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Sunday 29th August
14.30 - 17.30	Registration
17.30 - 18.30	Session 1 - Chair: Roger Hellens Epigentics
17.30	Rob Martienssen
18.30 - 20.00	Opening Mixer

Monday 30 August
8.30 - 10.30	Session 2 - Chair: Tony Conner Plant Microbe Interactions
10.40	Jorg Bohlmann
11.15	Murray Grant
11.35	Matt Templeton
10.05 - 10.40	Morning Tea
10.40 - 11.55	Session 3 - Chair: Andy Allan Secondary metabolites
8.30	Cathie Martin
9.05	Richard Espley
9.25	Armin Wagner
9.45	TBA
12.00 - 15.00	Lunch - Gibbston Valley Winery
15.00 - 16.30	Session 4 - Chair: Richard MacKnight Flowering and Signalling	Session 5 - Chair: Nick Gould Nutrition
15.00	Liz Dennis	Phillip White
15.20	Jim Weller	Marian McKenzie
15.40	Jo Putterill	John McCallum
16.00	TBA	TBA
16.30 - 18.00	Posters and Trade Displays
18.00	QMB opening and Nobel Prize Plenary Lecture by Aaron Ciechanover, followed by the main QMB mixer

Tuesday 31 August
8.30 - 10.00	Session 6 - Chair: Rob Day Seed Biology and Plant Development
8.30	Bob Goldberg
9.05	Paula Jameson
9.25	Ross Bicknell
9.45	TBA
10.05 - 10.40	Morning Tea
10.40 - 12.00	Session 7 - Chair: Brian Jordan Systems biology	Session 8 - Chair: Elspeth Macrae Biotechnology
10.40	Serge Delrot	Ake Strid
11.05	Chris Davies	Nick Robberts
11.25	Sean Bulley	Niels Nieuwenhuizen
11.45	TBA	TBA
12.05 - 13.15	Buffet Lunch and Trade Displays
13.15 - 14.45	Session 9 and Awards - Chair: Michael Clearwater New Developments
13.15	Peter Waterhouse
13.35	David Chagne
13.55	Simon Chan
14.30	Awards

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