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Workshops

WORKSHOP 1: NATURAL RESOURCES: SUSTAINABILITY

Moderator: Marcelo Torres (AAPRESID, Argentina)

  • Better agricultural practices and their harmonization.
  • Contribution of the soybean crops to the sustainability of agricultural systems.
  • Certifying agriculture and the entire soybean industrialization process.
  • Reliable data for studying and monitoring the sustainability of soybean and their by-products.
  • Joint strategy from academy, government agents and institutions to obtain sustainability indicators (carbon and water footprint, environmental index, and others).
  • Analyses of the impact of no-till agriculture in the Mercosur countries where the technology is widely adopted.

 

WORKSHOP 2: CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT IN SOYBEAN PRODUCTION

Moderator: Patricia Bergero (BCR, Argentina)

  • Global climate change (GCC) and its impact on soybean production around the world.
  • Determination of the most vulnerable regions for sustainable soy production and the tools to reduce the impact of intensive agriculture.
  • Determining risk aspects and directing research and genetic improvement to mitigate the effects of the GCC and opportunities.
  • Overview on agricultural insurance as part of public policies and its interaction with the private sector.

 

WORKSHOP 3: SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Moderator: José França Neto (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Alejandra Pettinari (ALAP, Argentina)

  • Physiology of seed production, quality and technology: Physiological mechanisms, plant modified by biotic stress and consequences on the seed composition and physiologic quality (germination, vigor).
  • Novel good practices in soybean seed management to obtain the best quality in limiting environments.
  • IA and other Innovations in the equipment and process to obtain the best quality soybean seed.
  • Processing plant handling, drying and storage.
  • Important diseases affecting the soybean seed and application of seed treatments for their control.
  • Effect of seed vigor on soybean productivity.


WORKSHOP 4: HUMAN RESOURCES: EDUCATION AND SCIENCE FOR SUCCESS, INVESTING IN TRAINING TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF LEADING FOOD PRODUCTION FOR THE WORLD

Moderator: Irene Alvarado (Universidad de la Tierra, Costa Rica)

Co-Moderator: Mariela Anelo (CAR, Argentina)

  • Public and private view about education in agriculture.
  • Preparing human resources for the new jobs of the future.
  • Academic training for the seed industry.
  • Digital / IA uses in agriculture education.

 

WORKSHOP 5: AGRICULTURE INNOVATION: AGTECH. MEETUPS STARTUPS - COMPANIES- FARMERS.

Moderator: Carlos Becco (Consultant, Argentina)

Co-Moderador: Nicolás Marinelli (Marinelli, Argentina) 

  • Drone phenotyping.
  • Phenotyping: Robotics, computing and drones in plant breeding.
  • Technology advances in the practical application of precision agriculture new tools in soybean production.
  • Managing big data information.

 

WORKSHOP 6: ADOPTION OF GMOs AND NBT’S.

Moderadora: Claudia Nari (Inari, EE. UU.)

Co-Moderator: Gabriela Levitus (Argenbio, Argentina)

Themes: Product development and opportunities. Barriers to adoption

  • Introduction: New Technologies to solve existing problems, what targets to use
    • What problem are we solving? How to think in a global product development and value creation
    • Old vs Novel technologies, how close is the future?
  • NBT Genetic Contribution to plant breeding.
    • Technical complexity, cost and difficulty to develop a GMO or NBT product.
    • Example of developing a solution by creating a transgenic product vs a conventionally breed, and the role of precision breeding.
  • New Technologies: are acceptance and perceptions consistent with the risk?
    • Productivity, sustainability or benefits angle? How to translate from benefits for the farmer to benefits for society, how is different? Do we have a momentum?
  • Developing a novel technique: public and private roles, regulatory frameworks and science-based approaches.
    • Personal experience in public/private developments on NBT or GMO technologies, what are the actual barriers.
    • Why a product-based, rather than process-based, and science-based regulatory framework is critical? What is the real impact of harmonization?
    • Impact of Regulatory Policies in the outcome of the projects (support or barriers).
  • Integrated product development: Complexity and multidisciplinary approaches.
    • To develop an NBT product what are problems to solve? A new product development requires integration, From Data to Molecular to development to Farming, all the aspects to take into consideration.
  • Where we are today?
    • World review of status for GMO and NBT.
    • Deployment and release.


WORKSHOP 7: OUTLOOK OF THE USE OF BIOINPUTS IN SOYBEAN AGRICULTURE

Moderator: Gustavo González Anta (Indrasa, Argentina)

  • Outlook of the use of bioinputs in soybean agriculture.

 

WORKSHOP 8: MICROBIOMES DRIVING SOYBEAN-BASED FOOD SYSTEMS

Moderator: Angela Sessitsch, (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)

  • Soil microbiomes and microbiome-based prediction of plant performance.
  • MICROBIOMES4SOY / Microbiomes from seed to human gut.
  • Microbiome assembly in the soybean rhizosphere.
  • Microbiomes for novel soybean-based aquafeeds.
  • Microbiomes for novel soybean-based aquafeeds.

 

WORKSHOP 9: INTELECTUAL PROPERTY ACROSS THE SOYBEAN CHAIN

Moderator: Diego Risso, (URUPOV, Uruguay)

  • Intellectual Property value across the soybean chain.
  • Cultivar development.
  • Processes and equipment, crushing industry.