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 DAY 1  
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 Session I: Exploiting Allelic Diversity        
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 Hari Upadhyaya, ICRISAT 
  
Completing genotyping (barley, wheat, sorghum, chickpea) 
Andy Pereira, WUR   
Systematic evaluation of rice mutant collections for conditional phenotypes with emphasis on stress tolerance 
**Mark Sawkins, CIMMYT 
  
Development of Informative Markers through Association Mapping in Maize to Improve Drought Tolerance in Cereals 
Richard Bruskiewich, IRRI   
Development and application of the GenerationCP domain models       
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 Session II: Gene Discovery and Mining     
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 Mathias Lorieux, CIAT 
  
Exploring natural genetic variation: developing genomic resources and introgression lines for four AA genome rice relatives     
Michael Baum, ICARDA 
  
Allele Mining Based on Non-Coding Regulatory SNPs in barley germplasm     
**Abdelbagi M. Ismail, IRRI   
Revitalizing marginal lands: discovery of genes for tolerance of saline and phosphorus deficient soils to enhance and sustain productivity     
Graham McLaren, IRRI   
Improvement of quality of existing databases     
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 Session III: Marker Development 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 Rebecca Nelson, Cornell    Targeted discovery of superior disease QTL, alleles in the maize and rice genomes 
**Martin Fregene, CIAT    Development of low-cost technologies for pyramiding useful genes from wild relatives of cassava into elite progenitors     
Scott Chapman, UQ/CSIRO   Optimizing marker-assisted breeding systems for assisted breeding systems for drought tolerance in cereals through linkage of drought tolerance in cereals through linkage of physiological and genetic models     
**Tom Hazekamp, IPGRI   The Generation Challenge Programme Information Infrastructure 
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 Session IV: Molecular Breeding and Delivery Plans 
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 **David Bertioli, UCB   Unlocking the genetic diversity in peanut's wild relatives with genomic and genetic tools  Zhi-Kang LI, CAAS   Drought Tolerant Rice Cultivars for North China and South/Southeast Asia by Highly Efficient Pyramiding of QTL's fro Diverse Origins  Carmen De Vicente, GCP   The GCP Strategy for Enabling The GCP Strategy for Enabling Delivery 
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 DAY 2 
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 Subprogramme 1: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 Jean Christophe Glaszmann, SP1 Leader --   Plan for the day and report of the Chennai workshop     
Hari Upadhyaya, ICRISAT --  Groundnut core collection/genotyping #03f     
Bonnie Furman, ICARDA --  Lentil core collection/genotyping #03e     
Hari Upadhyaya, ICRISAT --   Pigeon pea core collection/genotyping #03b     
Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Agropolis --   Coconut genotyping: LD assessment #03g     
Marc Ghislain, CIP --   Sweet potato core collection/genotyping #03c     
**Martin Fregene, CIAT --   Cassava genotyping: traditional and breeding materials #02j and #08     
Susanne Dreisigacker, CIMMYT --   Maize genotyping: migrations out of America #02a and comp#14     
Andrzej Kilian, DArT PL --   DArT markers #04     
Marc Ghislain, CIP --   Potato genotyping: wild/traditional and breeding materials #02j and #08      
**Ken McNally, IRRI --   Rice genotyping; #02c, #35 and #05; high throughput SNP development     
**Ken McNally, IRRI --   EcoTILLing 
**Frederico Duraes, EMBRAPA --   Phenotyping network at Embrapa 
  
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 Subprogramme 2:     
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 Hei Leung, SP2 Leader --   Plan for the day 
  Hans-Joachim Braun, CIMMYT --   Wheat genetic stock assembly and utilization 
  Matthew Blair, CIAT --   Legume mutant resource development/drought mapping in bean 
  Merideth Bonierbale, CIP --  Tuber genetic stocks and gene function validation tools 
  Sarah Hearne, IITA, and Tom Hash, ICRISAT --   Stress response-enriched EST resources for targeted species (cowpea and pearl millet) 
  Roland Schefleitner, CIP --   Validation of conserved orthologous markers 
  Nour Ahmadi, CIRAD --   QTL mapping for drought tolerance  
  **Takuji Sasaki, NIAS and Nicolas Roux, INIBAP -   Targeted Musa genome sequencing and frame map construction 
  **Ken McNally, IRRI -  
Genome-wide SNP discovery across multiple rice varieties -    Pietro Piffanelli, CIRAD --   Functional genomics of cross-species resistance to fungal diseases in rice and wheat (CEREALIMMUNITY) 
  **Mark Sawkins, CIMMYT --   Determination of a common genetic basis for tissue growth rate under water-limited conditions across plant organs and genomes     
Tiegang Lu, CAAS --   Crop gene expression profiles and stress-gene arrays     
John Bennett, IRRI --   Identifying Genes Responsible for Failure of Grain Formation in Rice and Wheat under Drought     
Jurandir Magalhaes, Embrapa --   Isolation and Characterization of Aluminum Tolerance Genes in the Cereals: An Integrated Functional Genomic, Molecular Genetic and Physiological Analysis 
  
