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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><a name="_Hlk236192896"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Dear all,</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Please find here the information on the upcoming International Conference that Bioversity is co-organizing
in June 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">We welcome your participation and abstracts, and also appreciate your help in disseminating this Conference
in your networks.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Abstract submission deadline - 29 January 2014.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Don’t miss the date.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">International conference on
<i>“</i></span></strong><strong><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ENHANCED GENEPOOL UTILIZATION -
</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">”</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80;font-weight:normal">,
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80;font-weight:normal">to be held at</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80;font-weight:normal">NIAB Innovation Farm, Cambridge, United Kingdom from 16-20 June 2014</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">.</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Submission of</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference_abstracts"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">abstracts and guidelines>>></span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><b>See the registration details at</b><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></strong><a href="https://www.innovationfarm.co.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1234"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">Online Registration>>></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For m</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">ore</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
information and details on the conference see the links:</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PGR Secure project<b>
</b></span><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">website</span>>>></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001"><br>
Download the </span><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Enhanced Genepool Utilization” flyer >>> </span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001;font-weight:normal">See the
</span></strong><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference_programme"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Programme summary</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">>>></span></b></span><b><u><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Submission of
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference_abstracts"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">abstracts and guidelines>>></span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">See
</span><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference_dates"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Important dates and deadlines >>></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">Details on
</span><a href="http://www.pgrsecure.org/conference_events"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">special events and visits>>></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">Go to the
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span><a href="https://www.innovationfarm.co.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1234"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Online Registration>>></span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">The Conference scientific themes and sessions are:</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">THEME 1: Characterization techniques
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">The Theme 1 topic is characterization techniques to identify traits and expedite plant breeding.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">Authors may present: a) ‘omics’ and b) predictive techniques. The Theme 1 sessions are as follows:
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<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">THEME 2: Conservation strategies
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">The Theme 2 topics are: a) national, regional and global Crop Wild Relatives and Landrace conservation strategy development, b) targeted conservation to meet the
needs of the plant breeding community, and c) integration of CWR and LR diversity into existing biodiversity conservation programmes. The Theme 2 sessions are as follows:
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<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">THEME 3: Facilitating C</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">rop Wild Relatives</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">
and L</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">andrace</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80"> use
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">The Theme 3 topics are: a) pre-breeding, b) meeting breeders’ needs, c) integrating the conservation and user communities, and d) policy enhancement. The Theme
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">Improving breeders’ access to PGRFA
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<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0E4B80">THEME 4: Informatics development
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000001">The Theme 4 topics are: a) characterization, trait and conservation data management and accessibility, and b) inter-information system operability. The Theme 4
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