November 15, 2012

Source: African Crop Science Society News

The 2012 Global Plant Council Meeting was held on October 27-28 following theInternational Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB) Congress and a joint symposium on October 26 with the Korean Society of Plant Biologists (KSPB) on Jeju Island (South Korea). The GPC Meeting was kindly hosted by KSPB and we are thankful to Prof. Choon-Hwan Lee, President of KSPB, and his colleagues for all arrangements and the great Korean hospitality. During the IPMB Congress GPC organized a forum on ‘A Plant Science Perspective on Major Global Issues’ to raise the visibility of GPC among plant scientists.

The Global Plant Council (GPC) Meeting was very successful and we made enormous progress on nearly all agenda items (see attached agenda). It was unanimously agreed that during the next two years GPC must prove itself as a viable organization that achieves high international visibility, impact and credibility in advancing frontier plant research and breeding as solutions for global challenges. GPC now represents 29 member societies. Although not all member societies could send representatives to this year’s meeting, we had a quorum and therefore could work efficiently and make effective decisions. The brief report summarizes the most important events and decisions on milestones and deliverables, can access it through this link: http://acss.ws/acw/News.aspx?id=338.
 

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Published: November 15, 2012