28 May 2004 |
Arrival to the Abu Dhabi |
19:00-22:00 | Registration |
29 May 2004 Day One |
08:00-09:00 | Registration |
09:00-10:00 | Opening session Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chancellor of UAE University Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, UAE Director General -ICARDA |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
Session I | Chairman: H.E. Rashid Khalfan Al- Shariqi, Deputy Minister, MAF, UAE Dr Adel Abu El-Nagga, Senior Advisor, Research for Development, ICARDA |
10:30-10:45 | Dr William Erskine, Assistant Director General -Research, ICARDA Introduction to the workshop |
10:45-11:05 11:05-11:25 11:25-11:45 11:45-12:05 12:05-12:25 12:25-12:45 | Status of Date Palm Production, Constrains and Research Bahrain Emirates Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia |
12:45-13:00 | Discussions |
13:00-14:30 | Lunch Break |
Session II | Chairman: Prof. Dr Richard Jones, Yale University, USA |
14:30-14:50 14:50-15:20 15:20-15:40 | Thematic Presentations Propagation, and Crop Management Dr Aref Abdul-Baki, Plant Physiologist, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, USA Prof. Dr Abdel Aziem El-Hamady Prof. of Pomology & Dean, IERS, Ain Shams University, Egypt Dr Hossein Pezhman Head, Date Palm and Tropical Fruits Research Institute of Iran |
15:40-16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00-16:20 16:20-16:40 | Prof. Dr Fatehy Hussein Prof. of Pomology, Zagazig University, Egypt Dr Theib Oweis, Water management/Supplement Irrigation Specialist ICARDA |
16:40-17:00 | Discussion |
17:00-17:20 17:20-17:40 | Biotechnology and Germplasm Conservation Dr Hanaiya El-Itriby, Director, AGERI, Egypt Dr Samy Adawy, Researcher, AGERI, Egypt |
17:40-18:00 | Discussion |
30 May 2004 Day Two |
Session III | Chairman: Dr. Aref Abdul-Baki, USDA, Maryland, USA |
08:30- 09:00 09:00 -09:30 | Crop protection and IPM Dr Saeed Gassouma, Plant Protection Expert (Entomologist), UAE Dr Michael Brownbridge, Entomology Research Lab., Burlington, Vermont, USA |
10:00-10:15 | Discussion |
10:15-10:30 | Break |
10:30-11:00 11:00–11:20 11:20- 11:40 | Post Harvest, Marketing and processing of different DP products Prof. Dr Awad Hussein Prof. of Post Harvest Physiology, Alexandria University Eng. Habib Bouabidi, Date Palm center Dguach, INRAT, Tunisia. Eng. Hasnaâ Harrak, Researcher, National Institute for Agricultural Research, Marrakech, Morocco. |
11:40-11:55 | Discussion |
11:55-12:25 | Information Technology and Expert System Prof. Dr Ahmed Rafea. Director, CLAES, ARC, Egypt |
12:25-12:40 | Discussion |
12:40-13:15 | Dr Helmy Ibrahim, Central Laboratory for Date Palm Research, ARC, Egypt |
13:15-14:30 | Lunch Break |
Session IV | Chairman: Dr William Erskine, Assistant Director General -Research, ICARDA |
14:30 -15:30 | Panel Discussion on Priority setting for the research topics (themes) 1. Propagation, and crop management 2. Post Harvesting, Marketing and Processing |
15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break |
15:45-17:45 | Cont … Panel Discussion on Priority setting for the research topics (themes) 3. Crop protection and IPM 4. Biotechnology and Germplasm Conservation 5. Information Technology and Expert System |
31May 2004 Day Three |
Session V | Chairman: To be assigned for each Group |
8:30-10:30 | Parallel Group Discussions Group I : v Propagation, and crop management v Post Harvesting, Marketing and Processing Group II: v Crop protection and IPM v Biotechnology and Germplasm Conservation |
10:30-11:30 | Coffee Break |
Session VI | Chairman: Prof. Dr Adel Al-Beltagy, Director General, ICARDA |
11:30-13:00 | Presentations of Findings and conclusion |
13:00-13:30 | Closing |