08:55 – 11:00 Session 7
INNOVATIVE WHEAT BREEDING
CHAIRS: Susanne Dreissigacker (CIMMYT, Mexico), Curtis Pozniak (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Lecture
Historical genomics of host-pathogen interaction in wheat rust pathosystem
Eduard Akhunov (Kansas State University, USA)

09:15 – 09:30
Sustainable wheat production through trait discovery and pre-breeding
Paula Silva (INIA, Uruguay)

09:30 – 09:45
Innovations paving (half)-way towards hybrid wheat breeding
Jochen Reif (IPK-Gatersleben, Germany)

09:45 – 10:00
Advancing hybrid wheat through innovative breeding
Jessie Alt (Corteva Agriscience, USA)

10:00 – 10:15
Exploration of Asian wheat genetic diversity through NAM Population
Shuhei Nasuda (University of Kyoto)

10:15 – 10:30
Translational research in wheat using einkorn genomics
Vijaj Tiwari (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

10:30 – 10:45
Discussion

10:45 – 11:15
Selected short (5 min) talks

11:15 – 11:45 COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS VISION

11:45 – 12:45 Panel Discussion II
LIMITING PESTICIDE USE FOR A SUSTAINABLE WHEAT WITH A LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
CHAIRS: McNamara Louise (Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Ireland), Kar-Chun Tan (Curtin University, Australia)

12:45 – 14:00 GROUP PHOTO AND LUNCH

14:00 – 19:00
TOURS