Name
ASTA Innovation and Policy Session (ASTA members only)
Date
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CST)
Parag Chitnis Edward Kaleikau Patrick Schnable
Description

Don't miss this special "bridge" session on innovation and policy, being held as a combination session between ASTA's CSS & Seed Expo virtual conference and the Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference coming up Feb. 1 - 3.

Agenda items include:

-A special panel discussion on the Agriculture Genome to Phenome Initiative, featuring speakers from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at USDA and Dr. Patrick Schnable at Iowa State University

-"Center for Food Integrity: A Framework for the Responsible Use of Gene Editing in Agriculture," Julie DeYoung, Center for Food Integrity

-Update from ASTA PBI working group
•            APHIS SECURE Implementation
•            EPA proposed PIP Exemption

-Update from ISF PBI working group
•            PBI Global Policy Development

-PBI communication update

Location Name
Off-site Zoom link