10 September, Rome - (L to R), John C. Kedera, Managing Director, KEPHIS, Katalin Ertsey, President of th International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) and Director plant production and horticulture, Central Agriculture Office (OMMI), Hungary, Orlando de Ponti, President, ISF, Francesco Bongiovanni, Ministry of Agriculture, Italy, Shivaji Pandey, Director of Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP), FAO, Bernard Le Buanec, Chairman of the Organising Committee, M. S. Swaminathan, UNESCO Chair in Ecotechnology, Member of Parliament of India and Father of the Indian Green Revolution, Doug Waterhouse (Australia), President of the Council, UPOV, Bert Visser, Director Centre for Genetic Resources, Wageningen University and Research Centre (The Netherlands).