Day 1 - Tuesday 23 Sep 2025
Venue: Loftets hörsal, Duhrevägen 8B, SLU Campus Ultuna, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Time
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Activity
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Location
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15:45
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Registration, coffee
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Onsite
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16:00
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Speed networking and partner’s pitch
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Onsite
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18:00
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Conference Dinner
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Ulls restaurant
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Side event 1:
Symposium: A Decade of Swedish–African Collaboration in Agricultural Science for Development in Africa
Venue: Campus Ultuna (exact location TBD)
Date & Time: 23 September, 9:00-12:00
Join us for a short symposium where SLU and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) will present work from more than a decade of joint agricultural science for development in Africa. Results and future outlooks of projects aimed at improving durum wheat for the Senegal River Basin and barley for Ethiopia will be presented. The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion featuring representatives from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SLU, ICARDA, NordGen and the Nordic breeding industry, who will discuss the future of agricultural development research and collaboration.
Side event 2:
Climate Change and Pathways for Resilience and Sustainability in Africa
Venue: The Nordic Africa Institute Library, Villavägen 6, Uppsala
Date & Time: 23 September, 13:30-15:30
Join us for a panel discussion on climate change and pathways for resilience and sustainability, featuring experts in the field. The discussion will be followed by coffee and informal networking.
Sign up for the side event when register for the conference