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 **Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, JIRCAS --   Overview of DREB research at JIRCAS 
  John Bennett, IRRI --   Progress in evaluation of DREB transgenics 
  Willy de Greef, IPBO --   Biosafety concerns specific to the deployment of abiotic stress transgenics 
  Shawn Sullivan, GCP legal counsel --   Liability and redress issues related to GMO products 
  **Victoria Henson-Apollonio, IPGRI --   IP issues and product development pathways for molecular breeding technologies  
  Nollie Vera Cruz, IRRI --   Low-cost marker technologies in major cereal crops [rice, maize, and wheat ? barley and sorghum] 
  Festo Massawe, IITA --   Status of marker-assisted selection technologies in legumes and clonal crops [cowpea and groundnut ?chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil]     
Martin Fregene, CIAT – 
Status of marker-assisted selection technologies in clonal crops [cassava and banana ? yam and coconut] 
  Alfredo Alves, EMBRAPA --   Cassava drought physiology 
  Marcel de Raissac, CIRAD --   Whole plant physiology modelling     
Fred van Eeuwijk, WUR --   New approaches to GxE and QTxE 
  Subhash Chandra, ICRISAT --   iMAS integrating mapping and molecular breeding software     
Jiankang Wang, CSIRO --   Future plans for molecular breeding simulation tools     
Hans Braun, CIMMYT --   A practical perspective on the application of molecular breeding simulation tools 
  
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 Subprogramme 4: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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   Theo van Hintum, SP4 Leader --   Opening comments     
Graham McLaren, IRRI --   Development of an Integrated Information Platform     
Richard Bruskiewich, IRRI --   Development of GenerationCP Domain models      
Guy Davenport, CIMMYT --   Creation and maintenance of templates for GenerationCP data storage in repositories      
Tom Hazekamp, IPGRI --   Development of GenerationCP Central Repository      
Richard Bruskiewich, IRRI --   Development of GenerationCP Central Repository      
Milko Skovic, IPGRI --   Implementation of web services technology in GenerationCP Consortium      
Thomas Metz, IRRI --   GCP Software Engineering Collaboration and Management     
Xavier Perrier, CIRAD --   Development of decision support systems for sampling germplasm     
**Anthony Collins, CIP --   Integration of High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities in the GCP toolbox     
Graham McLaren, IRRI --   Improvement of Quality of Existing Databases 
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   Subprogramme 5: 
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Carmen de Vicente, SP5 Leader --   SP5 presentation and update     
**Suresh Kumar --   GCP Fellowships + Travel grants     
**Daniel Fonceka --   GCP Fellowships + Travel grants     
Heru Kuswantoro --   GCP Fellowships + Travel grants     
Marja Thijssen --   Development of training materials and Helpdesk     
S. Chandra --   GCP Training Program     
Karine Malgrand --   Project proposal design and writing training workshops 
  
Theresa Fulton --  Interactive Resource Center     
Robin Pistorius --   Regional Courses, Workshop in China Symposium and Distance Policies      
Thordis Moeller --   Asset Inventory and IP matters     
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 PARALLEL SESSION 1: 
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 Strategies for mining diversity and how to cope with large collections 
  
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 PARALLEL SESSION 2: 
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 Strategies allele discovery and how to cope with complex traits 
  
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 PARALLEL SESSION 3:      
  
  
  
  
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 Reaching the Breeders  
Jonathan Crouch, CIMMYT --   Reducing Global Poverty through Molecular Breeding     
Richard Edema, AMBIONET --   The African Molecular Marker The African Molecular Marker Applications Network (AMMAnet): Mission, Objectives and Activities Mission, Objectives and Activities     
Luz George, CIMMYT --  Maize-MAS in Asia: The Asian Maize Biotechnology Network 
  
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 DAY 3 
BRAINSTORMING SESSION REPORTS: 
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GROUP A moderated by Jonathan Crouch     
Outputs for Discussion Group A
  
  
Breakout Group 1  Rapporteur: Claire Billot  Feedback report on Genetic and Genomic Resources and Capacity Building  
  
Breakout Group 2  Rapporteur: Peter Balint-Kurti  Feedback report on Traits and Software and Data Management 
  
Breakout Group 3  Rapporteur: Sarah Hearne  Feedback report on Genetic Basis and Breeding Tools 
  
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 GROUP B moderated by Carmen de Vicente     
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 Outputs for Discussion Group B (not available as of 7 Oct) 
  
Breakout Group 1  Rapporteur: James Gethi  Feedback report on Genetic Basis 
  
Breakout Group 2  Feedback report on Breeding Tools 
  
Breakout Group 3  Feedback report on Capacity Building 
  
Breakout Group 4  Rapporteur: Michael Baum  Feedback report on Genetic Resources 
  
Breakout Group 5  Rapporteur: Guy Davenport  Feedback report on Traits 
  
Breakout Group 6  Rapporteur: Richard Bruskiewich  Feedback report on Data Management and Bioinformatics 
  
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 GROUP C moderated by Theo van Hintum 
  
  
  
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 Outputs for Discussion Group C 
  
Breakout Group 1  Rapporteur: Andrew Farmer  Feedback report on Software and Training 
  
Breakout Group 2  Rapporteur: Rajeev Varshney  Feedback report on Genetic Resources 
  
Breakout Group 3  Rapporteur: Bonnie Furman  
Feedback report on Traits and Breeding Tools/Protocols 
  
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 GROUP D   moderated by Hei Leung     
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 Outputs for Discussion Group D 
  
Breakout groups summary  Rapporteurs: Jan Leach, Elizabeth Arnaud, and Merideth Bonierbal  Feedback report on outputs 
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 GROUP E   moderated by Jean Christophe Glaszmann 
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 Outputs for Discussion Group E (not available as of 7 Oct) 
  
Breakout Group 1  Rapporteur: Vincent Vadez  Feedback report on Traits/Breeding 
  
Breakout Group 2  Rapporteur: Bridget Crampton  Feedback report on Capacity Building 
  
Breakout Group 3  Rapporteur: David Bertioli  Feedback report on Genetic Material/Genomics 
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