SCHEDULE

With the theme "Challenges for sustainable production in Mercosur", the technical program will address issues related to the current technological challenges of production systems, to new opportunities that are emerging for the production chain, with, for example, sustainability as a driver for opening new markets, inserting the chain into the bioeconomy era, advances in the area of genomic editing and other emerging and disruptive technologies that can add value, improve efficiency and profitability, among others.

CBSoja ONLINE programming will be fully translated into English. Check it out!

The program below is only from Sala Brasil, which will be broadcast online. Then international participants can decide to attend in-person or on-line.

May 16th

• 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - Opening Session Cerimony
• 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Opening Conference

May 17th

• 8:30 am to 9:30 am - Conference: Soil conservation and sustainable soybean production (Dr. Rattan Lal - Ohio State University- USA)

• 10 am to 12 pm - Panel: Production and use of biological inputs in soy farming – part 1 (Moderation: Dra. Claudine Dinali Santos Seixas - Embrapa Soja)
o The future in biological disease control (Prof. Dr. Sérgio M. Mazaro - UTFPR- Dois Vizinhos Campus, PR)
o Opportunities and challenges in biological pest control (Dr. Paula G. Marçon - AgBiTech LLC – DFW, USA)
o Directions and perspectives for the biological inputs industry in Mercosur (Dr. Marcelo Poletti - Promip Manejo Integrado de Pragas Ltda)

• 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm – Conference (to be defined)

• 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Panel (talk-show): Production and use of biological inputs in soy production – part 2 (Moderation: Dr. Adeney de Freitas Bueno - Embrapa Soja)
o Updates on the use of inoculants and the risks of their production (Dr. Mariângela Hungria - Embrapa Soja)
o Case analyzes in the “on farm” production of biological inputs (Dr. Rose Monnerat - Embrapa Genetic Resources)
o Legal aspects of “on farm” production of biological inputs (Adv. Lidia Cristina Jorge dos Santos - Figueiredo & Santos – Sociedade de Advogados)

May 18th

• 8:30am to 9:30am - Conference: The P. pachyrhizi genome: opening new perspectives for FAS control in the era of modern agriculture (Dra Francismar Correa-Marcelino – Embrapa Soja)

• 10:00 às 12:00 – Panel: New technologies for Integrated Pest Management (Moderation: Dr. Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno - Embrapa Soja)
o Self-limiting technology for pest control (Dr. Felipe Antônio Domingues - Oxitec – Brazil)
o Use of RNAi for pest control (Dr. Moisés João Zotti - Federal University of Pelotas)
o Challenges of legislation facing innovations in the control of pests, diseases and weeds (Dr. Hugo Bruno Correa Molinari - Embrapa Agroenergia and CTNBio).

• 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm- Conference: Challenges for the export of grains and soybean meal from Mercosur to the international market (Chantal Baeumle Gabardo – ANEC)

• 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Panel: Gene editing tools for obtaining plants with characteristics of agronomic interest (Moderation: Dr. Liliane Marcia Mertz Henning - Embrapa Soybean)
o Empowering soybeans for weed control with CRISPR editing of elite lines (Dr. Lucas Lieber – Bioheuris, Argentina)
o Global regulatory policies and development of genome-edited crops (Dra Maria Fedorova - Corteva Agriscience)
o Gene editing: Access and use in genetic improvement programs at GDM (Dr. Marcos Quiroga Guiraldes -GDM Seeds)

May 19th

• 9:30 to 11:30 - Panel: Quality in crop implementation: Challenges and perspectives for Mercosur (Moderation: Francisco Carlos Krzyzanowski - Embrapa Soja)
o The importance of using high quality soybean seeds (José de Barros França Neto - Embrapa Soja)
o Embedded technologies for greater sowing precision (João Paulo de Freitas - John Deere Brazil)
o Challenges of precision sowing on straw remains from different predecessor cultures (Marcus V. C. Leal – Consultant)


• 1:00 pm to 3:00pm - Panel: Technologies for the production of high quality soybean (Moderation: Dr José de Barros França Neto - Embrapa Soja)
o Use of new genetic tools for the generation of soybean cultivars (Dr. Liliane Marcia Mertz Henning - Embrapa Soja)
o Challenges and perspectives in storage (Dr. Ricardo Enrique Bartosik – INTA, Argentina)
o The quality of soy produced and stored - implications for industry (Msc. Valquiria Demarchi Arns -COCAMAR)

• 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Conference (closing): Improvements in the Mercosur transport modal for the international flow of soybeans

• 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm - Official Closing Ceremony