Uri, Global Head of R&D for Syngenta’s Vegetable Seeds and Flowers businesses, and Ian, Technology Leader for Field Crop Seeds, will explain different plant breeding approaches, from conventional breeding to genetically modified crops to the rise of genome editing.As with any IFAJ webinar, the presentations will be followed by open Q&A: here’s your chance to put your burning questions to two highly respected plant scientists who share more than 50 years of variety development and technology implementation between them.
What’s more, for the first time with an IFAJ webinar, it’s going to be truly global: we’re running it twice – both times live – to enable participation regardless of time zone!
Don’t miss out on our webinar ‘Understanding Plant Breeding’ on November 26 & 27, 2024! Register now.
- First session on November 26, 3 pm GMT: REGISTER HERE
- Second session on November 27, 2 am GMT: REGISTER HERE
Duration of the webinar: 60 minutes
Uri Krieger, Global Head R&D Vegetable Seeds and Flowers, Syngenta
Ian Jepson, Technology Leader for Field Crop Seeds, Syngenta
Mark your calendars!
Watch out for the individual eAlerts and registration emails for each of the upcoming webinars: they’ll be landing in the inboxes of IFAJ email subscribers soon, and appearing on the usual social channels.
Understanding Soil Health: Thursday, December 5
- First session: 02:00 GMT, December 5
- Second session: 15:30 GMT, December 5
- 60 minutes
‘Principles and Principals: Balancing the Roles of the Journalist and the Communicator’
- 14:00 GMT, December 12
- 90 minutes
The webinar programme continues in 2025. Watch out for new topics being announced – and tell us what you’d like to see. What’s trending for you? What other partners would you like to see in our programme? What subjects can we cover from a journalist’s or communicator’s point of view? Email IFAJ’s secretary general, Adrian Bell, with ideas, requests and suggestions: adrian.bell@agromavens.com
