Datum: 28 oktober & 4 november 2025 - Wat is (inter)nationaal kwekersrecht? Bij wie en hoe kan ik kwekersrecht aanvragen? Welke partijen spelen een rol bij het verlenen van kwekersrecht en waar staan zij voor? Hoe wordt kwekersrecht gehandhaafd? Deze 2-daagse opleiding ...
This session brings together national experts to share insights on Thailand’s approach to farmers’ and breeders’ rights, policy developments, and opportunities for the seed sector.
15:00- 16:30 PHT/09:00 - 10:30 CEST - The second session will focus on the Philippines, bringing together leading experts and practitioners to share their perspectives.
During the workshop, SNICS will present the different mechanisms and tools available for breeders to strengthen and guarantee their breeder’s rights in Mexico. Additionally, a new public – private initiative between Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Mexico’s ...
Associação Paranaense dos Produtores de Sementes e Mudas (Apasem)
Hotel Crystal - Londrina, PR, Brazil
O curso será ministrado pelo Dr. Jonas Farias Pinto, Gerente de Certificação da Fundação Pró-Sementes. Objetivo: Treinar e capacitar profissionais envolvidos ou interessados na área de sementes sobre as novas legislações vigentes.
As emerging technologies radically disrupt all aspects of food and agriculture, how do we enable legal frameworks to meet this accelerated pace of innovation while leaving no one behind?
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Online at 2 PM - 4 PM GMT+8 via Zoom - Online, Australia
This workshop will provide significant science/ regulatory advice for relevant stakeholders both from academia and industry to enable trade in produce developed using gene-editing technology.
USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Online - Online, United States
The webinar will include an overview of the draft RSR Guide and the opportunity for stakeholders to provide feedback and ask questions. The draft RSR Guide is currently open for public comment through October 25, 2021.
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Online - Online, Australia
ISAAA and partners are organizing this webinar to provide an insight into the future landscape of trade involving gene-edited crops, particularly in relation to countries involved in the international trade of agricultural products.
Online 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. EDT - Online, United States
The SCRA organizes workshops on the practical aspects of developing dossiers on genetically engineered (GE) specialty crops for submission to US regulatory agencies. The workshops are designed to simplify and demystify data requirements and regulatory dossier developmen...
The webinar will include discussions involving seed and tissue deposits crucial to your companies ability to maintain your IP. With Jeff Haynes of the USDA Plant Variety Protection Office, Mike Lomas of Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences NCMA and Renee White of the Na...
Online 3:00 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET - Online, United States
The panel will discuss the basics of filing and prosecuting plant patents, best practices in this unique area of the law, and the role and importance of plant patents in the world of horticulture and plant breeding.
Virtual annual membership meeting, officer reports, committee meetings upon request and our Keynote Speaker, Stacy Henderson. Her presentation will focus on assisting you with implementing the new laws that became effective January 1, 2021 and to ensure you are also co...
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Online - Online, Philippines
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) presents the latest report on the global status of GM crops in 2019.
Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
Online - Online, Germany
Internationale Konferenz der Leopoldina und DFG zur Beratung von Politik und Gesellschaft anlässlich der deutschen Präsidentschaft im Rat der Europäischen Union - 1. Oktober: 11:00 – 15:30 Uhr GMT+2 / 2. Oktober: 12:30 – 17:00 Uhr GMT+2
European Union - Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
Tartu, Estonia
Main objective of the seminar is to enhance the understanding of farmers regarding the Farm-Saved Seed (FSS) system in Estonia and surrounding countries where breeders face challenges in collecting royalties on FSS from protected varieties. The seminar will focus on the...
In collaboration with the Seed Ambassador Leadership Training Continuing Education Program,James Weatherly of SIPA will discuss Plant Variety Protection and Patents as they pertain to the seed industry. Joy Reinhart : 303-861-2900 or joyr@seedipalliance.com
Marian Suelmann, Company Lawyer for Rijk Zwaan will provide an update regarding the current status of Patenting Essentially Biological Products and Plants with the European Patent Office.
