New for 2004
A series of six highly topical, in-depth and complementary seminars will be held between Monday November 1 to Wednesday November 3. The seminars will focus on three challenging Crop Science & Technology themes. The themes for 2004 are:

• Food - Joining up the Links in the Food Chain;
• Sustainable Water and Agriculture and
• Crop Production and Protection

In addition, there will be a cross-theme seminar -
EU-Funded Research.

The Seminars will provide a forum for unbiased, scientific debate and discussion based around papers given by carefully selected invited speakers. All sessions will be interactive with delegate participation encouraged.

Six Topical Seminars to Attend

		Food	Water & Environment	Crop Production & Protection
			EU-Funded Research
		One and a half-day Seminars
		In Safe Hands	Sustainable Water & Agriculture	Minimising Inputs
Monday 1 November	14.00 to 17.30	Chemical contamination	Whose water is it?	Designer crops
Tuesday 2 November	09.00 to 12.00	Natural toxicants: keeping natural food safe?	Can legislation deliver? The European dimension	Increasing efficiency of use of applied inputs
	12.00 to 14.00	Lunch and Poster Session (Adobe Acrobat PDF 128Kb, PDF Help)
	14.00 to 17.30	Post harvest risks & microbiological control strategies	Can voluntary effort deliver sustainable water?	Manipulating manufacturers' dose rates
		One-day Seminars
		Health & Well-Being	EU-Funded Research: Cross-theme Seminar	New Technologies: Biotechnology
Wednesday 3 November	09.00 to 12.00	Allergies	EU FP5 KA5.1 Sustainable agriculture	The regulators' story: Europe and the USA
	12.00 to 14.00	Lunch and Poster Session (Adobe Acrobat PDF 128Kb, PDF Help)
	14.00 to 17.30	Positive health benefits and the healthy diet	EU FP6 Food quality and safety*	Biotechnology in industry and developing countries

The Programme timetable can be downloaded here (Adobe Acrobat PDF 31Kb, PDF Help).

Over the two and a half days of the programme, delegates will be able to tailor-make their attendance choosing which seminars and sessions to attend. Abstracts of invited speaker’s papers and poster presentations will be published on CD-Rom.

Delegates may switch between the concurrent seminars held on the same day and can register for:

• The full 2.5 day programme (1-3 November 2004) OR
• The 1.5 day programme (1 & 2 November 2004) OR
• The one day seminars on 3 November 2004.