Outreach Activities of the Program Director
Sorted by Year & Dates

• 3/23/2008 – 3/28/2008; Speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs on “Agricultural Biotechnology” in order to improve understanding of how GMOs interact with the environment and to encourage acceptance of the environmental benefits of biotechnology by policy makers and consumers, Paris, France
   
• 3/12/2008 – 3/13/2008; “Biotechnology – the science, the impacts and the issues” speaker for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation internal “Applied Learning” workshop, Seattle, WA
   
• 12/6/2007 – 12/7/2007; Plenary lecturer for the USDA’s 2nd Symposium for Agriculture Biotechnology Risk Analysis Research. “Risk Assessment Challenges of New Biotech Products”, College Park, MD
   
• 10/17/2007 – 10/18/2007; “Closing the Yield Gap: Crop Protection for Poverty Alleviation.” Presenter for the BCPC XVI International Plant Protection Congress, Glasgow, Scotland
   
• 10/13/2007; “The Influence of Biotechnology on Agriculture Industry.” Biotechnology workshop presenter at the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom Symposium, Pacific Grove, CA.
   
• 10/5/2007; Speaker on Behalf of the USDA on “Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Technology”, Auckland, New Zealand
   
• 9/15/2007 – 9/19/2007; Speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs on “Agricultural Biotechnology”, Bucharest, Romania
   
• 9/10/2007 – 9/11/2007; “The Future of Biotechnology and Nutrition.” Presenter at the Thought Leader Innovation Panel, Kansas City, MO
   
• 8/16/2007; “Why Science Education is Important to California’s Economy.” California Bar Association Annual Fellowship Award Luncheon, Fairfield CA
   
• 7/25/2007; “How Biotechnology and the Biosciences can Help Create New Land Uses and Added Value in Food, Feed, Energy and Other Uses in 2030 and Beyond.” Presenter at the Teagasc Out-of-the-Box Thinking Workshop, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 5/6/2007 – 5/19/2007; Speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs on issues related to the application of biotechnology in agriculture, Kolkata, India
   
• 4/19/2007; “The Realist’s Dilemma – Using the Most Sensible Tools for Sustainable Development” seminar speaker for Policy Watch series at UC Davis Shields Library
   
• 2/7/2007; “Biotech in An Omics World” Ag. Leadership Institute Biotech Speaker, Monterey, CA
   
• 1/21/2007 – 1/24/2007; “The Scientific Requirements for Risk/Benefit Analysis of Foods Nutritionally Improved through Biotechnology” speaker at the 2007 ILSI Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico
   
• 1/12/2007 – 1/17/2007; “Biotechnology: Fortune’s Fool or Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On?” Keynote speaker for the International Plant & Animal Genome Conference XV, San Diego, CA
   
• 11/11/2006 – 11/11/2006; “Agricultural Biotechnology Ten Years On: Past, Present, and Prospects” Speaker at U.S Grains Council, Seoul, Korea
   
• 10/13/2006 – 10/21/2006; “Agricultural Biotechnology Ten Years On: Past, Present, and Prospects”, “Plant Research in the Post-Genomics”, “Ag Biotech: Science, Safety and Risk Assessment”, “Industrial Biotechnology” speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs on several topics to promote the understanding of the practical economic benefits of biotechnology. Bangkok, Thailand
   
• 9/10/2006 – 9/13/2006; Speaker at the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee Workshop on Nutritional and Safety Assessments of Foods and Feeds Nutritionally Improved through Biotechnology: Case Studies” in Athens, Greece
   
• 8/8/2006 – 8/15/2006; Keynote speaker, “Agricultural Biotechnology Ten Years On: Past, Present, and Prospects”, International Association of Agricultural Economists 2006 Conference, Queensland, Australia
   
• 6/6/2006 – 6/7/2006; “Ag Biotech Ten Years On: Lessons from The Past and Potential for the Future” Presenter at the U.S Grains Council, Dallas, TX
   
• 4/27/2006 – 4/28/2006; Invited speaker exploring the biotechnology’s impact on society at Peoria NEXT Discovery Forum, sponsored by the USDA, Peoria, IL
   
• 4/21/2006; Guest speaker in the Food for Thought Lecture Series at Oregon State University
   
• 3/26/2006 – 3/30/2006; “Towards a Sustainable Future in the EU: Biotechnology in Harmony with Agriculture and the Environment” Speaker for Biotechnology Seminars on behalf of the USDA, Poland and Lithuania
   
• 2/12/2006; “What has Biotech done for me lately?” Speaker at the U.S Grains Council Tucson, AZ
   
