Date | Time | Venue | Title | Speaker(s) |
26 Feb 2014(Wed) | 2 pm | DDK4, FSc, UTAR Perak Campus | Navigating the Future with Knowledge-based Agriculture | Prof. Guu Yuan-KuangPresident of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Taiwan |
28 Feb 2014 (Fri) | 9 am-5 pm | A003 Auditorium, Heritage Hall Building | UTAR Mini Scientific Symposium (UTAR USMS II) | Final year undergraduate students from Departments of Biomedical Science, Chemical Science and Biological Sciences presenting their Final Year Projects |
2 Mar 2014 (Sun) | 9 am-5 pm | A003 Auditorium, Heritage Hall Building | UTAR-TVE-PANAP Joint Workshop Promoting Pesticides Reduction and agro-biodiversity/ Up-scaling and Sharing experiences of the film dissemination “Hopper Race” in Asia Pacific | 1. “Rice plant hopper outbreaks and contributing factors and biodiversity-based ecological agriculture solutions” Prof. Dr. Peter A. C. Ooi (Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Faculty of Science, UTAR, Malaysia) 2. “Impacts of pesticides on health and the environment” Sarojeni V. Rengam(Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)) 3. “System of Rice Intensification & Benefits” Prof. Dr. Norela Sulaiman (School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ) 4. Screening of Hopper Race documentary on agro-biodiversity in Asian rice farming |
14 Mar 2014 (Fri) | 2.30 pm | FSc | Scientific Talk: “Genetics in Plant Breeding” | Dr. Choon-Lin Tiang Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Breeding and Genetics (PB&G), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Cornell University, USA |
27 Mar 2014 (Thurs) | 10 am | A003 Auditorium, Heritage Hall Building | Scientific Talk: “Human physiological responses to cold environments & recent studies of physiological anthropology” | Dr. Takayuki Nishimura Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
28 May 2014 (Wed) | 1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
| A003 Auditorium, Heritage HallBuilding | Scientific Talk: “Genetic Diversity of Human Skin Colour” | Dr. Ang Khai Chung Research Associate, Pennsylvania State UniversityCollege of Medicine |
31 May 2014 (Sat) | 9am – 5pm | Faculty of Science, UTAR Perak Campus | Agriculture Technology Seminar Series 9: “Food Science and Agriculture” | 1. Mr. Teh Sar Moh Nee (Regional Director (Peninsular Malaysia), Kuala LumpurKepong Bhd.) “The Palm Oil Industry – Some Value Added to Nutrition”
2. Prof. Dr. Aminah bt. Abdullah (Professor, Food Science Department, School of ChemicalSciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Malaysia) “Is Sensory Evaluation Important in Food Products?”
3. Prof. Dr. Azhar b. Mat Easa (Dean, School of IndustrialTechnology, Universiti Sains Malaysia ) “Innovation in Food Science = Wealth creation in Agriculture (the potential case of Ulam Raja extract)”
4. Mr. Chong Chin Yin (Agriculture Services Officer, Nestlé Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd.) “Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives - Nestlé”
5. Dr. Kooi Eng Teong (President , Ayamas Food Corporation Sdn. Bhd. ) “Poultry Integration: From Farm to Fork”
6. Prof. Dr. Abd. Salam b. Babji (Professor, Food Science Department, School of ChemicalSciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Malaysia) “R&D and FPD for Meat, Poultry and Fish Supply Chain Management throughout Upstream and Downstream Processing” |
| 14 – 15 June 2014 (Sat & Sun) | 9am – 5pm | UTAR Perak Campus | UTAR National Postgraduate Fundamental and Applied Sciences Seminar (UTAR NPFASS) 2014. | Prof. Emeritus Yong Hoi Sen University of Malaya (UM) Title: Genetics and Systematics of Murid Rodents
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leong Weng Kee Nanyang Technology University (NTU) Singapore Title: Organometallic Clusters – A Personal Journey from Chemistry to Biology and Nanoscience
Prof. Ramesh a/l T. Subramaniam University of Malaya (UM)
Dr. Chan Kok Gan University of Malaya (UM) Microbiology
Prof. Alexander Chong Shu Chien University of Science Malaysia (USM) Molecular Aquaculture
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21- 22 June 2014 (Sat & Sun) | 10am- 5.30pm | Cameron Highlands, Pahang | Agriculture Workshop I: “Organic Farming - A Sustainable Future Farming” | List of speakers to be confirmed later |