Speakers

Session 1: Advancement of sugarcane breeding using interspecific and intrageneric hybrids

History of sugarcane breeding using Saccharum spontaneum in Japan

Mr. UMEDA Makoto

Researcher

National Agricultural Research Organization

Japan

Current status and prospects of Erianthus utilization for sugarcane improvement

Dr. TERAJIMA Yoshifumi

Researcher

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

Japan

Broadening the genetic base of sugarcane: introgression opportunities and challenges

George Piperidis

Variety Development Manager

Sugar Research Australia

Australia

Session 2: Review of the status of sugarcane research and industry

Fijian sugar industry-building-up towards resilience

Amit Singh

Senior Scientific Officer

Sugar Research Institute of Fiji

Fiji

Current performance of Indonesian sugar industry and the strategy of its improvement

Risvan Kuswurjanto

Head of Off Farm Research

Indonesia Sugar Research Institute

Indonesia

Status of sugarcane research and industry in the Philippines

Rimmon Armones

Officer of the Chief Science Research Specialist and Principal Sugarcane Breeder

Sugar Regulatory Administration

the Philippines

Sustainability and net-zero strategies of the sugarcane industry in Taiwan

Jian-Cheng Chang

Research Fellow

Taiwan Sugar Research Institute

Taiwan

Shaping Thailand sugarcane industry into a multi-use platform through variety development

Nattapat Khumla

Sugarcane Breeder

Department of Agriculture

Thailand

Reviews of sugarcane research and industry in Vietnam (TBC)

Cao Anh Duong

Director General

Sugarcane Research Institute

Vietnam

Session 3: Advancement of utilization technologies of sugarcane

BCG and sugarcane industries in Thailand

Wirat VANICHSRIRATANA

Associate Professor

Kasetsart University

Thailand

Effective utilization of sugarcane-derived byproducts from the perspective of life-cycle design

OHARA Satoshi

Project Associate Professor

University of Tokyo

Japan