• 1/25/2006; “Biotechnology What’s Ahead?” Presenter at the Ecological Farming Conference, Asilomar, CA
   
• 11/15/2005; “Agricultural Biotechnology Ten Years On: Lessons from the Past and Potential for the Future” keynote speaker for the Taiwan-America Agricultural Cooperative Projects, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
   
• 10/28/2005; “Towards a Sustainable Future: Biotechnology in Harmony with Agriculture” keynote speaker for the 88th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, Santa Rosa, CA
   
• 10/26/2005; “Biotechnology: Science and Opportunities in Business” Guest Speaker, MBA Class, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
   
• 10/25/2005; “Biotechnology on the Horizon” speaker on behalf of the International Dairy Foods Association for the Worldwide Food Expo 2005, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
   
• 10/10/2005 – 10/13/2005; Speaker ,on behalf of the USDA, describing US regulatory process, myths and facts surrounding biotech and benefits of this technology for the US in order to present the opportunities for Romanian biotech, Bucharest & Timisoara, Romania
   
• 10/5/2005 – 10/7/2005; Lead, Workshop on Coexistence on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs, Ljubljana, Slovenia
   
• 9/28/2005; “Career Opportunities in Biotechnology” San Francisco Biolink Fall Event 2005
   
• 9/22/2005; “Biotech and the Law” Ag Law Students, John Dyer, Chief Counsel at CDFA
   
• 8/20/2005 – 8/27/2005; “Can Ag Biotech benefit Africa?: Potential and Issue” speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs, Gaborone, Botswana
   
• 8/17/2005; “Lessons from Plants: the future for Animal Biotechnology” Closing Speaker Fifth Bi-annual, Transgenic Animal Conference, Granlibakken, Lake Tahoe
   
• 7/21/2005; “Biotechnology: What does it mean to producers?” 2005 Produce Industry Council Leadership Fellows, UC Davis
   
• 6/18/2005 – 6/26/2005; “Use of Biotechnology in Improving Agricultural Production” speaker on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Information Programs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
   
• 6/16/2005 – 6/17/2005; BioLink USA-Ireland Conference & Reception of Inaugural Irish America Lifescience Awards
   
• 6/14/2005; “How do we deal with influences of industry on research outcomes?” Conference on Research Compliance and Integrity, Sacramento, CA
   
• 5/20/2005 – 5/29/2005; Workshops on Safety and Quality assessment of Nutritionally Improved Food and Feeds, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan & Seoul, South Korea
   
• 5/19/2005; Keynote speaker, “Biotechnology and Society”, the Biotech Challenge for High Schools, American River College, Sacramento, CA
   
• 5/16/2005; “Ag Biotechnology: The Science and the Issues” speaker for the Ag Community Luncheon on behalf of the Petaluma Farm Bureau, Petaluma, CA
   
• 4/26/2005; “Leveraging the VC/University Relationship for Bio Commercialization” Venture Connect, New York City, NY
   
• 4/22/2005; International Sprout Growers Association ISGA Convention - Genetic Engineering Panel, San Francisco, CA
   
• 4/19/2005; Consortium for Science and Society CSAS Organizational Meeting, Chicago, IL
   
• 4/15/2005; Keynote Speaker at the Fresno Farm Bureau 88th Annual Banquet, Fresno, CA
   
• 3/24/2005; Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy Showcase, Sacramento, CA
   
• 3/17/2005; St Patrick's Day Reception for Taoiseach, Washington DC, Ireland-American Economic Advisory Board Meeting
   
• 3/8/2005 – 3/10/2005; New Orleans, LA - Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting & Symposium
   
• 3/2/2005; California Farm Bureau Federation Meeting, Sacramento, CA
   
• 2/18/2005 – 2/27/2005; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 1/22/2005 – 1/30/2005; Italy, State Department - Agricultural Biotechnology
   
• 1/9/2005 – 1/10/2005; National Institutes of Health - HHMI - Biomedical Imaging and Bio-Engineering Briefing, Washington, D.C.
   
