruguay
9- 9.30 am

"Raul Rios' Opening Lecture: German Spangenberg (AgriBio-DEPI-Australia)
9.30 - 10.30 am (45 min presentation and Q&A)

Morning break: 10.30 - 11 am

Session 1.
Genetic Resources and Novel Species
Co-chairs: Adriana Andrés (INTA- Argentina)
Invited speakers: Cacilda do Valle (EMBRAPA-Brasil) and Iain Donnison (Aberystwyth Univ. - UK)
11am - 12.30 pm

Lunch break: 12.30 -1.30 pm

Session 2.
Breeding and Managing Symbioses
Co-chairs: Marina Omacini (FAUBA-Argentina) and Mónica Rebuffo (INIA-Uruguay)
Invited speakers: Carolyn Young (Noble Foundation-USA) and Pedro Gundel (FAUBA-Argentina)
1:30 – 2:45 pm

Afternoon break: 2:45 - 3.15 pm

Session 3.
Overcoming Abiotic Stresses
Co-chairs: Edith Taleisnik (INTA-CONICET-Argentina)
Invited speakers:  Gustavo Striker (FAUBA-Argentina) and to be designated
3.30 – 4:45 pm

Poster Session: 4:45 - 6 pm
themes 1, 2 and 3

Day 2: Tuesday 20 October 2015

Session 4.
Biotic Stresses and Disease Tolerance
Co-chairs: Liana Jank (EMBRAPA-Brasil)  and Daniel Basigalup (INTA-Argentina)
Invited speakers: Charles Brümmer (UC.Davis-USA)  and K. Quesenberry (Florida Univ.-USA)
9 - 10.30 am

Morning tea: 10.30 - 11 am

Session 5.
Forage Quality and Nutritive Value
Co-chairs: Mike Casler (U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center) and Gustavo Jaurena (FAUBA-Argentina)
Invited speakers: Ariel Odorizzi (INTA-Argentina) and Mike Peterson (Forage Genetics, USA)
11 am - 12.30 pm

 Lunch break: 12.30 - 1.30 pm

Session 6.
Reproductive Systems and Breeding
Co-chairs: John Forster (AgriBio-DEPI-Australia)
Invited speakers: Carlos Acuña (CONICET- Argentina) and to be designated
1.30 - 3 pm
Afternoon tea: 3 - 3.30 pm

Session 7.
Seed Quality and Yield
Co-chairs: Cacilda do Valle  (EMBRAPA-Brasil) and Andrea Tomas (INTA-Argentina)
Invited speakers: Phil Rolston (AgResearch - New Zealand) and to be designated
3.30 – 4:30 pm

Poster Session: 4:30 - 6 pm
Part A: themes 4 and 5 (4:30 – 5:15 pm)
Part B: themes 6 and 7 (5:15 - 6 pm)

Day 3: Wednesday 21 October 2015

Session 8.
New Traits and Technologies in Forage Breeding
Co-chairs: German Spangenberg (AgriBio-DEPI-Australia) and Gustavo Schrauf (FAUBA-Argentina)
Invited speakers: Zeng-yu Wang (Noble Fund.-USA) and Kevin Smith (Melbourne Univ.-Australia)
9 - 10.30 am

Morning tea: 10.30 - 11 am

Session 9.
Towards Whole Genome Selection
Co-chairs: Kevin Smith (Melbourne Univ.-Australia) and Silvina Felitti (UNR-Argentina)
Invited speakers: John Forster (AgriBio-DEPI-Australia) and Mike Casler (U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center)

11 am - 12.30 pm
Lunch break: 12.30 -1.30 pm

Session10.
Perennial grasses for biomass and bionergy
co-chairs: Alejandro Mentaberry (MinCyT- Argentina) and Pablo Speranza (Univ. Rep.-Uruguay)
Invited speakers: Diego Wassner  (FAUBA-Argentina) and to be designated
1:30 – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Poster Session: 2:30 – 4:30 pm (themes 8, 9 and 10)

Closing Remarks: 4.30 – 5 pm

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