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Forward Look Conference, Royal Institution, London
Venue: The Royal Institution, Faraday Theatre
Date: Wednesday 14th July, 2010
09:00 Registration
09:15 Welcome by Professor John McCarthy, Chair of JIC Governing Council
09:20 Opening Address
John Innes Centenary Genetics 100 Years On
Professor Mike Bevan
Acting Director, John Innes Centre
Mining Microbes
Chair: Professor Tony Maxwell
09:45 Professor Merv Bibb
10:05 Dr Michael McArthur
10:25 Unravelling dynamic cytoskeletal proteins through mathematicak modelling
Professor Martin Howard
10:45 Refreshment Break
Designing Plants
Chair: Professor Caroline Dean, OBE, FRS
11:15 Professor Rico Coen, CBE, FRS
11:35 Dr Phil Wigge
11:55 Dr Veronica Grieneisen
Sustainable Nutrition
Chair: Professor Ray Dixon FRS
12:15 Professor Giles Oldroyd
12:35 Dr Richard Morris
12:55 Professor Phil Poole
13:15 Luncheon
Combating Pests & Disease
Chair: Professor Andy Maule
14:00 Professor Jonathan Jones, FRS
14:20 Dr Saskia Hogenhout
14:40 Dr Cyril Zipfel
15:00 Refreshment Break
Crops for the Future
Chair: Professor Graham Moore
15:30 Overview
Professor John Snape
15:45 Dr Cristobal Uauy
16:05 Dr Lars Ostergaard
16:25 Dr Simon Griffiths
16:45 Professor Graham Moore
17:00 Closing Remarks
Professor Dale Sanders FRS, Director-Designate JIC
17:15 Evening reception and buffet
18:00 Toast to the Future of JIC
Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientist
18:30 CLOSE
19: 00 Evening Public Event
Performance of Blooming Snapdragons, a play depicting the work of Bateson's women in association with the RI
Post-show debate