• Day 1 10 April 2025
  • Day 2 11 April 2025
  • Main Auditorium
  • Breakout Room
08:00 AM - 09:00 AMRegistration
09:00 AM - 09:15 AMWelcoming Remarks By Patience ChatukutaChair
09:15 AM - 09:45 AMPlenary 1 By TBATBA
09:45 AM - 10:05 AMTBA By Speaker 1TBA
10:05 AM - 10:25 AMTBA By Speaker 2TBA
10:25 AM - 10:50 AMCoffee Break and Group Photo
10:50 AM - 12:30 PMSession I: Genome Sequencing By ChairTBA

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12:30 PM - 01:30 PMLunch
01:30 PM - 02:00 PMPlenary 2: By Dr. Leena TripathiHarnessing New Genomic Technologies for Sustainable Crop Improvement in Africa: Advances, Challenges, and Strategic Pathways
02:05 PM - 03:25 PMSession III: Genome Editing

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03:25 PM - 03:45 PMCoffee Break
03:45 PM - 04:45 PMSession V: Genomics-assisted Breeding

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04:45 PM - 05:30 PMPanel Discussion: Ethical and Social issues in African plant genomics By ModeratorTBA
05:30 PM - 06:45 PMPoster viewing with Coffee
07:00 PM - 09:00 PMGala Dinner
10:50 AM - 12:30 PMSession II: Microbiomes and Metagenomes

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02:05 PM - 03:25 PMSession IV: Data Management

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03:45 PM - 04:45 PMSession VI: Regulatory Issues

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  • Main Auditorium
  • Breakout Room
09:00 AM - 10:30 AMSession VII: Evolutionary Genomics By Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Plenary speaker 1: Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

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10:30 AM - 10:50 AMCoffee Break
11:10 AM - 12:30 PMSession VIII: Transcriptomics and Epigenomics

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12:30 PM - 01:30 PMLunch
01:30 PM - 02:00 PMPlenary speaker 2 By TBATBA

Plenary speaker 2 : Dr. Kwasi Agbleke: The heteroblasticity of flowering plants.

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02:05 PM - 03:25 PMSession X: Structural Genomics

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03:25 PM - 03:45 PMCoffee Break
03:45 PM - 04:45 PMSession XII: Lessons from broader genomics in Africa

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04:45 PM - 05:30 PMThe future of genomics of African plants By Panel DiscussionModerator
05:30 PM - 05:50 PMSponsor presentations 
06:00 PM - 09:00 PMCocktail and Vote of Thanks By Steve RunoScientific Programme
11:10 AM - 12:30 PMSession IX: Synthetic Biology By Speaker 1TBA

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02:05 PM - 03:25 PMSession XI: Plant Systematics and Taxonomy

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03:45 PM - 04:45 PMSession XIII: Genomics Applications in Plant Conservation

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