ENGLISH ¦ 中文 World Soybean Research Conference VIII, August 10-15, 2009 ¦ Beijing, China  
 
 
 

Deadline for Abstract Submission:
April 15, 2009
Deadline for Full Paper Submission:
April 30, 2009
Deadline for Early Bird Registration:
April 30, 2009

 
 

Program

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Plenary Speakers

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
9:00-10:00Opening Ceremony
10:00-10:40The challenge of soybean industry in China: its status and strategy
Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, the People's Republic of China
10:40-11:20Developing a global soy blueprint for a safe secure and sustainable supply
Eric Kueneman, Deputy Division Director, Plant Production and Protection, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
11:20-12:00Strategies for demand£¬modern logistics and trade of soybean in China
Baowei Wang, Director-General, Department of Trade, National Development and Reform Commission, the People's Republic of China
13:00-13:40The progress of soybean research in China
Ruzhen Chang, Honorary President, Soybean Specialty Committee, Crop Science Society of China
13:40-14:20The U.S. soybean industry: production and processing to meet world demand
Philippe de Lapérouse, Practice Director, HighQuest Partners, LLC, USA
14:20-15:00Status of soybean industry in Brazil
Marcelo Monteiro, Executive Director, Soybean Association of Mato Grosso, Brazil
15:00-15:40The Argentine agroindustrial soy complex
Rodolfo Rossi, President, Argentinean Soy Chain Association (ACSOJA), Argentina
16:00-16:40Towards doubling soy protein intake in the Indian platter: what can the soy industry, policy makers and the civil society do?
Ashok Gulati, Director, International Food Policy Research Institutes (IFPRI) in Asia, India
16:40-17:20European soybean production and market: current situation and future trends
Jean Daydé, Associate Dean for Research and International Relations, Ecole d'Ingénieurs de PURPAN, France
17:20-18:00The status of soybean production and utilization in Southern Africa
Jacob Tichagwa, Manager, Soybean Breeding Programme, Rattray Arnold Research Station, Zimbabwe
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
8:30-9:10A new approach of soybean improvement: hybrid soybean
Huan Sun, Research Professor, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
9:10-9:50The control of soybean nodulation: genetics, genomics and biotechnology
Peter M. Gresshoff, Director, Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, Australia
Thursday, August 13, 2009
8:00-8:40New techniques induced from traditional soybean products and new technology of soybean process
Tomotada Ono, Professor, Iwate University, Japan
8:40-9:20Soybean nutrition and health
Chunming Chen, Chairman, Board of China's Think Tank Research Center for Health Development, China
9:20-10:00Progress of soybean disease research in a scenario of global changes and future challenges
Leonardo Daniel Ploper, Director, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial "Obisopo Colombres" (EEAOC), Argentina
Friday, August 14, 2009
8:30-9:10Conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic diversity in wild soybean
Junyi Gai, Academician, Soybean Specialty Committee, Crop Science Society of China, China
9:10-9:50Revolution of biotechnology in soybean
John McLean, Technology Lead in China, Monsanto Company, USA
Saturday, August 15, 2009
8:30-9:10The 21st century and the post modern challenges for the global soybean industry
Peter Goldsmith, Executive Director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
9:10-9:50The role and function of futures market in soybean industry development
Xingqiang Liu, General Manager, Dalian Commodity Exchange, China


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