Findings from the Summit on Intellectual Property Rights and Public Plant Breeding
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Speaker Bio:
Dr. Julie
Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her background is in organic plant breeding
and participatory research. She leads a program in collaboration with other
plant breeders to test vegetable varieties for quality traits and productivity
for regional food systems.
Description:
The Summit on Intellectual Property Rights and
Public Plant Breeding was held in just prior to the National Association of
Plant Breeders meeting in August 2016. The goals were to 1) Develop a statement
of best practices for the use of IPR and licensing agreements for public
cultivars and germplasm. 2) Provide examples of effective strategies for
utilizing royalty money or other funding sources to support public cultivar
development. 3) Explore existing technology transfer mechanisms to ensure that
useful germplasm from public programs moves out of breeding plots and into
farmers’ fields. A group of 65 plant breeders and other stakeholders from
around the country, representing the public, private and non-profit sectors met
for two days to discuss these issues specifically as they relate to plant
breeding in the public sector. A set of recommendations from the conference has
been developed for release Spring of 2017. This webinar will discuss the
main findings and steps forward.
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