Committee


Host: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Undertaker: Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
Strategic Partner: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Co-organizers: Sichuan Crop Society,Sichuan Modern Seed Industry Research ,Institute,China Agricultural University,China National Seed Group Co., Ltd,Heilongjiang Kenfeng Seed Industry Co., Ltd.,Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Conference Committee
(1) Organizing Committee
Chairman
Sun Tan
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Member
B.M. Prasanna
Distinguished Scientist & Asia Regional Director, CIMMYT
 
Ashish Saxena
Global Maize Program Director, CIMMYT
 
Qian Yu
Deputy Director General, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAAS
 
Zhou Wenbin
Director, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Zhang Xiong
Deputy Party Secretary, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Lu Yanli
Vice President, Sichuan Agricultural University
 
Zhang Wenhao
Deputy Party Secretary, Jianyang Municipal Party Committee
 
Maria Alma Sanchez
Maize Breeder & Coordinator, Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños
 
Md. Mahfuz Bazzaz
Director General, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute
 
Nguyen Xuan Thang
Director, National Maize Research Institute of Vietnam
 
Sharat Kumar Pradhan
Assistant Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Shireen Assem
Vice President for Research Affairs, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
 
Tirtha Raj Rijal
Program Leader, National Maize Research Program, Nepal
(2) Technical Committee
Advisor
Dai Jingrui
Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of China Agricultural University
 
Rong Tingzhao
Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Sichuan Agricultural University
 
He Zhonghu
Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Wang Lichun
Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Chair
Li Xinhai
Chief Scientist of National Maize Industry Technology System, Director General of Science and Technology Management Bureau, CAAS
 
Ashish Saxena
Global Maize Program Director, CIMMYT
Member
Chen Zehui
Professor, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Fan Xingming
Professor, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Lai Jinsheng
Professor, China Agricultural University
 
Liu Wende
Research Professor, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS
 
Liu Wenguo
Research Professor, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Liu Yonghong
Research Professor & Vice President, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Lu Yanli
Professor & Vice President, Sichuan Agricultural University
 
Tang Jihua
Professor & Vice President, Henan Agricultural University
 
Wang Haiyang
Chief Maize Scientist, Yazhou Bay National Laboratory
 
Wang Tianyu
Research Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Wang Zhenhua
Professor, Northeast Agricultural University
 
Wu Yongrui
Research Professor, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS
 
Xu Yunbi
Research Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Yan Jianbing
Professor & President, Huazhong Agricultural University
 
Zhang Jiwang
Professor, Shandong Agricultural University
 
Zhang Shukuan
Research Professor, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Zhao Jiuran
Research Professor, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
 
Zheng Hongjian
Research Professor, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
Thanda Dhliwayo
Maize Breeder, CIMMYT
 
Anindya Bandyopadhyay
Head of Biotechnology & Precision Genetics, CIMMYT
 
Manje Gowda
Maize Molecular Breeder, CIMMYT
 
P.H. Zaidi
Principal Scientist, CIMMYT
 
B.M. Prasanna
Distinguished Scientist & Asia Regional Director, CIMMYT
 
Powell Mponela
Agroecologist, CIMMYT
 
Mahesh Gathala
Systems Agronomist & India Country Representative, CIMMYT
 
Dyutiman Choudhary
Senior Scientist (Market Development) & Nepal Country Representative, CIMMYT
(3) Secretariat
Secretary-General
Li Liang
Research Professor & Director of Crop Genetic Breeding Center, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Fang Wei
Research Professor & Director of Research Management Department, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
 
Liu Yonghong
Research Professor & Vice President, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Contact Persons

CAAS: Liang Li (liliang05@caas.cn); Xinhai Li (lixinhai@caas.cn)

SAAS: Chao Xiang (hzc@scsaas.cn)

Sichuan Agricultural University: Shibin Gao (shibingao@163.com)

CIMMYT: B.M. Prasanna (b.m.prasanna@cgiar.org); Ashish Saxena (a.saxena@cgiar.org); P.H. Zaidi (phzaidi@cgiar.org)