BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250718T062021EDT-8851Wvge3U@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250718T102021Z DESCRIPTION:'Convergent Innovation in Plant Breeding and Genomics'\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nMaurice Moloney\, Executive Director and CEO\n\nGlobal In stitute for Food Security (GIFS)\n\nMaurice Moloney was appointed Executiv e Director and CEO of the Global Institute for Food Security in 2014. Prev iously\, he served as Group Executive\, Food\, Health and Life Sciences\, CSIRO\, Australia\, and Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Researc h in the UK\, the oldest and largest agricultural research centre in Europ e. Maurice founded SemBioSys in 1994 and served as its President and then CSO until 2010. Concurrently he was a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary and held the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in plant biotechnology.\n\nMaurice began his North American career as Head of the Cell Biology Group at Calgene Inc. where he developed the first trans genic canola plant. Maurice has published over 90 research papers and is i nventor on 300+ patents worldwide.  He holds a BSc in chemistry\, a PhD in plant biochemistry\, and was awarded a DSc honoris causa from universitie s of De Montfort\, Lethbridge\, and Lancaster.\n\n \n DTSTART:20170726T150000Z DTEND:20170726T163000Z SUMMARY:CI Webinar: Maurice Moloney\, Executive Director and CEO\, Global I nstitute for Food Security URL:/desautels/channels/event/ci-webinar-maurice-molon ey-executive-director-and-ceo-global-institute-food-security-268831 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR