20 – 21 April, 2020 | Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Sponsors: BBSRC | CONNECTED Network | BRIGIT | N8 Agri-Food
Briti
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ciety for Plant Pathology
BSPP
Our Plants, Our Future celebrating the International Year of Plant Health
Programme Day 1: Monday, 20 April
Registration from 0815.
Session 1: Emerging Challenges Prof Nicola Spence (chair) DEFRA
0900 Welcome to OPOF
Lord Gardiner of Kimble | MINISTER FOR BIOSECURITY, DEFRA
0915 Opening address
Prof Gideon Henderson | CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, DEFRA
09:30 Emerging pests and diseases: changes in distribution
Prof Sarah Gurr | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
10:00 Plant health: an international perspective
Dr Trevor Nicholls | CABI
10:30 Coffee/Tea
11:00 The BRIGIT project: strategic responses to Xylella fastidiosa
Prof Saskia Hogenhout | JOHN INNES CENTRE
11:30 The BRIGIT project: research and results
Prof Alessandra de Souza | INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DE CAMPINAS, BRAZIL
12:00 Discussion followed by 12:30 Lunch
Session 2: Current Threats Prof Peter Mills (chair) HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
13:30 Emerging pests and diseases: evolution
Prof Nick Talbot | THE SAINSBURY LAB
14:00 Global burden of crop losses
Prof Katherine Denby | UNIVERSITY OF YORK
14:30 Discussion followed by 15:00 Coffee/Tea
15:30 Modelling plant health epidemics
Prof Chris Gilligan | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
16:00 Emerging surveillance technologies
Prof Neil Boonham | UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
16:30 Discussion followed by
17:00 to 19:00 Drinks Reception
Posters from the BRIGIT project will be displayed in Room 3 from lunch onwards.
20 – 21 April, 2020 | Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Sponsors: BBSRC | CONNECTED Network | BRIGIT | N8 Agri-Food
Briti
sh So
ciety for Plant Pathology
BSPP
Programme Day 2 Tuesday, 21 April
Session 3: Solutions Dr S Mukarjee (chair) CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
0900 Genetic solutions: ash dieback and emerald ash borer
Prof Richard Buggs | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
09:30 A plant breeders perspective
Dr Ruth Bryant | RAGT
10:00 The making of a late-blight resistant potato
Prof Jonathan Jones | THE SAINSBURY LABORATORY, NORWICH
10:30 Coffee/Tea
11:00 Priming in oak health
Dr Estrella Luna-Díez | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
11:30 Biocontrol solutions
Dr Dick Shaw | CABI
12:00 Discussion followed by 12:30 Lunch
Session 2: Framing possibilities and policies Prof Jonathan Drori (chair) RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY
13:30 Trade: new crops, new genes, new pests
Dr Dianne Saunders | JOHN INNES CENTRE
14:00 EUPHRESCO: plant health research network
Dr Baldiserra Giovanni | EPPO
14:30 Discussion followed by 15:00 Coffee/Tea
15:30 Scottish Plant Health Centre
Prof Gerry Saddler | SASA AND Prof Ian Toth | JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
16:00 Tree health resilience strategy
Ms Lisa Smith | DEFRA AND Dr Anna Brown | FORESTRY COMMISSION
16:30 Overview and future directions
Prof Nicola Spence | DEFRA
The meeting will close at 17:00.