This event, hosted by the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), will be part of the 20th Annual Conference of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) on 24-27 June 2011. In the first part of the colloquium, Clive James, ISAAA Chair, will speak on Global State of Crop Biotechnology. William Dar, ICRISAT Director General, will deliver the inaugural address, and Ang Peng Hwa, Chairman of AMIC, and SR Rao, Advisor to DBT-GOI, will deliver special addresses. The second part will be devoted to a tour of PTTC at the ICRISAT campus and a dialogue with the media. The colloquium is jointly organized by AMIC, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the Department of Biotechnology-Government of India (DBT-GOI), and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). ICRISAT is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.  

date: 27 June 2011   location: Hyderabad, India   www: http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2011-media16.htm