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Monday 11th (plenary session)
Session 1 (keynotes): Chair, Nino Borralho/ Jenny Aitken
Application of new technology to meet the requirements of the wood chain industry. This introductory session will provide a thorough overview of current knowledge and future focuses of forest tree breeding and biotechnology.
Tuesday 12th , Wednesday 13th : parallel sessions
(S2/S3/S4/S5) versus (S6/S7/S8)
Session 2 : Chair, Colin Matheson/Helena Pereira
Methods for the assessment of wood and fibre properties. Non-destructive evaluation and recent progress in the rapid assessment of wood and fibre properties. Modelling wood properties at different scales (wood on leaving trees, engineered wood products).
Session 3:Chair, Francisco Zamudio/ Bo Karlsson
Natural variation and quantitative genetics of wood and fibre properties, connection between sylviculture and wood properties. Inheritance and genetic variability of wood properties, genotype-environment interaction, age-age relationships, genetic relationships between adaptation, growth and form traits, and wood properties, interaction between forestry practices and genetic variation.
Session 4 : Chair, Dave Cown/ Guillaume Chantre
Wood and fibre properties for particular end uses. Relationships between basic wood properties and the performance of end products, impact of wood properties on processing, inheritance and genetic variation of end product properties, economic weights.
Session 5 : Chair, Enrique Ritter / Mitch Sewell
Genetic mapping, QTL detection, candidate genes and proteins, exploitation of macro and micro-synteny.
Session 6: Chair, Pramod Gupta / Sara von Arnold
Somatic embryogenesis and tissue culture. Recent advance in clonal propagation, including the opportunity offered by cryo-conservation. Propagation systems to produce plants of high quality.
Session 7 : Chair, Francisco Canovas / Mike Becwar
Molecular biology and genetic engineering.
Session 8: Chair, Beppe Vendramin/ Zeki Kaya
Molecular diversity and application of molecular markers for seed and plant material certification.
Workshop : Chair Luc Harvengt and Malcolm Campbell : Acceptation of forest tree GMO in the European Union (Wednesday night)
Thursday 14th (plenary session)
Session 9 : Chair, Christine Cahalan / Wout Boerjan
Genome analysis, Conclusions and Perspectives
Keynotes (30 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion). Talks (15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion) Videoprojector for lap top presentations, slide projector and overhead projector will be available.
DAY 0 : (10/06/01) |
Arrival |
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17.00-19.00 |
Registration, Poster mounting, Loading powerpoint presentations |
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19.00-22.00 |
Welcome mixer |
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DAY 1: (11/06/01) |
Plenary session, S1 |
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8.00-19.00 |
Registration, poster mounting |
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9.00-9.30 |
Opening ceremony C Plomion (F) and A Franc (F) |
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9.30-10.00 |
keynote #1 : Tree genetics in the Omics Era. T Richardson (NZ) |
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10.00-10.40 |
keynote #2 : Somatic embryogenesis for large-scale clonal testing and propagation of elite material. J Aitken (NZ) |
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10.40-11.00 Coffee/Tea break |
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11.00-11.40 |
keynote #3 : Genetics of eucalyptus wood properties. C Raymond (AU) |
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11.40-12.20 |
Keynote #4: Weather, Water, Wood: Environmental effects on wood and fibre properties. R Wimmer (AT) | |
12 :20-14 :00 Lunch |
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14.00-14.40 |
Keynote #5 : Industrial Perspectives and Application of Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of High Quality Wood. D Carraway (US) |
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14.40-15.20 |
Keynote #6: Arabidopsis and candidate genes for Wood Quality QTLs in maritime pine. H Höfte (F) |
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15.20-16.00 |
keynote #7 : EST-sequencing, micro-array analysis and wood formation in Populus. B Sundberg (S) |
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16.00-18.30 |
Poster session : presenters with ODD numbered posters should be at their posters (Coffee/Tea/Refreshment provided) |
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18.30-20.30 |
Conifer Biotech Working Group business meeting (M Paques, MA Lelu) |
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20.30 |
free |
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DAY 2: (12/06/01) |
Parallel Sessions S2/S3/S4/S5 S6/S7/S8 |
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8.00-8.20 |
J Launay (F) - S2 - |
R Timmis (US) – S6 - |
8.20-8.40 |
C Matheson (AU) - S2 - |
S von Arnold (S) – S6 - |
8.40-9.00 |
F Bos (F) - S2 - |
H Ross (D) – S6 - |
9.00-9.20 |
A Koubaa (CA) - S2 - |
J Find (DK) – S6 - |
9.20-9.40 |
SO Lundqvist (S) - S2 - |
