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The Conference will focus on the critical role science and technology can play in raising sustainable agricultural productivity in developing countries.


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Conference Participants

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Plenary Information

Media Availability Scheduled

Room 315, Convention Center

(Links to Web Casts Provided When Available)

Monday, June 23, 2003

2:30 pm PDT (21:30 GMT) Dr. Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation
3:00 pm PDT (22:00 GMT) The Honorable Mivoslav Bozje, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Croatia
4:30 pm PDT (23:30 GMT)

The Honorable Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture

 

The Honorable David Kirvalidze, Minister of Agriculture and Food, Georgia

 

The Honorable Luis Lorenzo, Jr., Secretary of Agriculture, Philippines

  The Honorable Ali Hassan Khalil, Minister of Agriculture, Lebanon (tentative)
  The Honorable Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda (tentative)
  The Honorable John Marburger, Science Adviser to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House (tentative)
  Dr. Norman Neureiter, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary, U.S. Department of State
 

Emmy B. Simmons, Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID

 Tuesday, June 24, 2003

3:00 pm PDT (22:00 GMT) Emmy B. Simmons, Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID
2:30-3:00 PDT
(21:30-22:00 GMT)
Dr. Martina McGloughlin, Director, University of California System-Wide Biotechnology Research and Education, University of California at Davis

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

9:00 am PDT (16:00 GMT) The Honorable Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture

 

 


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