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CUI Yehan

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Dr. CUI Yehan\r\nwas appointed Chief Agronomist in DCST of MARA, PR China on October 25, 2021,\r\nhaving previously held the role of Division Director\r\nof Plant Variety Protection in DCST, MARA since\r\n2014. Since 2019, he has been\r\nthe Vice President, the Council of the UPOV.

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Shaojiang Chen

Mr.Shaojiang Chen graduated from Northeast Agricultural University with Ph.D degree in agronomy. From 1999-2000, he was a visitor scholar in the International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). From 2003 until now, he worked in the field of maize genetics and breeding as professor of China Agricultural University. He was appointed as Vice-Director of National Maize Center of China in 1997. As a senior scientist, he has been the director in different national maize breeding programs since 2006. His long term focus is mainly on the development of new breeding technology, especially the DH technology. He has also developed many new maize hybrid varieties and commercialized in large areas.

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Dr. Michiel van Lookeren Campagne
Honorary Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

Michiel van Lookeren Campagne received his MSc in Biology, followed by a PhD in Developmental Biology from Leiden University in the Netherlands for studying the development of cellular slime molds. He then spent five years in New York, USA starting as post-doc and ending as Assistant Professor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University working on signal transduction in cancer. In 1993 he returned to the Netherlands, where he started working on plant development at Plant Research International in Wageningen. In 1999 he moved to industry and joined Aventis CropScience (now Bayer CropScience) starting as Team Leader Reproductive Biology, and ending as Head of Research for BioScience, the Seeds & Traits business of Bayer CropScience. In 2009 Michiel joined Syngenta as Head of Biotechnology, based in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, USA. In 2014 he was appointed Head Biology Research for Syngenta, based in RTP. After a short stint at headquarters in Basel, Michiel returned to RTP in 2018 in as Head Seeds Research. In 2019 Michiel joined CSIRO as Director Agriculture & Food, based in Canberra, Australia. He is currently retired and an Honorary Fellow at CSIRO.

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Doron HOLLAND

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Zelda BIjzet

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Germán Serino

Dr. Germán Serino is the Director of Chacra Experimental Agricola Santa Rosa since 2016.
Dr Serino obtained a biology degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1992, and received a PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Rutgers University in 1998.
He was a postdoc at Johnson and Johnson, where he developed a flow cytometry-based nucleic acid detection system.
Dr. Serino joined Bio Sidus in 1998 as plant biotechnology program manager, where he lead the team that achieved the first GM sugarcane in Argentina (2003) and lead the screening of genetically modified, virus resistant potatoes, which resulted in the selection of the virus resistant potato event TIC-AR233-5.
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In 2009, Germán Serino joined Advanta Seeds as Plant Transformation Lab Manager, where his team developed and tested transgenic sorghum for drought and salt tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, and insect resistance.
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Marcelo Labarta

Marcelo Labarta works in the Technology Transfer Office of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) of the Argentine Republic.

He studied Agronomic Engineering at the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Morón (Buenos Aires – Argentina)

From 1993 to 2011 he developed his professional career at the National Seed Institute (INASE Argentina) where he served as examiner of plant varieties, technical secretary of the National Seed Commission and Director of Varieties Registration from 1998 to 2011. He was a representative to the UPOV Council from 2001 to 2011.

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Bo GERTSSON

Mr. Bo Gertsson was appointed Group manager at the Plant breeding department in Lantmännen Lantbruk in 2014.
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Arend van Peer

My mission is to explore and expand the applications of mushroom forming fungi in the bio-based economy, bio-materials, cultivation of existing and new mushrooms, and new applications in medicine.

I am Arend van Peer, team leader of Mushroom Research at Plant Breeding of Wageningen University & Research. I manage a team of 8 professionals consisting of PIs, Postdocs and Technicians. My other roles include acquisition, project management, education and consultancy, and exchange of information through our various international networks and industries. For this, I run projects varying from a fundamental and publicly funded nature up to strictly confidential private partnerships.

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Heidi Nebel

Heidi is an Intellectual Property attorney with over 30 years of experience obtaining patents in the areas of plants, biotechnology, and chemicals.

She participated in the seminal United States Supreme Court case, Pioneer v. J. E. M. Ag Supply, 534 U. S. 124 (2001), which confirmed the availability of utility patent protection for plants.

Heidi was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for AUTM (The Association of University Technology Managers), an organization supporting technology transfer including 3,000 plus members from more than 800 universities and government organizations around the globe.

She also is serving a third term for the USDA on the PVP Advisory Board. In 2022 Heidi was also appointed to and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC). A group which serves with the USPTO Commissioner and the PTAB to help shape patent policy for the United States.

Her clients include over 45 universities and research institutions, as well as fortune 500 companies around the world.

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RICARDO LOPEZ DE HARO WOOD

Sr. Lopez de Haro, nacionalidad española, se graduó como Ingeniero Agrónomo por la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Madrid.

