An open seminar organized by Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre and NordGen with support from the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. An event under Norwegian chairmanship of Nordic Council of Ministers 2012.

The seminar aims to highlight the economic values of plant, forest and farm animal genetic resources for future breeding and food security in a context of climate change.

Thursday, November 22

 12.00-13:00    Lunch

 13:00-13:05    Welcome by Nina Sæther, director Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre

 13:05-13:15    Opening by a representative from Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food

 13:15-13:45    The value of genetic resources for food security in a context of climate change, Linda Collette, secretary to the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO

 13:45-14:15    The power of Nordic Pree-Breeding Pool in modern cereal breeding, Dr. Lars Reitan, Graminor

 14:15-14:45    The value of the commercial Nordic farm animal breeds, Hanne Marie Nielsen, PhD, Nofima.

 14:45-15:15    Coffee break

 15:15-15:45    The value of crop wild relatives in plant breeding and development of global food production. Dr. Nigel Maxted, University of Birmingham

 15:45-16:15    The willingness to pay for non-market values, Professor Ståle Navrud, UMB.

 16:15-16:45    The announcement of the PLANTEARVEN award 2012 (Plant heritage award)

 19:00   Dinner

 Friday, November 23

 08:30-09:00    Reflecting values of genetic resources in ecosystem services policy and management, Finn Katerås, Norwegain Ministry of Environment and the secretariat of the Norwegian expert commission on values of ecosystem services

 09:00-09:30    Economic gain of tree breeding with special emphasize on maintenance of genetic variation, Gunnar Jansson, PhD, Skogforsk

 09:30-10:00    Norsvin, a Norwegian pig breeding company on the international breeding market. Dr Bjarne Holm, Norsvin

10:00-10:30    Coffee break

 10:30-11:00    Genetic resources for food and agriculture - options and challenges under the Nagoya Protocol - what is the room for an umbrella under the FAO’s Commission for genetic resources for food and agriculture , Morten Walløe Tvedt, Fridtjof Nansen Institute

11:00-11:30    Report from The First Session of The FAOs Ad-hoc Intergovernmental Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing on Svalbard, Sept 10-14, 2012. Grethe Helene Evjen, Norwegian Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

 11:30-12:00    Concluding remarks

 12:00-13:00    Lunch

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Registration is only possible on-line through the link above to the right on this page, by October 25 2012. There is no conference fee, however there is a fee  of NOK 1000,- for staying for dinner and over night. If you can't pay the fee by credit card, please contact Nina Sæther by e-mail ([email protected]) and we will find another solution for your payment. The venue is 12 min drive from Gardermoen airport and shuffle service will be provided.