9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Remarks
9:15 – 9:45 Plenary 3: Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel, MPI for Biology Tübingen
Why should we care about (plant) genomes?
9:45 – 10:15 Speaker 1: Dr. Florence Wambugu, Africa Harvest
How to make Genome Editing in Africa a success story; with a case study on the Genome Editing Landscape Analysis in 16 select Countries in Africa
10:15 – 10:45 Speaker 2: Prof. Dr. Devang Mehta, KU Leuven
Developing and applying new genomics and proteomics technologies to study cassava pathogens