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Program Overview
November 4-9, 2001
at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Cassava, An Ancient Crop for Modern Times:
Food, Health, and Culture
Sunday 4 November
Registration: Sheraton Hotel, Clayton, Missouri
7:00-9:00 Appetizers and Cocktails, Sheraton Hotel
Click on the links below to navigate to each day's detailed program 
or to see the list of posters

The program below takes place at the 
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
975 North Warson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Monday, 5 Nov   Tuesday, 6 Nov   Wednesday, 7 Nov   Thursday, 8 Nov   Friday, 9 Nov
Opening
Plenary 1: 
Cassava and Society
Plenary 2: 
Cassava, Genome, and Pests
Plenary 3: 
New Technologies
Plenary 4: 
Cassava and Food
Food Crops, Development, Biotechnology
Session 1A: Marketing
Session 2: 
PPD and Nutrients
Session 5: 
Gene Discovery
Session 6: 
Genetic Resources
Session 7:
 Tissue Culture and Transgenics
Session 8:
 Biotic Stress
Workshop 5: Gene Discovery
Round Table 3: Biosafety
Sesssion 1B: Participatory Research
Status of Cassava Throughout the Tropics
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
CBN Discussion
Panel 1: 
A Vision for Cassava
Session 3: 
Starch Modification
Session 4: Genomics
Optional Tours:
Monsanto Company
Human Genome Sequencing Center
Gateway Arch
Session 7: 
Tissue Culture and Transgenics
Session 8:
 Biotic Stress
Reports from Sessions and Workshops
Closing Ceremony
Panel 2: Cassava and IPR
GCDS and GCIP
Posters 1
Workshop 1A: Marketing
Posters 1
Workshop 2: PPD and Nutrients
 
Posters 2
Workshop 8: 
Biotic Stress
Posters 2
Round Table 2: Technology Transfer
 
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Dinner
Dinner
Round Table 1: Biodiversity
Posters 1
Workshop 4: Genomics
Posters 1
Workshop 3: Starch Modification
 
Posters 2
Workshop 1B: Participatory Research
Poster 2
Workshop 7: 
Tissue Culture and Transgenics
 

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