Inception meeting

Day 1 – Country disease status and activity updates

Session II – Disease status in SE Asia     Chair: Dr Lê Huy Hàm

10:30	Vietnam status update	PPRI – Dr. Trinh Xuan Hoat
10:50	Cambodia status update	GDA – Dr. Ny Vuthy
11:10	Thailand status update	DOA – Dr. Prapit Wongtiem
11:40	Lao PDR status update	PPC – Ms Khonesavanh Chittarath

1:00	China status update	CATAS – Songbi Chen
1:20	Myanmar status update	DAR – Thet Yee Khaing
1:40	Questions and Panel Discussion	Chair: Wilmer Cuellar
2:00	Industry and government Panel	Chair: Jonathan Newby TTSA  – Mr Anuwat Ruthaiyanont TTDI – Prof. Chareinsuk Rojanaridpiched AGI – Dr Lê Huy Hàm

Session III – Breeding and screening activities  Chair: Dr Eric Huttner (ACIAR)

3:30	CIATs Cassava Breeding Approach to solve the CMD outbreak in SEA	Dr Augusto Becerra – CIAT
3:50	CAVAC trials in Cambodia Effect of CMD on cassava root yield	Dr Imran Malik – CIAT
4:10	Screening in Vietnam by HLRC-CIAT	HLRC – Miss Pham Thi Nhan
4:30	Screening by AGI in Vietnam	AGI – Nguyễn Anh Vũ
4:50	Breeding activities in Thailand	KU-TTDI – Assoc. Dr. Chalermpol  Phumichai
5:10	Breeding and screening activities in China	CATAS – Songbi Chen

Day 2 – Field trip and planning

Session IV – Diagnostics, monitoring and survillence Chair: Dr Sarina Macdafyen (ACIAR)

9:00	Status with development of diagnostic droid	UQ – Jimmy Botella
9:30	Modeling CMD for real-time decision making and intervention	University of Florida – Kelsey Andersen
9:50	RTB response to transboundary and emerging diseases	Wilmer Cuellar/ James Legg
10:30	Panel Q&A
11:00	Coffee
11:20	Rapid multiplication systems in the greater Mekong subregion	Roosevelt Escobar and Erik Delaquis
11:40	Applying a gender lens to the project activities	CIAT – Vanya Slavchevska
12:00 – 1pm	Lunch
1:00 – 3pm (2 hours)	Objective planning for the timing of activities, budget required, location. Impact pathway	Jonathan Newby Augusto Becerra Wilmer Cuellar Imran Malik
3:00-3:20	Coffee
3:20 – 5:30	Field visit	Napok Research Centre
6:30	Drinks and Dinner	Rashmi Hotel

Day 3 – Planning for operationalising 2019-2020 activities

8:00	Registration
8:30	Report back from Day 2 planning	10min presentation + 5 min Q&A per group
9:30	Introduction to the sister TR4 project – An Integrated Management Response to the spread of Fusarium wilt of Banana in South-East Asia	Tony Pattison
9:40	Rotation 1	1 & 3 2 & 4
10:20 (20mins)	Coffee
10:40	Rotation 2	1&4 2&3
11:20	Rotation 3	1&2 3&4
12:00	Lunch
1:00 – 3:30pm	Finalise Year 1 planning	Obj 1 – Household survey Obj 2 – Transfer of genetic material/what where Obj 3 – Surveillance protocol Obj 4 – Rapid multiplication
3:30	Coffee
4:00	Report back	10 mins per group
4:40-5pm	Closing remarks and next steps	ACIAR CIAT

Field visit to TTDI