Online Abstract Submission

Developing a Global Blueprint for a Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Supply of Soy for Food, Feed, Fuel, and Fiber

The demand for soy has never been greater and will continue to grow in the future. To ensure a safe, secure, and sustainable supply of soy the organizers of WSRC VIII are inviting all segments of the global soybean industry to come to Beijing and participate in a "Soybean Industry Forum" to discuss how to assure that the industry can meet the growing needs of our customers.

Discussion groups and invited scientific papers will address:

1. International Trade, and Safe and Secure Supply

The soybean complex is one of the most trade-dependent industries in the world as almost two thirds of the world's soybeans are sold internationally in the form of whole beans or as meal. International buyers and the myriad of dependent agro industrial firms depend on the availability of large quantities of consistently high quality soybeans and derivative products. The industry now features two large hemispheric harvests assuring buyers of an ample supply, reducing price volatility, and the risks of supply disruptions. The objective of International Trade session is to discuss how to assure a safe and secure supply of soybeans for the industry's customers. Participants will address; improved ways to facilitate trade, strategies to minimize disruptions, enhancements to advance information flows between buyer and sellers, and regulatory changes that support greater trade.

2. Livestock and Aquaculture Feed Industry Needs

Soybeans are the world's leading source of protein for livestock and aquaculture. This session will feature representatives from the livestock and aquaculture industry talking about the changing nutritional and procurement needs for their industry. Of key interest will be discussions of: adequate supplies, competition from bioenergy, and price volatility; nutritional components, bioavailability, environmental considerations, and fortification; logistics, import-export standards, phytosanitary procedures, and quality.

3. Biotechnology and Its Innovation

Biotechnology innovation has been one of the most impactful events in the last fifteen years in the soybean industry. This session will look at both how biotechnology can help assure soybean buyers and users of a safe, secure, and plentiful supply, and the challenges the industry faces as new biotech innovations emerge. Discussions will include trade policy, national and international regulatory standards, and the intersection of biotechnology and the environment.

4. Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wild Soybeans (UNDP China Forum)

Wild soybean germplasm serves as a critical reservoir for plant breeders as they strive to improve the yield, performance, and availability of soybeans. Wild germplasm to date has lead to new discoveries that improve yield and drought and disease resistance, and serve as a way to increase highly valued components such as key amino and fatty acids. This Forum session explores the important linkage between the reservoir of value contained in wild soybeans and the needs of producers, processors, and end users. Key topics will include: an overview of the state of wild germplasm research; protecting, preserving, cataloging the world's wild germplasm; and the business side of research and development, including key patents, the need for greater investment, and relevant business models to commercialize innovation.

5. Sustainable Farming Practices

Producing soybeans sustainably is one of the most important objectives for the world's soybean industry. Many sectors along the value chain from seed production through transport to processing and manufacturing are becoming better environmental stewards. Initiatives include reducing fossil fuel consumption, more effectively managing waste streams, minimizing the use of landfills, limiting water consumption where possible, and minimizing greenhouse gas production. Farmers are challenged to meet their customers' growing demands for soy while balancing the need to be leaders in environmental stewardship. This segment of the Soybean Industry Forum will highlight the sustainability practices of the world's soybean farmers. Farmers and farming organizations from around the world will present and discuss their approaches, and the associated benefits of changing practices.

6. Intellectual Property Protection

Protecting the intellectual property provides incentives to create private sector investment and new seed products. An explosion of new innovations that increase yield, decrease chemical use, resist disease, improve the nutrient profile, and save time, labor, and water have resulted. Soybeans, unlike maize for example, are particularly vulnerable though to environments with weak intellectual property protection. They are varietals not hybrids and thus can be genetically replicated simply by replanting. Most of the expansion of the world's soybean production in the last ten years, and going forward, will occur in environments with weak intellectual property protections. Thus the private incentives are weak to innovate and create new soybean products in the growth markets. The whole value chain that depends on a plentiful and stable supply of high quality soy is at risk when research and development in soybeans does not flourish. This session will focus on; the problem of intellectual property protection, mechanisms for protection, how firms have adapted, the challenges developing adapted local seed varieties, and how weak seed property rights negatively affects the crushing and feed sectors.

7. Health and Nutrition

While soy is best known as the main source of protein for the world's livestock industry, it is a popular source of protein for many cultures in Asia, and increasingly has a role to play addressing malnutrition in both developed and developing countries. This session will explore how developed countries increasingly use soy in the form of healthy alternatives in response to the challenges of obesity and diabetes. Soy also plays an important role in improving nutrition in developing counties by fortifying diets with one of the world's lowest cost protein sources.

8. Food Safety and Quality Management

The quality expectations of food, feed, and energy buyers continue to grow as they face increasing competition in the global marketplace. This session will focus on the increasing capabilities of players in the soy value chain to measure, track, identify, segregate, and identify preserve the attributes of strategic interest of their customers. New technologies such as NIR, RFID, and nano will be discussed alongside innovative logistics and storage solutions such as containerize shipping and moveable and bag silos.

Guideline for Abstract Submission for Soybean Industry Forum

Online Submission

Just the same as other abstracts, all for Soybean Industry Forum abstracts should be submitted online. On the online submission page, you have to open a new account first and input necessary personal information. Then you should input abstract related information. Under the "body", please click the radio button for "Include Non-text Element (chart, table and graphic, etc.)". This way, you can upload your word version of abstract. For better formatting and intactness, uploading is preferred.

Link to Online Abstract Submission

General Requirements

• Abstracts are to be submitted in English and containing no more than than 250 words in the body text.
• The submitted abstract must represent the author(s)' original work. And the authors assume sole responsibility for their manuscript.
• All the accepted abstracts will be included in conference proceedings. At least one author of the accepted paper has to register and pay the appropriate registration fee before April 15, 2009 for the Conference.
• Please log to the conference web site before February 15, 2009 to submit (upload) the electronic version of manuscript in both Microsoft Word 2000 or above and PDF file. Fax and email submission are NOT acceptable.
• File name: The file name of your submitted manuscript is suggested to be the presenting author's name. If more than one paper under different topics is submitted by the same author, the numeral should be added as 1, 2, 3, etc.
• The acknowledgement of receipt of abstract will be automatically delivered to the e-mail address you provide. For any further question please do not hesitate to contact paper2009@caas.net.cn.
• The process of validation and acceptance and /or rejection of abstracts shall be under the authority of the Scientific Committee. Authors will be notified the acceptance or rejection of their abstract before April 15, 2009. Full papers for invited presentation and the selected oral presentation should be submitted before April 15, 2009.
• At least one author of the accepted abstract should have registered and paid the appropriate registration fee before April 15, 2009. Late registration may result in exclusion from the Abstract Book.

Abstract Format

Please format your abstract in the following manner. A well-formatted sample abstract can be downloaded so you can just type it over or paste your abstract, without format and paragraph by paragraph, into it.

• Prepared in English, containing title, authors, affiliation, the presenting author's e-mail address, text and keywords.
• Fit on one A4 (210 mm × 297 mm) page, with 2.5 cm margins (top, bottom, left, and right), single space, and black ink.
• Title: The title should be centered in 12 point Times New Roman, bold and capitalized.
• Author(s)
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  • The author's first name should be followed by his last name. Underline the presenting author's name.
  • More than one author from different affiliations should be numbered, superscripted after the author's name.
• Author's affiliation
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  • Please state the presenting author's e-mail address at the end.
• Text
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  • Figures and tables should not be included in the abstract.
• Keywords
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