Invited Speakers

Peter Tiffin

Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota (USA), focusing on understanding interactions and environmental changes affecting plant evolution using a variety of organims (including Zea, Medicago y Sinorhizobium) and molecular approaches

http://www.cbs.umn.edu/tiffin/

Robert J. Cody Markelz

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Genomic Biology (USA); member of Dr Andrew Leakey´s Laboratory focusing on gene expression profiling - opening the black box of plant ecosystem responses to global change.

http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Leakey.htm

Lorena Caruso

School of Agricultural Sciences, Catholic University of Cordoba (Argentina), focusing on genetic evaluation and selection of beef cattle of African ancestry for adaptation to heat stress

www.ucc.edu.ar/imagenes/novedades/.../cienciasagropecuarias.doc

Co-Chairs :

Walter Oyhantçabal

Forestry and Agricultural Climate Change Projects Unit, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), focusing on adaptation to climate change by means of identification, evaluation and promotion of activities and projects of farming basis;  member of the International Panel on Climate Change.

http://www.mgap.gub.uy/UPACC/ingles.html

Fabian Capdevielle

Biotechnology Unit, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), member of Mercosur´s Advisory Commision for Biotechnology Development (BiotecSur Plattform, www.BiotecSur.org); Darwin 200 Organizing Committee