Program

Save the Date : 26-29 April 2006

Invited Speakers

	Nobel Laureates
	List of Speakers

Photo Gallery

Press Release

Statistical Data

Registration

	Invitation
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	Call for Posters
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	List of Presenters

Program

Accommodation &
Tours

Sponsors

	Call for Sponsors
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Pre-conference activities

	Selected Audio Visual Materials
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	Selected Journals
	Selected Reference Materials

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Program at a Glance
(Subject to change)

Wednesday 26th April 2006 *Nobel Day*	8:30	*Registration (During all days of the conference)*
	10:00-11:30	Conference Opening Session *(Featuring international and national eminent figures)*
	11:30-12:00	Break
	12:00-13:30	Session1: On the Quality of Science
	13:30-14:30	Lunch Break
	14:30-16:00	Session 2: Science for Humanity
	16:00-16:30	Break
	16:30-18:00	Session 3: Technology of Hope
	18:00-18:30	Break
	18:30-19:30 Evening Event	Nobel Round Table
Thursday 27th April 2006 *Plenary Sessions*	8:00	*Registration (During all days of the conference)*
	9:00-10:30	Plenary Session 1: Health Discoveries		Track 1: Drought Plenum 1
	10:30-11:00	Break
	11:00-12:30	Plenary Session 2: Launching of the Disease Control Priorities Project		Drought Plenum 2
	12:30-13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30-15:00	Plenary Session 3: Agri-food and Environment: Meeting the Global Challenge		Track 2: Ethics
	15:00-15:30	Break
	15:30-17:00	Plenary Session 4: Africa Biotechnology Panel		Track 3: Diabetes Plenum 1
	17:00-17:30	Break
	17:30-18:30	Launching of the « La main à la Pâte », Arabic Website		Track 3: Diabetes Plenum 2
Friday 28th April 2006 *Parallel Sessions*	8:00	*Registration (During all days of the conference)*
	9:00-10:30	Panel A-1: Biotechnology for Affordable Health Care	Panel B-1: Environmental Issues & Agriculture	Diabetes Plenum 3
	10:30-11:00	Break
	11:00-12:30	Panel A-2: How the New Life Sciences can respond to Today’s Challenges	Panel B-2 :Rethinking Priorities in Food & Agriculture	Diabetes Plenum 4
	12:30- 13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30-15:00	Panel A-3 : Public Health and Private Medicine: The Role of Science	Panel B-3: Regulations for Food, Agriculture & the Environment	*Diabetes Plenum 5*
	15:00-15:30	Break
	15:30-17:00	Panel A-4 : International Collaborations	Panel B-4: Old & New Issues: a review of some key points	*Diabetes Plenum 6*
	17:00-17:30	Break
	17:30-19:00 Evening Event	CEO Panel		*Diabetes Plenum 7*
Saturday 29th April 2006	8:00	*Registration (During all days of the conference)*
	9:00-10:30	Panel A-5: Biotechnology in the developing world: friend or foe?	Panel B-5 Agri-Food & Environment Food Production & Biofortification
	10:30-11:00	Break
	11:00-12:30	Plenary Session 5: Super Course
	12:30-13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30-15:00	Plenary Session 6: Reporting on Parallel Sessions 1- Health, 2- Agri-Food & Environment, 3- Diabetes, 4- Drought, 5- Ethics, 6- EAGLES
	15:00-15:30	Break
	15:30-17:00	Plenary Session 7: Closing Session