Governing Body Annual Forum Sessions
Forum Sessions hosted by the Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme at its annual meetings.
The Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme hosted a forum on "Regenerative agriculture" at its annual meeting on 27 November 2023.
The programme for this forum was as follows:
1. Role of soil organism for soil regeneration - Dr. Ladislav MIKO, Counsellor to the Czech Minister of the Environment, Czechia
2. A snapshot of regenerative agriculture in Canada, and why it is important to a wildlife conservation organisation - Dr. Carolyn CALLAGHAN, The Canadian Wildlife Federation
3. The role of agricultural systems conservation and regeneration to adapt to and mitigate climate change - Dr. Toshihiro HASEGAWA, NARO, Japan
4. From the lab to the farm: promoting regenerative agriculture by updating the “arena of change” - Mr. Eran ETTINGER, Department of Environmental Studies, The Hebrew University, Israel
5. Connecting with the regenerative agriculture “movement”: a 6-year journey into research impact - Dr. Gwen GRELET, Landcare Research, New Zealand
2022 – New ways of doing agriculture
2019 – Resilience in agriculture
The Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme hosted a forum on "Resilience in Agriculture" at its annual meeting on 6 December 2019.
The programme for this forum was as follows:
1. "OECD work on the global food system" - Mr. Koen Deconinck, OECD, Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD), Agro-food, Trade and Markets (ATM) Division
2. "Reflections from the CRP Fellowship to the University of Queensland" - Dr. John Ingram, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, UK
3. "A food systems approach to food loss and waste" - Ms. Morvarid Bagherzadeh, OECD, Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD), Agriculture and Resource Policy (ARP) Division
2018 – Circular/Bio-economy in the Agri-food Sector
The Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme hosted a forum on "Circular/Bio-economy in the Agri-food Sector"at its annual meeting on 30 November 2018.
The programme for this forum was as follows:
- An overview of STI's Work on Bio-economy - Mr. Jim Philp, OECD, Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate (STI)
- The Circular Bio-economy in Agriculture and Forestry - Dr. Ben Allen, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), United Kingdom
- EU Research and Innovation for a Circular Agriculture - Mr. Fabio Cossu, European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, Belgium
- Sustainability: a Key Concept in the Development of the Agri-food Based Bio-economy - Dr. Fionnuala Murphy, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland
2017 – Visions of the Future in Food Production
The Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme hosted a forum on "Visions of the Future in Food Production" at its annual meeting on 1 December 2017. The programme for this forum was as follows:
- "Synthetic meat production and its environmental and economic potentials" - Mr. Peter Verstrate, MosaMeat B.V., the Netherlands
- "Industralising land-based fish farming for a protein-hungry future: an interdisciplinary approach to environmental and economic success" - Mr. Trond-Inge Kvernevik, Niri AS, Fiskevegn AS, Norway
- "Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture" - Professor David Hughes, Penn State, CIDD, Department of Entomology and Biology, United States
- An overview of TAD's work on the OECD Project on "Digital Opportunities in Agriculture"- Ms. Gwendolen Deboe, OECD, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Natural Resources Policy Division
2016 – Gene Editing
The Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme hosted a forum on "Gene Editing" at its annual meeting on 1 December 2016. The programme for this forum was as follows:
- Outcomes of the CRP-sponsored conference "GMOs in Horticulture: Past, Present, Future" held in Brisbane, Australia on 20 August 2014 - Dr. Bart Panis, Bioversity International, Belgium
- Outcomes of the CRP-sponsored conference "Genome Editing and the Future of Farming" held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK on 6 September 2016 - Prof. John Hickey, The Roslin Institute, the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Outcomes of the CRP-sponsored conference on "" held in Raleigh, USA from 4 to 6 October 2016 - Dr. Zack Brown, North Carolina State University, Genetic Engineering and Society Center, United States
- An overview of STI's work on gene editing - Dr. Steffi Friedrichs, OECD, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Directorate, Biotechnology Nanotechnology and Converging Technologies Division
- Harmonised Regulatory Approach in Biotechnology - Dr. Peter Kearns, OECD, Environment Directorate, Health and Safety Division