Breeding Optimization Commmunity of Practice webinar

Breeding Optimization Community of Practice Webinar Series

  • Date
    09.05.24
  • Time
    02:00 pm > 03:00 pm UTC-11:00

About the webinar

The Breeding Optimization Community of Practice (CoP) webinar is hosted by Accelerated Breeding. The series is dedicated to discussions and cross-learning on quantitative genetic topics relevant for breeding pipeline design and optimization, achieved using invited talks and roundtables.

Each occurrence of the CoP webinar occurs every second Thursday of every month at 4:00 pm EAT – Nairobi time. The agenda and speakers for each occurrence will be announced 1-2 days before the webinar.

In these meetings, speakers from outside the Organization and CGIAR-NARES staff will cover:

  • Topics of interest related to breeding scheme optimization;
  • Topics of interest related to quantitative genetics concepts and their application to practical situations.
  • The webinar will help participants improve breeding pipeline efficiency and operations, access newest methods and tools and a network of experts.

Logistics

  • To join, click this link – Zoom meeting passcode: 2024
  • Presenter/s: Various CGIAR partners, crop breeding experts and leaders
  • Target audiences: CGIAR/NARES crop breeding staff and experts and other interested parties
  • Date/time/duration: Monthly at 4pm (Nairobi Time). An hour per session.

Schedule

Details may change. Please check back for adjustments. More info: d.gemenet@cgiar.org

# Date Title Presenters & Speakers Institute Resources
1 13 February 2025 Artemis: Leveraging AI power for digital phenotyping in public breeding programs in the Global South Lennart Woltering, Scaling Advisor  Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Presentation

Recording

2 12 September 2024 Managed-stress trials in Breeding Professor Mark Cooper University of Queensland, ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture Presentation

Recording