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1 AFSTA CONGRESS 2017 PROGRAMME

2 AFSTA CONGRESS PROGRAM 2017 Monday 27 th February 2017 GOLF TOURNAMENT (Sponsored by Seed Co) FIRST AFSTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (Room: B5) MEETING OF NATIONAL SEED ASSOCIATIONS (by invitation only Room: BC12) Chairperson: Justin Rakotoarisaona, Secretary General of AFSTA 15:00 18:00 Registration and information desk open Tuesday 28 th February :00 17:30 Registration and information desk open 08:00 17:30 Trading rooms (Room: B01 and C01) & Exhibition booths open Session 1: 8:30 12:30 SEED TREATMENT WORKSHOP (Room: BC12) 8:30 10:30 Topic: Root Health Forum the importance of root development Session 2: 10:30 11:30 Topic: Sustainable Agriculture, how to grow more food using fewer resources. Session 3: 11:30 12h30 Topic: Innovation in Seed Treatment future trends and technologies. 14:00 18:30 MEETING OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (Room: BC12) Session 4: Special Interest Group on Field Crops (SIGFC) Theme: Reducing factors limiting trade in quality seed in Africa 14:15-14:30 AFSTA Congress 2017, Dakar, Senegal 1

3 Topic: The Prospects of Rice Production in Western Africa Speaker: Dr. Saidu Bah, seed and seed systems expert, AfricaRice 14:30-14:45 Topic: Regional Seed Certification System: Challenges and opportunities in Africa Speaker: Mr. Simeon Kibet, General Manager, Quality Assurance, KEPHIS 14:45-15:00 Topic: Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) in maize production in Africa Speaker: Dr. Francis Mwantuni, Project Manager, MLN diagnostics and management, CIMMYT 15:00-15:15 Topic: Consolidated Biotechnoly Policy issues in Africa Speaker: Dr. Getachew Belay, Biotechnology policy advisor, ACTESA- COMESA Session 5: Special interest Group on Vegetables (SIGV) Meeting: Theme: Strengthening Vegetables Production through Quality Seed Trade in Africa Moderator: Mr. Phillipe Lesigne/ Ms. Grace Gitu 16:25-16:40 Topic: Vegetables Production: Opportunities and Challenges in Western Africa Speaker: Dr. Ousame Ndoye, Crop Manager, CORAF 16:40-17:05 Topic: Vegetables breeding consortium for Africa Speaker: Dr. Thomas Dubois, Regional Director ESA, AVRDC 17:05-17:20 Topic: Update on Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program Speaker: Dr. Victor Afari-sefa, Economist, Global World Vegetabl Centre (AVRDC) 17:20-17: 35 Topic: Vegetables production trends in Africa: Rijk Zwaan experience Speaker: Rijk Zwaan 19:00 Reception Cocktail (Sponsored by Syngenta Seed Care) Wednesday 1 st March :00 17:30 Registration and information desk open 08:00 17:30 Trading rooms (Room: B01 and C01) & Exhibition booths open AFSTA Congress 2017, Dakar, Senegal 2

4 09:00 11:00 OPENING CEREMONY (Room: BC12) Welcome Speech and Overview of the seed sector of Senegal by the Chairman of the Seed Trade Association of Senegal (Mr. Modou Thiam, Chairman of UNIS); Presentation of the activities of AFSTA for 2016 by Mr. Justin J. Rakotoarisaona, Secretary General of AFSTA; Speech by Mr. Denias Zaranyika, President of AFSTA Keynote address by Mr. Jean Christophe Gouache, President of the International Seed Federation (ISF); Opening speech of the Guest of honour Mr. Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, Prime Minister, Republic of Senegal; Invitation to the host for the AFSTA congress 2018, Dr. Abdrabou Ismail, Chairman of the Egyptian Seed Industry Association (ESIA), Egypt; Promotional video on the AFSTA Congress :00 12:00 Booth viewing and coffee/tea break (sponsored by Neema Agricole du Faso - NAFASO) Session 6: 12:00 17:30 PLENARY SESSIONS (Room: BC12) 12:00 13:00 Topic: Seed market in Africa: Challenges and prospects Speaker: Mr. Jean Philippe Lodugnon Harding, Enabling Business in Africa (EBA) - World Bank Moderator: Mr. Modou Thiam, AFSTA Board member from Senegal 13:00 14:00 Lunch break Session 7: 14:00 16:00 Topic: OECD and ISTA challenges in Africa Speakers: Mr. Stephen Flack - OECD, Mrs Grethe Tarp - (ISTA), Mr. Felix Mamadou Sagne DISEM, Senegal and Mrs. Salou Ben Fredji, - Tunisia Moderator: Mr. Charles Miller, AFSTA Board member from USA 16:00-16:30 Coffee/Tea Break Session 8: AFSTA Congress 2017, Dakar, Senegal 3

5 16:30 18:30 Topic: Achievements of the harmonized seed regulations at the Regional Economic Community level. Speakers: Dr. John Mukuka (COMESA), East African Community (EAC), Dr. Ernest Asiedu - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mr. Kalipochi Kawonga (SADC) 15 min presentation for each Regional Economic Community (i.e. 60 min of presentation followed by 60 min of question and answer session with the 4 speakers as panelists) Moderator: Mr. Mamadou Kayentao, Board member from Mali Thursday 2 nd March :00 17:30 Registration and information desk open 08:00 17:30 Trading rooms (Room: B01 and C01) & Exhibition booths open 9:00 15:30 PLENARY SESSIONS (Room: BC12) Session 9: 09:00 10:00 Topic: Plant breeding innovation and its consequences in vegetables and field crops Speaker: Mr. Michael Keller, Secretary General of the International Seed Federation (ISF), Switzerland Moderator: Mr. Worede Woldemariam, Chairman of the SIG on Field Crops Session 10: 10:00 10:30 Topic: Current status of phytosanitary regulations and cross-border seed trade in Africa Speaker: Mr Dennis Johnson, International Seed Federation, Switzerland Moderators: Dr. Adel Yaseen, AFSTA Board member from Egypt 10:30 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break 11:00 12:00 Topic: Situation of plant breeders rights in Africa Speaker: Mr. Mémassi Dosso (OAPI), Mr. Emmanuel Sackey (ARIPO) and Mr. Benjamin Rivoire (UPOV) Moderator: Mr. François Burgaud, AFSTA Board member from France 12:00 14:00 Lunch Break AFSTA Congress 2017, Dakar, Senegal 4

6 Session 11: 14:00 15:00 Topic: Global actions for improving access by African farmers to quality seeds: public, regulators and seed companies. Speakers: Mr. Simon Kibet (KEPHIS), ROPPA and Dr Meissa Diouf (TROPICASEM ) Moderator: Mr. Azariah Soi, AFSTA Board Member from Kenya 15:00 15:30 Coffee/Tea Break 15:30 17:00 AFSTA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2017 (Room: BC12) 15:00 15:30 Registration to the General Assembly (AFSTA members only) 15:30 17:30 AFSTA General Assembly Chairman: Mr. Denias Zaranyika President of the African Seed Trade Association 17:00 18:30 SECOND AFSTA BOARD MEETING 19:30 23:00 GALA DINNER - (The bus departs from King Fahd Palace entrance at 18:00hrs to Hotel Terroubi) Dress code: Formal or Traditional Seating arrangement: Free sitting Handover of the AFSTA flag to Egypt, host of AFSTA Congress 2018 AFSTA Congress 2017, Dakar, Senegal 5

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