5th International Rice Congress in Singapore
“Aligning Expectations between Public and Private Partners for scale up”
Towards IRRI’s goal to promote/enhance rice production for a better world, IRRI had organized the 5th International Rice Congress (IRC) at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 14-17th October 2018. As part of the conference, IRRI Tech Transfer function arranged for a panel discussion on “Public-Private Partnership Best Practices” and extended a special invitation to me. It was an honor to share the stage along with other distinguished panelists. The focus of the panel discussions was on “Aligning Expectations between Public and Private Partners for scale up”. The panel contained key stakeholders from the Industry, national and international public systems and the donor organization.
Panelists:
Dr. Patrick Stolt, Intertek, Sweden
Dr. Joshua Cobb, IRRI, Philippines
Dr. Santhosh Chellian, Straits Biotech, Singapore
Mr. George Varghese, BASF, Malaysia
Dr. Joel Lales, DA, Philippines
Moderator:Dr. Ajay Panchbhai, IRRI
Concluding Remarks:Dr. Remy Bitoun, IRRI
