ASC 2024 Technical Session

Technical Session Moving Quality Seeds Across Borders

Time	Session

15:30 15:35	Opening Remarks Mary Ann P. Sayoc Speaker ChairAPSA Standing Committee on International Trade & Quarantine
15:35 16:05	Keynote: Global Policy Changes Impacting Seed Movement - An Overview and Recommendations for APAC Rose Souza Richards Speaker Phytosanitary Affairs Manager International Seed Federation (ISF)
16:05 16:20	Developments in streamlining the Phytosanitary Framework in the Asia-Pacific Region Shivendra Bajaj Speaker Technical AdvisorAsia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA)
16:20 16:30	ISTA: eCertificates Are Live - Faster, Safer, Cheaper Andreas Wais, Secretary General, International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
16:30 17:25	Panel Discussion Moderated by Mary Ann Sayoc, Chair, APSA Standing Committee on International Trade & Quarantine Emerging Issues in Market Access and their Impact on Movement Quality Seed Ha Thuy Nguyen Speaker APSA SC ITQ member and Co-Chair of APSA Working Group of Integrated Vegetable Seed Companies Embracing 3rd Party Seed Health Lab Accreditation: Success Stories on Building Trust Between Public and Private Sectors Sumitra Kantrong Speaker Member, Thai Seed Trade Association / MemberAPSA Standing Committee on International Trade & Quarantine Perspectives from NPPOs for Private Sector on Phytosanitary Compliance Xiaodong Feng Speaker Director of the Plant Quarantine DivisionNATESC, MARA Ellaine Tandang Molon Speaker Supervising AgriculturistNational Plant Quarantine Services Division Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture – Philippines Rose Souza Richards Speaker Phytosanitary Affairs Manager International Seed Federation (ISF)
17:25 17:30	Concluding Remarks Shivendra Bajaj Speaker Technical AdvisorAsia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA)