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REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fortune Hotel, Dindaeng, Bangkok, Thailand
29-30 June 2000

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Acknowledgment (1 page, 10kb)
Foreword (2 pages, 9kb)
Executive Summary (4 pages, 14kb)
Workshop Output & Recommendation (2 pages, 11kb)
Opening Remarks (2 pages, 11kb)
Keynote Address:
    Mobilizing Biotechnology for Developing Country Agriculture (11 pages, 36kb)
    Dr. Emil Q. Javier
   
Chair, CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee
 
Plenary Papers
  Regional Development in Agricultural Biotechnology: Capacity Building in the 21st Century (15 pages)
Sutat Sriwatanapongse
Director, Thailand Biodiversity Center
 
  Biotechnology, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Agriculture - A Contradiction? (19 pages)
R.B. Singh
Assistant Director-General & Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology: What is in it for Developing Countries?
A Perspective from a Non-Government Organization
(6 pages)
Lim Li Lin
Researcher, Third World Network (TWN)
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology: What What is in it for Developing Countries?
A Perspective from the Private Sector
(10 pages)
Paul S. Teng
Regional Science and Technology Director
Monsanto Company, Philippines
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology: What What is in it for Developing Countries?
The Role of International Research and Development Centers
(6 pages)
William G. Padolina
Deputy Director-General for Partnerships
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
 
  Communicating Biotechnology - Conquering the Fear of the Unknown (6 pages)
Julie Howden
Executive Director
Asian Food Information Center
 
  Biotechnology and Biosafety in ASEAN (9 pages)
Linda Posadas
Assistant Director
Bureau of Economic and Functional Cooperation
ASEAN Secretariat
 
  Managing Technology Transfer in Agricultural Biotechnology (5 pages)
Tetsuo Matsumoto
Professor, International Cooperation Center for Agricultural Education (ICCAE)
Nagoya University
 
  Intellectual Property Rights in Southeast Asian Biotechnology (23 pages)
Frederic H. Erbisch
Former Director, Office of Intellectual Property
Michigan State University
 
Country Papers
 
  Experience in the Development and Commercial Use of Agricultural Biotechnology in China (4 pages)
Zhangliang Chen
Director, National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology Department
Peking University 
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology in Indonesia (9 pages)
Endang Sukara & I.H. Slamet-Loedin
R&D Center for Biotechnology - The Indonesia Society of Sciences (LIPI)
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology in the Philippines (8 pages)
Saturnina Halos
Advisor for Biotechnology
Secretary's Technical Advisory Group (STAG)
Department of Agriculture, Philippines 
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology in Vietnam (8 pages)
Tuong-Van Nguyen
Senior Researcher, Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory
Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam
 
  Agricultural Biotechnology in Thailand (9 pages)
Hiran Hiranpradit
Director, Biotechnology Research and Development
Department of Agriculture, Thailand
 
Appendices
  Conference-Workshop Rationale and Mechanics (2 pages)
  Conference-Workshop Program (3 pages)
  Conference-Workshop Photographs (4 pages)
  Directory of Participants (3 pages)