AgTech IP, Enforcement and Litigation: a discussion on patent assertion and defense, with an update on ensuring broad and enforceable claims - In conjunction with the California Seed Association Mid-Year Meeting
Wat is (inter)nationaal kwekersrecht? Bij wie en hoe kan ik kwekersrecht aanvragen? Welke partijen spelen een rol bij het verlenen van kwekersrecht en waar staan zij voor? Hoe wordt kwekersrecht gehandhaafd? Deze 2-daagse opleiding beantwoordt al uw vragen.
Crowne Plaza Barcelona, Fira Center - Barcelona, Spain
Jump into the world of synthetic and biopesticide crop protection with updates from the European Commission, Member States, EFSA and leading industry case studies.
At the ASTA Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference - Orlando, FL, United States
The Education Unit will be provided live as well as by online webinar, and will consist of presentations by Dr. Mark Massoudi of Ag-Biotech Inc., Chris Holly of Cooley, and Marian Suelmann, Company Lawyer for Rijk Zwaan.
Grand Hyatt Washington - Washington, DC, United States
Education, debate and advocacy are on the agenda each June at ASTA’s annual convention. Attendees focus on science and policy issues related to the development and free movement of quality seed worldwide. This is also when new association officers are installed.
Hyatt Regency Chicago - Chicago, IL, United States
Case study on the intellectual property which seed dealers and distributors own / Update on recent case law impacting the seed industry - The Education Unit will be provided live as well as by online webinar
The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa - Monterey, CA, United States
The education unit will focus on intellectual property rights that seed dealers own, their value and how to maintain seed dealers rights, and will include presentations on trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights - Contact James Weatherly to RSVP: jamesw@seedipalliance....
Legal, institutional and technical aspects will be introduced through lectures, discussions and working groups. Also exploitation of plant breeders rights: enforcing rights, royalty collection, farm saved seed.
Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resort - Orlando, FL, United States
Contact jamesw@seedipalliance.com / The education unit will focus on patents in the seed industry and will include presentations on the basics of patents, procuring germplasm and trait-based patents. innovations and patents in the seed treatment technologies, licensing ...
The Technical Education Unit will focus on enforcement of intellectual property rights and will include presentations on the: basics of enforcing IP; standard operating procedures for enforcement of IP; audits, including royalty audits of distributors, retailers and use...
It has been a year since the Government of Ontario implemented regulations on the use of corn and sobyean seed treated with Neonicotinoid insecticides. How has industry responded? What has been the impact of the regulations on pollinators and on growers? What's coming...
The conference will bring together researchers, farmers, decision makers and other stakeholders from across the EU and overseas to share their experiences and discuss how Europe should deal with GMOs based on science and knowledge. Speakers include Nobel laureate Sir Ri...
The conference is intended that the scientific subjects should be presented broadly in order to provide opportunity to sunflower community to present their work for sunflower production and trade in the world bringing science, research and private communities together.
Bayer, CropScience Division Offices - Bee Health Care Center, Room BBCC - 2 TW Alexander Drive - Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
The technical education unit will include an overview of systems for IP protection, industry licensing issues, and economic espionage as well as a tour of the Bee Health Center and Seed Detection labs.
The Venlo Workshops will provide a sound insight into current Patent Law in the European Union with a focus on the horticulture industry and beyond, take a practical look at the necessary qualifications for Patentability and Application, especially considering the recen...
Inquadramento normativo; Cartelli tra imprese; Regole sulla distribuzione dei prodotti; Le posizioni dominanti; Le regole della gestione degli omaggi e degli sconti; Conclusioni.
Plant & Environmental Sciences Building (Room 3001), UC Davis - Davis, CA, United States
Introduction to IP at seed companies (John Schoenecker, Director of Intellectual Property – AMPA, HM.Clause / Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance (SIPA) (James M. Weatherly, Executive Director) - The FBI Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership Program - App...