• 11/18/2004; Solano Community College, Lecture on AG Biotech, Fairfield, CA
   
• 11/7/2004; USDA, NCFAP Meeting, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 11/5/2004 – 11/9/2004; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 10/29/2004; Butte College Presentation on AG Biotech, Butte College, Oroville, CA
   
• 10/28/2004; American Chemists Society Western Conference, Sacramento, CA
   
• 10/26/2004; Congress Biotech Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA
   
• 10/2/2004 – 10/9/2004; Chile, State Department - Economic Security
   
• 9/24/2004; Quantum Dot Company Visit, Hayward, CA
   
• 9/21/2004 – 9/22/2004; Council Biotech, Des Moines, IA, Taste the Future Briefing
   
• 9/15/2004; Capitol Hill Day, Science Foundation, Ireland, Washington DC - Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy
   
• 8/22/2004 – 8/28/2004; Mexico, State Department - Economic Security
   
• 8/20/2004; Epitomics & Full Moon Biosystems Company Visit, Burlingame & Sunnyvale, CA
   
• 8/1/2004 – 8/16/2004; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 7/12/2004 – 7/14/2004; Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo Las Vegas, NV
   
• 6/10/2004 – 6/11/2004; Biotechnology and Farmers Desk-Side Briefings Chicago, IL
   
• 6/6/2004 – 6/9/2004; BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA
   
• 5/9/2004; USAID/USDA New Examples of CGIAR/U.S. Research Partnerships: Davis, CA
   
• 5/4/2004 – 5/5/2004; Biolink USA - Ireland Conference, San Francisco, CA
   
• 4/15/2004 – 4/21/2004; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 4/8/2004; CSU Stanislaus,Turlock, CA, Semi-Annual Agriculture Studies Speaker Series at CSU Stanislaus
   
• 4/4/2004; Conference to Explore Genetically Modified Food, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
   
• 3/11/2004; Steinbeck Center AG Biotech Presentation, Salinas, CA
   
• 3/4/2004; UC Connect Life Sciences Bio Summit Sacramento, CA
   
• 2/27/2004 – 2/28/2004; Fourth Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Tulare, CA
   
• 1/30/2004 – 2/7/2004; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 1/29/2004; Bio-defense to Cancer Offense: A Tech Transfer Conference, Stockton, CA
   
• 12/17/2003 – 12/19/2003; International Life Sciences Institute and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development meeting, Paris, France
   
• 12/4/2003; The Regional Institute for Health & Environmental Leadership Symposium, "At Issue: Genetically Modified Organisms, Human Health and the Environment." Denver, CO.
   
• 11/15/2003 – 11/18/2003; Kiev, Russia, USDA , State Department - Economic Security
   
• 11/7/2003 – 11/8/2003; Transgenics and the Poor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
   
• 11/3/2003 – 11/4/2003; ABSPII Consortium Conference Cornell University. UC BREP participation was supported by the ABSPII. Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSPII) believes that farmers and consumers worldwide should have the opportunity to make informed choices about using bio-engineered products.
   
• 10/29/2003; BayBio Gene Acres 2003, Bioscience: Coming of Age, South San Francisco Conference Center
   
• 10/23/2003 – 10/24/2003; Institute of Food Technologists Paseo,WA.
   
• 10/17/2003 – 10/20/2003; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg Forum on the Biosciences and Society Heidelberg, Germany
   
• 9/23/2003 – 9/24/2003; Governor's Life Sciences Summit, M.I.N.D. Institute in Sacramento, CA
   
• 9/8/2003; World Affairs Council Panel Debate September San Francisco, CA
   
• 9/3/2003 – 9/4/2003; Monsanto Tour of Parma Corn, Fresno, CA
   
• 7/12/2003 – 7/16/2003; Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo Chicago, IL
   
• 7/8/2003 – 7/9/2003; US Army Biotechnology Roundtable, Baltimore, MD
   
• 6/25/2003 – 7/2/2003; Manila Phillipines, US Embassy, State Department - Economic Security
   
• 6/24/2003; USDA Agricultural Science and Technology's Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Science & Technology Sacramento, CA
   
• 6/11/2003 – 6/12/2003; American Enterprise Institute - AEI Washington, DC
   
• 6/8/2003 – 6/10/2003; USDA's Biotech Risk Assessment Research Grants Program Workshop Washington, DC
   
• 6/1/2003 – 6/5/2003; Many Voices Conference, Ag Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA
   
• 5/30/2003 – 5/31/2003; Agriculture Biotech Council - ABC Seattle, WA
   
• 5/28/2003 – 5/29/2003; Bayer Crop Science Confernce, Raleigh, NC
   
• 5/15/2003 – 5/16/2003; Food Foresight Conference, Santa Rosa, CA
   
• 5/13/2003 – 5/14/2003; Emperial Valley Seed Annual Conference, Spokane, WA
   
• 5/5/2003 – 5/9/2003; AG Biotech Presentation at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HW
   
• 4/27/2003 – 4/30/2003; Biotechnica USA Conference, Monterey, CA
   
• 4/15/2003 – 4/17/2003; International Life Sciences Institute - ILSI - Washington, DC
   
• 3/31/2003 – 4/2/2003; World Bank Meeting, New York City, NY
   
• 3/25/2003 – 3/27/2003; Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo Boise, ID
   
