DAY 4

Day 4: Thursday, June 29, 2017

Animal Traits in the Pipeline

        Panel: Production and welfare related traits: Challenges in the process, lessons learned, prospects

• • Biotechnology options for ethics and welfare in poultry production – Mark Tizard, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australia

  • Animal welfare and production traits in the pipeline – Tad Sonstegard, Recombinetics

  • Engineering welfare traits in livestock –Bhanu Telugu, University of Maryland

  • Use of precision genetics to advance beneficial traits for aquaculture species – Rick Peterson, Intrexon Corp.

    Panel: Disease resistant traits: Challenges in the process, lessons learned, prospects.

• • Gene editing as applied to prevention of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome –Kristin Whitworth, University of Missouri, USA

  • The Advance of GMO cattle in China – Chang Zhiijie, Tsinghua University, China

  • Virus resistant transgenic silkworm, the status of its regulatory field trials, and progress towards regulatory approval – V.V. Satyavathi, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, India

Science, Regulation and Policy - Working Together to Encourage Innovation, Public Health and

Safety

• • The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: What is it and why does it matter to you? – Fan-Li Chou, FAS USDA

  • Regulating animal biotech in Africa, and lessons from crop biotechnology – Bernie Jones, Science Technology and Innovation for Development, UK

  • Creating an enabling environment for innovation – past experiences and plans forward from the plant biotechnologies perspective – Fan-Li Chou, USDA-FAS

  • OECD and harmonization – Sally McCammon, USDA-APHIS

  • Understanding the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures– Andrew Stephens, USDA-FAS

Regulatory challenge of making science- and risk-based decisions in face of public concerns.

• • Ethics and ideology in biotechnology: A practical approach – Margaret Foster Riley, University of Virginia, USA

  • Socioeconomic considerations in regulatory decision-making – Patricia Zambrano, International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Addressing public concerns in a science-based regulatory system – Bill Hallman, Rutgers University

    Breakout sessions: Dialog on guidance gaps, needs and strategies

• • Food safety assessment

  • Environmental biosafety assessment

  • Handling of socioeconomic issues

  • Opportunities for increasing regulatory consistency among countries

  • Regulatory approaches and flexibility to account for emerging technologies