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December 4 - 6, 2004, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Organized by:
Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (BAPTC&B)
Venue:
Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Plenary Sessions

There were four Speakers in three Plenary Sessions

December 4, 2004

Plenary Lecture – 1

Speaker: Dr. Swapan K. Datta , International Rice Research Institute, DAPO, Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- Genetically engineered improved rice for health, plant protection and better sustainable for Asia (1)

Chairman: Professor Richard Litz , University of Florida USA

Rapporteur: Professor M. Mofazzal Hosain

December 5, 2004 (Sunday)

Plenary Lecture – 2

Speaker-I: Prof. Dr. Christian Jung, Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
- The application of molecular markers in plant breeding (2)

Speaker-II: Dr. V. Siva Reddy, Plant Biology, Plant Transformation Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
- Production of bioproducts from transgenic plants as bioreactors (3)

Chairman: Professor Dr. Arun Lahiri Majumder , Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P-1/12, C I T Scheme VII M, Kolkata: 700054, India

Rapporteur: Dr. Lokman Hakim, IFRB, AERE, Savar, Dhaka

December 6, 2004 (Monday)

Plenary Lecture – 3

Speaker: Professor Dr. Arun Lahiri Majumder , Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P-1/12, C I T Scheme VII M, Kolkata: 700054, India
- Strategies for engineering salt-tolerant crop plants : implications of a salt-tolerant inositol synthase from Porteresia coarctata , a wild halophytic rice (4)

Chairman: Dr. V. Siva Reddy, Plant Biology, Plant Transformation Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.

Rapporteur: Professor M. Mofazzal Hossain

The scientific session were as follows:

December 4, 2004

Session-IA: Production of horticultural, ornamental, timber and other cash crops through in vitro techniques

Chairman: Dr. Swapan K. Datta , International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Co-Chairman: Dr. K. Sathasivan , School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

Rapporteur: Prof. Dr. M. Mofazzal Hossain, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur.

Keynote Speaker: Richard E. Litz, Tropical Research & Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 St., Homestead Florida USA 33031-3314.
- Improvement of tropical fruit trees through biotechnology (5)

Eight papers were presented in this session

Session-IB: Production of horticultural, ornamental, timber and other cash crops through in vitro techniques

Chairman: Dr. Kamal Chowdhury , Senior Scientist, ArborGen LLC, P.O. Box – 840001, Summerville, SC 29484, USA.

Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr. Shahida Hasnain , Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Q.A. Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.

Rapporteur: Dr. Asma Khatun, BJRI, Dhaka.

Nine papers were presented in this session .

December 5, 2004

Session-II: Progress and prospect of commercialization of in vitro derived plants and products.

Chairman: Richard E. Litz, Tropical Research & Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 St., Homestead Florida USA 33031-3314.

Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr. S. K. Bhadra , Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Rapporteur: Mr. Golam Ahmed , IFRB, AERE, Savar, Dhaka.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kamal Chowdhury , ArborGen LLC, P O Box – 840001, Summerville, SC 29484, USA
- Operational Clonal Forestry: Opportunities and challenges (50)

Seven papers were presented in this session

Session III: Tools of crop improvement: In vitro techniques, DNA markers & sequence information

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Muehlbach , University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany

Co-Chairman: Dr. A. K. Sharma , Tissue Culture Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India.

Rapporteur: Dr. Nilufar Hye Karim , BRRI, Gazipur

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Muehlbach , Nicole Mielke and Wynja Benthack, University of Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
- Molecular strategies for the characterization of novel plant pathogens (60)

There were 15 papers were presented in this session

Session IV: Status and prospect of transgenic crops in developing countries

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mohsin U. Patwary, Department of Biology, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, USA. Co-Chairman: Dr. Sunil K. Mukherjee, Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110 067, India. Rapporteur: Mr Raihan Ali, Khulna University 8 papers were presented in this session

Session V: Biosafety, IPR and other legal issues related to biotechnology

Chairman: Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Member-Director (Crops), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh

Rapporteur: Dr. Khalequzzaman Akand, BARC, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Speaker: Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Member-Director (Crops), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
-- Biosafety Regulations: Steps taken by the Government of Bangladesh(97)

POSTER SESSION

17 posters were presented

15:30 - 17:30: Concluding Ceremony

• Summary Presentation By Professor R. H. Sarker , of the Conference by Secretary, Organizing Committee
  
• Presentation of Recommendation by Prof. Zeba Islam Seraj , Convener, Recommendation Committee and Discussion on the Recommendations
  
• Adoption of Recommendations
  
• Address by the Special Guest, Professor A.F.M. Yusuf Haider, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University
  
• Address by the Chief Guest, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddiqui , Principal Secretary to the Honorable Prime Minister, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
  
• Presidential Address by Prof. Syed Hadiuzzaman , Chairman, Organizing Committee
  
• Vote of Thanks by Prof. R.H. Sarker , Secretary, Organizing Committee