Maive Rute, Director for Biotechnologies, Food, Agriculture Research, European Commission
Dr. Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Katherine R. Smith, Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Rik Miller, Regional Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, DuPont Crop Protection
Katherine R. Smith, Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Kona Haque, Commodity Strategist, Macquarie Bank Ltd
Mark S. Berrisford-Smith, Senior Economist, HSBC Bank
Ken Ash, Director, Trade and Agriculture, OECD
Dr. Ajay Parida, Executive Director, M.S. Swami nathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive, Crop Protection Association (CPA)
James Townshend, Chief Executive, Velcourt Group
Dr. Mike Bushell, Principal Scientific Advisor, Syngenta
Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive, BBSRC
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Science Adviser, Defra
Professor Maurice Moloney, Director and Chief Executive, Rothamsted Research
Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Director General, ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas)
Dr. Monty P. Jones, Executive Director, FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research In Africa)
Dr. Guy Riba, Vice President, INRA (France)
Day Two
Dr. Jonathan Wadsworth, Senior Agricultural Research Advisor, DFID
Dr. Tina Barsby, CEO, NIAB
Juan Ferreira, Vice President and General Manager EMEA, Monsanto International
Professor Maggie Gill, Chief Scientific Adviser - Rural Affairs and Environment, Rural and Environment Research and Analysis Directorate, Scottish Government
Dr. Nigel Kerby, Managing Director, Mylnefield Research Services Ltd. (MRS)
Professor Shlomo Nir, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Dr. David Ellerton, Group Technical Director, ProCam
Chris Longhurst, Managing Director UK, Dow AgroSciences
Dr. Martin Semar, Senior Technical Manager, Fungicides Arable Crops, BASF
Aris Chloridis, Bio-Expert Insecticides, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Dow AgroSciences
Simon Kay PhD., Head of MARS Unit (Acting), European Commission JRC, IPSC
Dr. Robert Carlton, Director, Carlton Consultancy
Professor Joe Morris, Head of Natural Resources Management Centre, Cranfield University
Honorable Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Chris Green, Director, Green Resources
Professor Dr. Chandra A. Madramootoo Ph.D., Ing., President, ICID
Antoine Meyer, Head of New Business – Crop Protection EMEA, BASF
Ian Barker, Head of Water Resources, Environment Agency
Dr. Niall Moore, GB Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS)
Dr. Sarah Simons, Executive Director, GISP
Dr. Simeon Ehui, Manager for South Asia Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
Dr. Roger E. Wyse, Managing Director – Malaysia, India, Burrill & Company
Dr. Jan Rether, Head Regional Techinal Crop Protection – South America, BASF
Dr. Luc M. Maene, Director General, International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
Dr. Dana Cordell, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Dr. Toby Bruce, Senior Research Scientist, Rothamsted Research
Phil Abrahams, Market Development Director, CABI
Dr. Alistair Murdoch, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Agriculture, Reading University
Professor Paul Miller, Silsoe Spray Applications Unit, The Arable Group (TAG)
Mark James, AMS & Sprayers Product Manager, John Deere
Dr. Dave Duncalf, Technical Director, IOTA NanoSolutions
Vitaliy Skotsyk, CEO, Landkom International
Phil Newton, Senior Manager Communications, ECPA
Guy Smith, Chair of Eastern Region, NFU
Professor Jim Dunwell, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
Scott Day P.Ag. Farmer and Agronomist
Julie Borlaug, Assistant Director for Partnerships, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Texas A&M Agriculture
Dr. Adrianne Massey, Managing Director for Science and Regulatory Affairs, BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization)
Dr. Gerd Stammler, Senior Scientist Fungicide Resistance Research, BASF
Dr. Ralf Nauen, Research Fellow, Bayer CropScience
Dr. Chris Bass, BBSRC Institute Career Path Fellow, Insect Molecular Biology Group, Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research
Simon Draper, Independent Agronomist
Dr. Geertrui Louwagie, Researcher, European Comission JRC, IPTS
Dr. Penny Hirsch, Soil Microbial Ecology Research Group Leader, Plant Pathogen Interactions Division, Rothamsted Research
Theodor Friedrich, Senior Officer (Crop Production Systems Intensification), Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP), FAO
David Baldock, Executive Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
Meurig Raymond, Deputy President, NFU
Day Three
Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, Government Office for Science
Dr. Christopher Connolly, Neuroscientist, Ninewells Medical School, University of Dundee
Professor Bill Kunin, Professor of Ecology, Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
Antoine Meyer, Head of New Business – Crop Protection, EMEA, BASF
Rob Joslin, President, American Soybean Association (ASA)
Calum Murray, Lead Technologist - Sustainable Agriculture and Food, Technology Strategy Board
Professor Graham Jellis, Chairman, Crop Evaluation Ltd.
Dr. Venkatesh Devanur, Agri Life – India
Eustace Kiarii, CEO, KOAN
Professor Nuhu Hatibu, Chief Executive, Kilimo Trust, Uganda
Dr. David Llewellyn, Principal, Harper Adams University College
Keith Norman, Technical Director, Velcourt
Chris Richards, Chairman, Arysta LifeScience
Dr. Franz Brandl, Head Global Seed Care Institute, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
