9:00 - registration, coffee/tea, Welcome from KALRO, introduction of all participants

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9:30 - ONLINE WEBINAR BEGINS: 

Welcome
 

Striga management: Challenges and existing methods - Dr. Jonathan Gressel, Weitzmann Institute, Israel

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Biocontrol: Utilizing virulence enhanced Foxy T14 - Dr. David Sands, Montana State University, USA

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Research report: Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration Trials 

     Technology production: From isolating fungus to the farmer  - Sila Nzioki, KALRO, Kenya

     Liberty Initiators Network:  Distribution, training and implementation - Florence Oyosi, LIN, Kenya

     Trials Results - Dr. David Sands, Montana State University, USA

     FIPS Demo Plot report - Paul Seward, FIPS-Africa

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12:30 - Lunch Break

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13:30pm - 16:00pm

Stakeholder Round Table
The 2nd half of the meeting will focus on these discussion points. This is a critical component while we have stakeholders present.  The points below are not in any particular order yet. We'll likely set this up as a panel and design questions to guide the dialogue: 
 

• NGO Implementation Models

• Scaling up within Kenya

• Expansion to other countries

• Permiting (Kenya, other countries, multi-country)

• Funding opportunities

• Manufacturing

• Plant Pathologist training

• Women’s Empowerment Index (trying to have a representative from USAID)

• Communications (striga networks, blog, crowd funding, social media, etc.)