19-21 August 2009, Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

The International Symposium
“Go…Organic2009”
The Approach of Organic Agriculture: New Markets, Food Security and a Clean Environment
19-21 August 2009, Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Tentative Program
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
08.00-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.30 Opening Ceremony (Ballroom Infinity)
Minister of Science and Technology
09.30-10.00 The opportunities for organic products and critical success factors
Keynote speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.00 Thailand national innovation strategy for organic agriculture movement
National Innovation Agency, Thailand
11.00-11.30 How organic agriculture can minimize the global warming?
Kuan M. Goh, Lincoln University, New Zealand
11.30-12.00 Organic agri-food supply chain management
Keynote speaker
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 (ROOM A)
How to develop organic agricultural products from Asia Pacific region to
the world market
Keynote speaker
(ROOM B)
The ways to manage the organic crop/produces from farm through
packing-house and how to enhance organic produces in the market and
trade
Soonthorn Sritawee, Thailand
13.30-14.00 (ROOM A)
Developing organic coffee in Indonesia (Transfer Technology from farm to
market)
Agung Prawoto, Indonesia
(ROOM B)
Organic vegetable: Trend in breeding and selection for our APEC region
Rodel Garcia Maghirang, The Republic of the Philippines
14.00-14.30 (ROOM A)
Women’s role on organic farming system
Jacqueline Haessig Alleje, The Republic of the Philippines
(ROOM B)
How to develop organic standards that is best suited for Thailand and
developing economies
Chayaporn Wattanasiri, STOU, Thailand
14.30-15.00 Coffee Break
15.00-16.40 Plenary session
(Oral Presentation)
Room A
Plenary session
(Oral Presentation)
Room B
16.40-17.30 Poster Viewing
Thursday, 20 August 2009
08.00-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.30 Regulation & certification: How to break the barriers among the APEC
member economies
Andrew Monk, BFA, Australia
09.30-10.00 Current research on organic agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region and
worldwide
Sang Mok Sohn, ISOFAR, Republic of Korea
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-11.00 Integrated cultural programs for the production of cash
crops in organic systems
Hector Valenzuela, University of Hawaii, United States of America
11.00-11.30 Diseases and pest management strategies in organic systems
Paul Reed Hepperly, Rodale Institute, United States of America
11.30-12.00 Research on IPM for applicable pest and disease control in the small
farming systems
Peter Aun-Chuan Ooi, AVRDC, Thailand
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 How to minimize postharvest losses of organic produce
John B. Golding, DPI, NSW Australia
13.30-14.00 World organic food trade and its impacts on the Asia Pacific
Supachit Manopimoke, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
14.00-14.30 Bio-Market: case study in Japan
Yoko Taniguchi, Miyagi University, Japan
14.30-15.00 Coffee Break
15.00-15.30 The business of organic agriculture in China: Contributions of organic
agriculture to food safety and supply in China
Xingji Xiao, People's Republic of China
15.30-16.00 How the organization can encourage the growers to improve the quality of
organic produce
By Thai Organic Trade Association
16.00-16.30 Closing Ceremony
Friday, 21 August 2009
08.00-17.00 Workshop/Study Tour