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Posted 29 August 2009
INT'L
CONFAB HIGHLIGHTING KM IN AGRI-BIOTECHNOLOGY, SLATED IN
OCTOBER
by
Rochella B. Lapitan
29-August-2009 SEARCA BIC Press Release
An international conference with the aim to initiate an
integrated regional knowledge management (KM)-based sharing of research, experiences and lessons
on KM interventions in agricultural biotechnology will
take off in Thailand this October.
Dubbed International Conference on Knowledge
Management in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Asian Experience
(KM in Agri-biotech), the conference is
organized by the Southeast
Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research
in Agriculture (SEARCA) together with the International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
(ISAAA), Program
for Biosafety Systems (PBS), Agricultural
Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSP II),
Center
for Agricultural Biotechnology (CAB)
and the Biotechnology
and Biosafety Information Center of the Kasetsart
University. It will convene policy makers, technology
and R&D managers, scientists, knowledge managers and
officers, and development planners with initiatives on
agricultural biotechnology at the Rama Gardens Hotel,
Bangkok, Thailand on 1 – 2 October 2009.
The KM in Agri-biotech conference hopes to provide
an avenue for key actors in biotechnology to: 1) share
experiences and lessons on advocacy, dissemination,
capacity building, and networking on agricultural biotechnology,
as well as its application/adoption, thereby reflecting
on its relevant KM schemes and frameworks in Asia; 2)
get updated on KM models and practices applicable to
the contemporary issues and challenges facing agriculture
R&D and agri-based industries; and 3) discuss KM
arrangements and identify priority and collaborative
KM initiatives in agri-biotech for Asia.
The conference will feature distinctive speakers with
diverse perspectives on thematic plenary sessions in
KM and agricultural biotechnology, KM platforms for
agri-biotech regulatory policy, capacity building, and
KM networking. Small groups will discuss the relevant
components of a regional collaboration on KM in agricultural
biotechnology and recommend policy directions after
the plenary sessions.
The KM in Agri-biotech conference will be held back-to-back
with the
International Conference on Socioeconomic
and Environmental Impact Assessment of Biotech Crops
also organized by SEARCA with ISAAA, ABSPII, International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Monsanto
Singapore, Pte. Ltd., and Thailand Development Research
Institute, which will kick-off at the same venue from
29 – 30 September 2009.
To learn more about the conference, please visit its website
at http://www.bic.searca.org/kminagbiotech/.
For inquiries, please contact:
Dr. Maria Celeste H. Cadiz
Manager, Knowledge Management Department
SEARCA, College, Laguna, PHILIPPINES
Telephone: (63-49) 536-2554, local 173/125
Fax: (63-49) 536-2283
E-mail: mchc@agri.searca.org
or
Ms. Jenny A. Panopio
Special Project Coordinator and BIC Network Administrator
SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center
Telephone: (63-49) 536-2290, local 406/169
Fax: (63-49) 536-4105
E-mail: jap@agri.searca.org
bic@searcaweb.org.
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