K Szczygiel (PL) – S6 - |
9.40-10.10 Coffee/Tea break |
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10.10-10.30 |
P Castera (F) - S2 - |
V Chalupa (CZ) – S6 - |
10.30-10.50 |
X Huang (UK) - S2 - |
M Gaurav (IN) – S6 - |
10.50-11.10 |
R Evans (AU) – S2 - |
C Ramirez-Serrano (MX) – S6 - |
11.10-11.30 |
M Tiitta (FIN) - S2 - |
L Harvengt (F) – S6 |
11.30-11.50 |
T Fourcaud (F) - S2 - |
G Pullman (US) – S6 - |
11.50-12.10 |
H Baillères (F) - S2 - |
K Klimaszewska (CA) – S6 - |
12.10-14.00 Lunch |
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14.00-14.20 |
JC Rodrigues (P) - S2 - |
O Mashkina (RU) – S6 - |
14.20-14.40 |
H Pereira (P) - S2 - |
K Zoglauer (D) – S6 - |
14.40-15.00 |
H Wu (AU) - S3 - |
J Nowakowsaka (PL) – S6 - |
15.00-15.20 |
K Takata (JP) - S3 - |
MA Lelu (F) – S6 - |
15.20-15.40 |
Z Kaya (TR) - S3 - |
K Zoglauer (D) – S7 - |
15.40-16.10 Coffee/Tea break |
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16.10-16.30 |
R Volosyanchuk (UA) - S3 - |
Y Huang (US) – S7 - |
16.30-16.50 |
L Wilhelmsson (S) - S3 - |
C Grünwald (D) – S7 - |
16.50-17.10 |
B Karlsson (S) - S3 - |
S Kumar (D) – S7 - |
17.10-17.30 |
B Hannrup (S) - S3 - |
S Kontunen-Soppela (FIN) – S7 - |
17.30-17.50 |
P Rozenberg (F) - S3 - |
J Grima-Pettenati (F) – S7 - |
17.50-18.10 |
G Chantre (F) - S3 - |
C Avila (E) – S7 - |
18.30 : Departure by bus to Château Giscours (meeting at the main entrance of the conference centre) |
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DAY 3 : (13/06/01) |
Parallel Sessions (continuation) |
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8.00-8.20 |
JF Trontin (F) – S7 - |
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8.20-8.40 |
F Zamudio (CL) - S3 - |
T Aronen (FIN) – S7 - |
8.40-9.00 |
D Cown (AU) – S4 - |
Y Helariutta (FIN) – S7 - |
9.00-9.20 |
J Beaulieu (CA) – S4 - |
C Dubos (F) – S7 - |
9.20-9.40 |
C Sorensson (NZ) – S4 - |
S Nigro (ZA) S7 - |
9.40-10.10 Coffee/Tea break |
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10.10-10.30 |
J King (CA) – S4 - |
A Altman (IL) – S7 - |
10.30-10.50 |
M Ivkovich (CA) – S4 - |
G Le Provost (F) – S7 - |
10.50-11.10 |
M Shepherd (AU) – S5 - |
R Herrera (CL) – S7 - |
11.10-11.30 |
E Barros (ZA) – S5 - |
JC Leplé (F) – S7 - |
11.30-11.50 |
E Ritter (E) – S5 - |
M Fraga (E) – S7 - |
11.50-12.10 |
D Chagné (F) – S5 - |
M Campbell (UK) – S7 - |
12.10-14.00 Lunch |
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14.00-14.20 |
M Sewell (US) – S5 - |
M Bou Dagher-Kharrat (F) – S8 - |
14.20-14.40 |
D Pot (F) – S5 - |
R Schubert (D) – S8 - |
14.40-15.00 |
F Aravanopoulos (EL) – S5 - |
Z Kaya (TR) – S8 - |
15.00-15.20 |
D Prat (F) – S5 - |
B Fady (F) – S8 - |
15.20-15.40 |
T Markussen (D) – S5 - |
G Vendramin (I) – S8 - |
15.40-16.00 |
R Yazdani (S) – S5 - |
S Mariette (F) – S8 - |
16.40-16.20 |
F Villani (I) – S5 - |
xxxxx |
16.20-18.00 |
Poster session : presenters with EVEN numbered posters should be at their posters (Coffee/Tea/Refreshment provided) |
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18.00-20.00 |
Dinner (free) |
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20.00-22.00 |
GMO workshop: acceptation of forest tree GMO in the European Union (Chaired by L Harvengt and H Campbell). |
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DAY 4: (14/06/01) |
Plenary session, S9 |
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8.00-8.20 |
MF Deguilloux (F) – S9 - |
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8.20-8.40 |
I Scotti (I) – S9 - |
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8.40-9.00 |
YS Park (CA) – S9 - |
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9.00-9.20 |
J Cairney (US) – S9 - |
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9.20-9.40 |
G Brown (US) – S9 - |
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9.40-10.00 |
J MacKay (US) – S9 - |
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10.00-10.30 Coffee/Tea break |
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10.30-10.50 |
G Moran (AU) – S9 - |
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10.50-11.10 |
D Verhaegen (F) – S9 - |
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11.10-11.30 |
C Echt (NZ) – S9 - |
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11.30-11.50 |
D Neale (US) – S9 - |
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11.50-12.10 |
W Boerjan (B) – S9 - |
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12 :15-14 :00 Lunch |
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14.00-14.40 |
Keynote #8: Incorporating Wood Quality Traits into Tree Breeding Programs: Challenges and Opportunities. T Zhang (CA) |
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14.40-15.20 |
Keynote #9: Commercial delivery of genetic improvement to conifer plantations using somatic embryogenesis. B Sutton (CA) |
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15.20-16.00 |
Keynote #10 : A genomic approach to wood formation in loblolly pine. R Sederoff (US) |
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16.00 |
C Cahalan (UK), final word |
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16.00 |
Coffee/Tea break |
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