Sr. Lopez de Haro trabajo 46 años de servicio en la Administración del Estado Español; 44 en el Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, y 2 en el Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas.

EXPERIENCIA PROFESIONAL:
2007- 2010 …
Consejero del Consejo Superior Agrario.
2000-2002
Jefe de la Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales del Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas.
1987-1997
Director Técnico de Certificación y Registros de Variedades del INSPV.
1973-1987
Subdirector Técnico de Laboratorios y Registros de Variedades Comerciales y protegidas del INSPV.
1969-1973
Ingeniero Secretario del Servicio de Cereales y Plantas Industriales del INSPV.
1965-1969
Ingeniero Agregado del Servicio de Cereales del INSP Mº Agricultura.
1965-1975
Profesor en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, en la Cátedra de Estadística y Matemáticas.

CARGOS DESEMPEÑADOS A NIVEL INTERNACIONAL:

1994-1996
Miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Oficina Comunitaria de Variedades Vegetales.
1979-1996
Miembro del Consejo de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de las obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV) en representación de España.
1992-1995
Presidente del Consejo y del Comité Consultivo de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV).
1989-1992
Vicepresidente del Consejo y del Comité Consultivo de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV).
1974-1997
Vicepresidente de la Asociación Internacional de Análisis de Semillas (ISTA).
1973-1980
Observador en representación de España en el Consejo de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV).
1986-1996
2002-2007
Miembro representando al Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, del Comité Permanente de Semillas y Plantas Agrícolas, Hortícolas y Forestales de la CEE.
1986-1991
2002-2007
Miembro representando al Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, del Comité de Gestión Semillas de la CEE.
1994-1996
2002-2007
Miembro representando al Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, del Comité Permanente de Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales de la CEE.
1987-1996
2002-2007
Representante de España en las reuniones anuales de Certificación de Semillas de la OCDE.
1974-1981
Miembro de diferentes Comités Técnicos de la Asociación Internacional de Análisis de Semillas (ISTA).

CARGOS DESEMPEÑADOS A NIVEL NACIONAL:

Relacionados con el Registro de Variedades Protegidas.
2002-2007
Vicepresidente de la Comisión de Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales.
1975-1996
Secretario de la Comisión de Protección de Obtención Vegetales.
1991
Miembro de la delegación española acreditada en la Conferencia Diplomática celebrada en Ginebra para modificar el Convenio UPOV-1991.
1978
Miembro de la delegación española acreditada en la Conferencia Diplomática celebrada en Ginebra para modificar el Convenio UPOV-1978.

Relacionados con el Registro de Variedades Comerciales.
2002-2007
Presidente de las Comisiones Nacionales de Estimación.
1979-1996
Vicepresidente de las Comisiones Nacionales de Estimación.
1973-1979
Presidente de las Comisiones Nacionales de Estimación de todas las especies.

Relacionados con la actividad internacional del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación.
1997-2000
Miembro de la delegación Ministerial en los Consejos de Ministros de Agricultura, Consejo de Ministros de Pesca y en las reuniones Ministeriales de la O.C.D.E y la F.A.O.

Otros.
1997-2002
Vocal de la Comisión Nacional de Bioseguridad.
1997-2002
Vocal de la Comisión Nacional de Bioseguridad.
1985-1996
Profesor de postgrado en materia de recursos fotogénicos de la Cátedra de Biología de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos.
1992-1996
Vocal representando al Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación en la Comisión Nacional de Bioseguridad.
1971-1995
Vocal de la Junta Central del Instituto Nacional de Semillas y Plantas de Vivero
1971-1995
Secretario de la Comisión Técnica del Instituto Nacional de Semillas y Plantas de Vivero.

Ha realizado numerosos trabajos para organismos internacionales ( FAO, UPOV,…) asi como participaciones en reuniones, congresos y seminarios a lo largo de la carrera administrativa y relacionada con materia de registro de variedades y protección de los derechos del obtentor y biotecnología.

Ha sido miembro del Consejo de las siguientes empresas :SEIASA. Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras ,agrarias, TRAGSATEC. Empresa tecnológica y de servicios agrarios, SANTA BARBARA SISTEMAS, MAYASA. Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes

CONDECORACIONES:
- En posesión de la Encomienda Ordinaria de Mérito Agrícola.
- En posesión de la Encomienda de Número del Mérito Agrícola.
- Medalla de Oro de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV).

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Michael A. Kock, Ph.D., J.D.

Mr. Michael A. Kock serves as Senior Vice President and Innovation Catalyst of Inari Agriculture, Cambridge, USA.
Mr. Kock has a Ph.D. in Chemistry/Molecular Biology from Hamburg University and a J.D. from Humboldt University, Berlin. He is a qualified European and Swiss Patent Attorney.

Mr. Kock is working at the interface between innovation, technology acceptance, and intellectual property for more than 25 years, with two decades in leadership positions in multinational companies (BASF and Syngenta). In addition to his role in Inari, he works as a consultant and “IP Architect” supporting companies in designing and implementing holistic IP, freedom-to-operate, and value capture strategies. Mr. Kock regularly lectures and has published multiple papers on intellectual property topics in peer reviewed law journals.