Food Safety is a public health priority; millions of people fall ill every year and many die as a result of eating unsafe food. Serious outbreaks of foodborne disease have been documented on every continent in the past decade, and in many countries rates of illnesses ar...
The central theme of the meet is “Integrating IP into changing International Landscape”. The aim of the conference is to bring international IP trends on a common platform, unfold new IP Strategies and understand international IP landscape.
The most comprehensive global rapeseed/canola event in the world. Scientists, students, policy analysts, industry managers, government, producer groups, trade associations are invited to this important event. Abstract deadline: Feb. 1, 2015
Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands
The following subjects will be introduced through lectures, discussions and working groups: legal aspects, institutional aspects, technical aspects, exploitation of plant breeders rights.
Online, 3:30pm-5:30pm Eastern U.S. time - Online, United States
Speakers: Alan Bennett, Executive Director, Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture, and Distinguished Professor, University of California-Davis / Diana Horvath, President, Two Blades Foundation/ Richard Jefferson, Founder and CEO, Cambia, and Professor of...
This conference appeals to all stakeholders in the regulatory community from active substance manufacturers, formulating and retailing companies, regulatory authorities and the full range of service companies (law firms, consultants, laboratory service providers).
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel - Arlington, VA, United States
A 1½ day workshop and training event for companies wishing to register or gain a further understanding of the requirements involved in registering a biopesticide.
Special keynote presentation from Professor Joyce Tait, ESRC Innogen Institute, The University of Edinburgh entitled: Anticipatory Governance and Responsible Innovation: "Newspeak" and the political control of technology.
European Union - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Brussels, Belgium
The objectives of this workshop are to discuss: (1) RNAi mechanisms in plants, mammals and invertebrates; (2) current and future RNAi applications in GM plants; and (3) risk assessment approaches for such plants.
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Online - Geneva, Switzerland
The course is estimated to require around 36 hours of study, which can be undertaken at any time within the 4-week study period. The course contains comprehensive explanations, diagrams, self-assessment questions and end of module tests to guide participants.
Plant & Environmental Sciences Building (Room 3001), UC Davis - Davis, CA, United States
Robert Jondle, Esq., Swanson & Bratschun, Jondle Plant Sciences Division - Topic: Worldwide Plant Protection- Opportunities and Challenges / Michael Ward, Esq. and David Yang, Esq., Morrison and Foerster - Topic: Plant IP Protection and Enforcement in China Topic: Intel...
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre - Calgary , AB, Canada
Some presentation topics include: Ideal grain ingredients: breeding for health; The potential role of biotechnology in animal health; There’s a science to feeding the world; Are bio-derived products a practical answer for sustainable agriculture?; Innovations to enabl...
Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino - Punta del Este, Uruguay
The motto of the meeting is “Promoting the Seed Business in the Americas” and the principal focus is on Trade and Regulations. The agenda addresses the main burning issues that the industry is facing today: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology, Phytosanitary and See...
The conference provides a prestigious business platform to meet and to exchange and create novel technologies, commercial applications and partnerships in the field of genomics in the agro and industrial biotech industries.
Sundown Room of the Student Center at South Plains College, 1401 South College Ave. - 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - Levelland, TX, United States
Pesticide laws and regulations, sorghum and corn production, cotton variety trial update, vegetable production opportunities, managing disease and nematodes in cotton
The Agenda of the Conference foresees two sessions, which will shed light onto the most anticipated topics in the field of Intellectual Property Protection for the innovation-based horticultural businesses.
This webinar will focus on the variety registration for wheat and will help answer many questions about how this process works in Western Canada, who is involved and how producers, grain industry and customers benefit.
Will provide the participants with: (a) an understanding of the basics of rice production in Asia; (b) familiarity with the germplasm collection at IRRI and current issues related to germplasm exchange and intellectual property rights; (c) an appreciation of the researc...
