20 – 21 April, 2020 | Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

Sponsors: BBSRC | CONNECTED Network | BRIGIT | N8 Agri-Food

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Our Plants, Our Future celebrating the International Year of Plant Health

Programme Day 1: Monday, 20 April

Registration from 0815.

Session 1: Emerging Challenges Prof Nicola Spence (chair) DEFRA

0900 Welcome to OPOF

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | MINISTER FOR BIOSECURITY, DEFRA

0915 Opening address

Prof Gideon Henderson | CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, DEFRA

09:30 Emerging pests and diseases: changes in distribution

Prof Sarah Gurr | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

10:00 Plant health: an international perspective

Dr Trevor Nicholls | CABI

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 The BRIGIT project: strategic responses to Xylella fastidiosa

Prof Saskia Hogenhout | JOHN INNES CENTRE

11:30 The BRIGIT project: research and results

Prof Alessandra de Souza | INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DE CAMPINAS, BRAZIL

12:00 Discussion followed by 12:30 Lunch

Session 2: Current Threats Prof Peter Mills (chair) HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY

13:30 Emerging pests and diseases: evolution

Prof Nick Talbot | THE SAINSBURY LAB

14:00 Global burden of crop losses

Prof Katherine Denby | UNIVERSITY OF YORK

14:30 Discussion followed by 15:00 Coffee/Tea

15:30 Modelling plant health epidemics

Prof Chris Gilligan | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

16:00 Emerging surveillance technologies

Prof Neil Boonham | UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

16:30 Discussion followed by

17:00 to 19:00 Drinks Reception

Posters from the BRIGIT project will be displayed in Room 3 from lunch onwards.

20 – 21 April, 2020 | Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

Sponsors: BBSRC | CONNECTED Network | BRIGIT | N8 Agri-Food

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Programme Day 2 Tuesday, 21 April

Session 3: Solutions Dr S Mukarjee (chair) CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

0900 Genetic solutions: ash dieback and emerald ash borer

Prof Richard Buggs | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

09:30 A plant breeders perspective

Dr Ruth Bryant | RAGT

10:00 The making of a late-blight resistant potato

Prof Jonathan Jones | THE SAINSBURY LABORATORY, NORWICH

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 Priming in oak health

Dr Estrella Luna-Díez | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

11:30 Biocontrol solutions

Dr Dick Shaw | CABI

12:00 Discussion followed by 12:30 Lunch

Session 2: Framing possibilities and policies Prof Jonathan Drori (chair) RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY

13:30 Trade: new crops, new genes, new pests

Dr Dianne Saunders | JOHN INNES CENTRE

14:00 EUPHRESCO: plant health research network

Dr Baldiserra Giovanni | EPPO

14:30 Discussion followed by 15:00 Coffee/Tea

15:30 Scottish Plant Health Centre

Prof Gerry Saddler | SASA AND Prof Ian Toth | JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE

16:00 Tree health resilience strategy

Ms Lisa Smith | DEFRA AND Dr Anna Brown | FORESTRY COMMISSION

16:30 Overview and future directions

Prof Nicola Spence | DEFRA

The meeting will close at 17:00.