• 3/17/2003 – 3/23/2003; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 3/11/2003 – 3/12/2003; World Bank, Washington, DC
   
• 3/7/2003 – 3/8/2003; Symposium on Stress Proteins, From Heat Shock to Antifreeze, Bodega, CA
   
• 3/1/2003 – 3/6/2003; New Zealand, State Department - Economic Security
   
• 2/27/2003; UC Connect Conference, Sacramento, CA
   
• 2/26/2003; Livermore LifeSciences Conference 2003, Livermore, CA
   
• 2/5/2003 – 2/7/2003; US Army Biotech Roundtable, Aberdeen, ML
   
• 2/3/2003 – 2/4/2003; International Life Sciences Institute - ILSI - Washington, DC
   
• 1/13/2003 – 1/14/2003; Hill's Pet Nutrition Symposium, Witchita, KN
   
• 12/9/2002; Enterprise Ireland on Ag Biotech, Palo Alto, CA
   
• 12/3/2002; State of California Governor's Life Science Summit, Menlo Park, CA
   
• 11/13/2002 – 11/15/2002; BioIreland 2002 Conference, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 11/11/2002 – 11/20/2002; Science Foundation Ireland - SFI, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 10/23/2002; CB-SIG Santa Clara, CA
   
• 10/9/2002 – 10/17/2002; Biotechnology in Animal Farming, Royal Society, London
   
• 10/7/2002 – 10/9/2002; International Life Sciences Institute - ILSI - Washington, DC
   
• 9/23/2002 – 9/24/2002; Structural Genomics Conference, Laguna Beach, CA
   
• 9/19/2002 – 9/20/2002; Cancer Symposium, Sacramento, CA
   
• 8/21/2002 – 8/27/2002; Speaker: Communicating about Biotechnology for the USDA in conjunction with Biotech Seminar for Taiwanese Journalists, Taipei, Taiwan
   
• 8/20/2002; Speaker: World Ag Expo at the NAMA Conference,Tulare, CA
   
• 8/19/2002; Speaker : UC BREP & AG Biotech at Monsanto, Calgene Campus, Davis, CA
   
• 7/23/2002; Speaker: Biotechnology Good to Grow Roundtable at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sacramento, CA
   
• 6/15/2002; Speaker: Women Chemists Committee at the American Chemical Society 2002 Special Meeting at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
   
• 5/16/2002; Speaker: Bio Tools for the Future at Agri Food Symposium National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
   
• 4/17/2002; Speaker: Biotechnology Update - Southern California Section at the Institute of Food Technologists' Distinguished Lecturer Series, Los Angeles, CA
   
• 4/15/2002 – 4/16/2002; Speaker: Organic Farming vs. Traditional Farming/Biotechnology at The World Bank Conference, Washington, DC
   
• 4/11/2002 – 4/12/2002; Speaker: UC Biomedical Research at the Biotechnology Media Roundtable, UC San Francisco sponsored by Manning, Selvage & Lee, San Francisco, CA
   
• 4/3/2002; Speaker: SAGE KQED forum, Student Achievement Guided by Experience, San Francisco, CA
   
• 3/13/2002 – 3/15/2002; Speaker: Institute of Food Technologists' Biotechnology Position at the Institute of Food Technologists’ Distinguished Lecturer Series, Sun Valley,ID
   
• 3/5/2002; Speaker: US Policy Forum on Biotechnology, GM Crop Adoption Seminar Is Europe being left behind? At the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, England
   
• 3/3/2002 – 3/4/2002; Speaker: BioMedical Technology at the U.S. State Department & Meridian International's Perspectives on the Future of Biotechnology: A Scientific Dialogue conference, Washington, DC
   
• 2/23/2002 – 2/24/2002; Speaker: Stem Cells, Human Cloning, and Animal Organ Transplants: New Business Models for a Genetically Engineered World. At the National Chamber Foundation's Annual Business Horizon Retreat sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce, Boca Raton, FL
   
• 2/19/2002; Speaker: What is the UC Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program? At the Sacramento Valley Forum's Breakfast meeting in Sacramento, CA
   
• 2/13/2002; Speaker: International Outlook on Genetically Engineered Food at the World Agricultural Exposition sponsored by the Center for International Trade Development in Tulare, CA
   
• 2/3/2002; Speaker: Policy Dialogue, Environmental Savior or Saboteur? Debating the impacts of genetic engineering National Policy Forum at the PEW Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA
   
• 1/29/2002 – 2/3/2002; Speaker: The Next Generation of Biotech Crops - Value Added Traits at the American Soybean Association/Bayer Biotechnology Conference in Darmstadt, Germany