801 R Street, Suite 201 - Fresno, CA, United States
An opportunity to learn about the basics of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement and U.S. government resources available to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect and enforce their IPR at home and abroad.
from the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile down to Valdivia in the south - , Chile
Contact information: Dr. Bridgen. Director and Professor. Cornell University. Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center. 3059 Sound Ave.Riverhead, NY 11901 Tel: 631-727-3595 Fax: 631-727-3611 e-MAIL mpb27@cornell.edu
Online at 9:30 am Eastern U.S. time - Washington, DC, United States
The three key points of the briefing include setting up a legal and regulatory framework and removing unnecessary barriers to private seed sector growth; beginning policy interventions in order to increase market capacity for the private seed industry; and requiring gov...
Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Greenstar Kanzi and other recent plant variety right cases; Essentially derived varieties post-Blancanieves; The Myriad case: patentability of isolated genes and native traits; Enforcement of IP rights for plant innovation in Bresil; Evaluation of the Community Plant ...
USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
USDA APHIS Center, 4700 River Road - Riverdale, MD, United States
An opportunity for public sector scientists and public and private sector crop
developers to spend two days with regulatory officials and to learn the specifics of putting together an actual dossier for regulatory approval.
Wageningen Business School - Wageningen, Netherlands
By linking knowledge on developments in IPR systems with business strategies, this Masterclass is unique in its kind. It provides a learning platform that crosses the disciplines of law, business administration and plant sciences.
en la sede de Aliter: C/ Maestro Ripoll, 18 - Madrid, Spain
De 18.00 a 22.00 horas los das 7, 8, 14, y 21 de noviembre
Programa: http://fundacion-antama.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111025-Aliter-analizar-los-aspectos-jurdicos-de-la-biotecnologa.pdf
Online, 10:00 - 11:00 Central US time - Brookings, SD, United States
ISTA Sampling, ISTA Certificates and Seed Health - Are your seed lots held up at the border? Knowing and understanding the regulations helps to expedite your seeds to other countries throughout the world.
Association Française de Protection des Plantes (AFPP)
Montpellier, France
Will address the main current issues related to plant protection : locusts, pollinators, beneficials, new pests, resistance, methods of control, integrated pest management, biological control, side effects of pesticides, new active substances, reglementation.
European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB)
The Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall - Newbury, United Kingdom
The aim of the meeting is to commonly evaluate the progress made over the last few years in seed derogation policies and practices in Europe. The central question is how can we (further) harmonize regulations on a European level and create a level playing field among (g...
Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA)
Davis, CA, United States
Developed for international lawyers, technology managers and scientific professionals in the public sector or small-to-medium enterprises who want to understand successful U.S. models of intellectual property management.
European Union - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Brussels, Belgium
Consultative workshop with scientists and risk assessors from EU Member States, industry and non-governmental organisations, to discuss its draft guidance document on the selection of comparators for the risk assessment of GM plants.
30 minute webinar will cover how to properly label seed, germination and Purity regulations/tolerances, date of last test and required disclosures such as treatments.
What you need to know about recent court cases affecting biotechnology patents, from the opinions issued to the resulting implications for your biotech company. What changes are likely in the future of biotech patents and when they may occur.
Tagging and labeling, seed treatment, naming and use of names and phytosanitary requirements regarding seed exports to Canada and the United Participants will learn about regulatory issues pertaining to the export of seed ...
To improve understanding of the concepts and principles related to gene-stacking in GM crops among relevant biotechnology stakeholders in the Southeast Asian region. To improve risk assessment and regulatory capacity among regional regulators in dealing with GM crops co...
To improve understanding of the concepts and principles related to gene-stacking in GM crops among relevant biotechnology stakeholders in the Southeast Asian region. To improve risk assessment and regulatory capacity among regional regulators in dealing with GM crops co...
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