http://www.isaaa.org/kcThe Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC) is the information sharing initiative of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization that delivers the benefits of new agricultural biotechnologies to farmers in developing countries for poverty alleviation. en-ushttp://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=259The Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) and the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) of the European Parliament are organizing a seminar on The Impact of EU GMO regulations on biotechnology research for the public good on February 25, 2010 at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. Topics will include biotechnolog...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=258The fifth International Meeting on Biotechnology or BioSpain will be held in Pamplona Spain on September 29 to October 1, 2010. Since the first meeting in 2003, it has become one of the leading biotechnology events in Europe. Online registration is now open at http://www.biospain2010.org/en/index.aspx....http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=257The 11th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be held on 15 November - 20 November 2010 Centro Cultural Borges in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by International Society for Biosafety Research, the symposium has the theme "The role of biosafety research in the decision making process." The sympo...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=256The 9th International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology organized by the Instituto de Biotechnologia de las Plantas, will be held April 20-22, 2010 at Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. Topics for discussion include plant breeding; biofortification and metabolic engineering; functional genomics and proteomics; and biotechnology, climate change and food...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=255Researchers from around the world will converge at Dakar, Senegal from 27 September to 1 October 2010 for the 5th World Cowpea Research Conference. For five days, participants will tackle research-related issues to enhance the profile of cowpea as a viable income- generating and food security crop. With the theme, Improving livelihoods in the cowpe...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=252The UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) international technical conference on agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico on 1-4 March 2010. The invitation-only conference, with the theme Options and opportunities in crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to face the chall...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=250The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing its Fifth International Biennial Conference, BioVisionAlexandria 2010, to be held on 11-15 April 2010, in Alexandria, Egypt. The theme of BioVision Alexandria 2010 will be New Life Sciences: Future Prospects. The conference will identify and explore new frontiers and new areas in life sciences that will ser...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=249Food Security Expo 2010 will be held in Kuwait on April 11 and 12, 2010. Warah Global Consultants is organizing the conference and exhibition which will highlight the present state of the food industry in the State of Kuwait and the various technologies that can be implemented to improve the food and agricultural sector. For more information visit ...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=248In the past, crop productivity was due equally to improved genetics and improved crop management, but future increases will be due more to improved genetics through plant breeding. The purpose of the Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance Symposium is to provide a forum for exchange between plant physiologists, agronomists, and geneticists in order t...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=245To respond to the need for more plant scientists trained in developing drought tolerant cultivars, Colorado State University, Oklahoma State University, and University of Nebraska researchers, guided by a committee of breeders, growers, physiologists, and agronomists are offering a short course in Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance on June 14 - 2...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=244IUFRO Kuala Lumpur 2010, a joint conference of IUFRO Working Parties 2.04.01 (Population, Ecological and Conservation Genetics) and 2.04.10 (Genomics) will be held on March 7-12, 2010 at Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) are the h...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=241Science Foundation for Livelihoods and Development (Scifode) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) will organize the International Conference on Agrobiotechnology, Biosafety and Seed Systems (AGBIOSAFESEED2010) on 8-11 March 2010 at the Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the conference ...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=219The French Initiative for International Agricultural Research (FI4IAR) is organizing its first biennial seminar for young researchers working in developed and developing countries. Entitled Exploring Agricultural Research for the Future: a dialogue between young researchers from the South and the North, the event will provide an opportunity for doc...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=213The International Conference on Agro-biotechnology, Biosafety and Seed Systems in Developing Countries:AGBIOSAFESEED 2010 will be held on March 8 to 12, 2010 in Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. The conference hopes to bring together policy makers, researchers, civil society organizations and development partners from all over the globe...http://www.isaaa.org/kc/events/details.asp?ID=199With the theme "Innovation and partnerships to realize Africa's rice potential", the Africa Rice Congress is slated to be held at Bamako, Mali on 22-26 March 2010. The Congress will take stock of advances in rice science and technology aimed at enhancing rice productivity in farmers' fields, while protecting environmental services and coping with c...