New breeding techniques: present and future challenges for sustainable food systems. an open and multi-stakeholder dialogue with new generations

Friday 21 May 2021, 14:00 – 15:30

Facundo TabbitaMAK’IT 2020-2021 Fellow, is pleased to invite you to the roundtable: New Breeding Techniques:  Present and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Systems. An Open and Multi-stakeholder Dialogue with New Generations.

This roundtable will discuss the role and impacts of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in food system transformation across multiple perspectives.
The objective is to generate a space for dialogue and to identify mechanisms for interaction among multiple young stakeholders in the breeding techniques and agricultural sector.

Speakers

Samuel Masse:President of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
Elena Del Pup:Board member of GeneSprout Initiative
Charles Bourgeois:Head of the Biotechnology Unit at the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Solidarity
Patrick Caron:Director of MAK’IT