Centers' Day - October 25

Session 1: Latin America, the Caribbean and the CGIAR : Partnerships that Deliver
(1 hour, 17 min)

• Opening Remarks: Ian Johnson, CGIAR Chair
• Opening Remarks: Kanayo Nwanze, Chairman, CGIAR Center Directors Committee
• Public/Private partnerships, R&D issues, productivity and competitiveness - Speaker: Jacqueline Ashby, CIAT (25 min)
• ESRI-GIS Mexico poverty mapping demonstration - Speaker: Mauricio Bellon, CIMMYT (7 min)
• Mexico NARS panelist Sebastian Acosta, INIFAP (5 min)
• Regional Forum Representative, Julio Berdeque, President CONDESAN (5 min)
• Open discussion 20 min
• Mauricio Bellon presentation on the Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI)

Session 2: Innovation to Achieve the Millenium Development Goals
(1 hour, 13 min)

• Ren Wang, IRRI
• Ed Rege, ILRI
• Papa Seck, FARA Chair
• Mohmad Roozitalab, CWANA/GFAR

October 26

October 27

• Inaugural Remarks by the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico (21 min)
• Chairman's Opening Remarks (26 min)
• CGIAR Awards 2004 (39 min)
• Director's Briefing on Developments in the CGIAR (13 min)
• Centers' Expected Achievements 2005-2006, W. Dar (6 min)
• CGIAR Priorities and Strategies, P. Pinstrup-Andersen (24 min)
• Celebration of the Founding of the CGIAR - Luncheon (1 hour, 6 min)
• Role of Research in Shaping Development Policies and Practices, F. Bourguignon (26 min)
• Implications of the Millenium Project Global Plan on CGIAR Agenda, G. Denning (17 min)
• Comments from panel of Center DGs, D. Kaimowitz, C. Sere, J. Voss (53 min)

October 28

• Farmers's Dialogue (52 min)
• Ministerial Roundtable: Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation: what does the future hold for the rural poor? (1 hour, 33 min)
• Farmers' Exchange (1 hour, 3 min)