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Huib Ghijsen,
Middelburg, the Netherlands

Education

Ir. degree (MSc level), Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1971.
Master degree in Dutch Law, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2001.
Course “Enforcing patent rights”, Antwerpen, 2003/2004
UPOV Course \"Train the Trainer”, USPTO Alexandria, USA, February 2008

Present function
- Member of the Board of Appeal of the CPVO
Former functions
- Plant Breeder at Barenbrug Holland B.V 1971-1991
- Technical expert for the Dutch Board of Plant Breeder’s Rights 1991-2000
- Manager Intellectual Property Rights at Bayer CropScience/BioScience. Gent, Belgium 2000-2009
- Manager private Legal Counsel Office \"RechtvoorU\" in the Netherlands 2009-2022
- Member of the Working Group Biodiveristy of Euroseeds
- Member of the Committe for Intellectual Property Rights of Euroseeds
- Chairman of the ISF Trade and Arbitration Rules Committee of ISF
- Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of ISF
- Author of the ISF Arbitration Rules for cases concerning essential derivation
- Chairman of the UPOV Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops (TWA) 1994 - 1996

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Gert Würtenberger

Gert Würtenberger is a specialist in the fields of trademark registration and infringement litigation, patent infringement litigation, plant variety protection (prosecution and litigation), negotiating licenses in relation to all kinds of IPR and EU Law, as well antitrust law issues related to these fields. He is author of the leading German commentary on national and European plant variety protection and is the initiator and co-author of the book European Union Plant Variety Protection. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Süddeutsche Schiedsgericht für Saatgut- und Sortenschutzstreitigkeit [Southern German Arbitration Court for Seed and Plant Variety Protection], as President of GRUR [German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property] and as Chairman of the GRUR-Fachausschusses für den Schutz von Pflanzenzüchtungen [GRUR Special Committee for the Protection of Plants Varieties].

On January 2, 2022 Gert Würtenberger joined forces with the law firm Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB.

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Erin Wallich

Erin Wallich is the Intellectual Property Manager for Summerland Varieties Corp. (SVC), a Canadian-based Intellectual Property company that tests, commercializes, and manages apple and sweet cherry varieties on behalf of Canadian tree fruit breeders.

After graduating from the University of Victoria with a M.Sc. in Plant Physiology in 1995, Erin was a research scientist in Weyerhaeuser Company’s Douglas-fir breeding program in Washington State until she moved back to Canada in 2003. She worked for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Summerland, and subsequently joined SVC in 2013 to manage their research program, which included AAFC’s apple and sweet cherry breeding program, and intellectual property portfolio. Today, Erin has first-hand experience enforcing Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) in Canada and other jurisdictions as well as enforcing plant patents in the US. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for Canada’s PBR office and vice-chair of CIOPORA’s Fruit Section.

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Christian HUYGHE

Doctor in Plant genetics from the University of Rennes and Director of Research in \"Plant Genetics and Improvement\" at INRA, now INRAE, Christian Huyghe conducted research programs on the genetic improvement of the seed yield of a protein crop, the lupin, on the genetic improvement of the digestibility and seed production of alfalfa and on the analysis of the genetic changes in temporary grasslands and the underlying mechanisms. He published more than 80 scientific articles and wrote some 20 scientific and dissemination books. He was head of the INRAE’s Research Unit in Genetics of Forage Plants in Lusignan from 2001 to 2007 and then President of the INRA Poitou-Charentes center from 2008 to 2010.

He is currently Scientific Director of Agriculture at INRAE, where he is in charge of issues related to the evolution of production systems towards multi-performance, partnerships with technical institutes and cooperatives and the general issue of innovation in agriculture, including through participatory approaches. Genetics, crop protection and pesticide issues are high in his agenda. He contributes to the coordination of the French Priority Research Program \"Cropping and Protecting Differently\" and chairs the European Research Alliance ‘Towards a chemical pesticide-free agriculture’ as well as the COST Action T0P-Agri-Network dedicated to the pesticide reduction objective. He is also involved in plant variety issues. He has been Chairman of the CTPS’s Scientific Committee, covering all plant and forest species, since June 2009. He was also Chairman of GIP GEVES’s administrative Board during 11 years. In the regulatory domain, he also chairs the independent evaluation commission for CEPPs (Certificates of Economy of Plant Protection Products), a key element of the French Ecophyto 2+ system.

At the national level, he has been President of the Acta COST (Scientific and Technical Steering Committee), a structure that coordinates the network of Agricultural Technical Institutes, since 2011 and chairs the French public – private consortium on biocontrol.
At the European level, he is a member of the Scientific Council of the Public-Private Partnership program entitled BBI-JU (Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking), which, in 2022, became the Partnership CBE (Circular Bio-based Europe).

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