Q-collect Creating a harmonized Europe-wide framework of plant pest collections Workshop for collections and users of biological material Agricultural Research Council, Plant Pathology Research Center (CRA-PAV) 2015-09-08/09 FIRST DRAFT AGENDA Starting at 08.00 on the 8th of September and finishing at 17.00 on the 9th Tuesday the 8th of September (9.00-18.00) 08.00-08.30 08.30-08.45 Registration Welcome Session 1 Introduction 08.55-09.10 Presentation of the main objectives of the project 09.10-09.35 09.35-10.00 EU future plant health regime and control directive IPPC Use of reference material in diagnostic tests P. Bonants, Q-collect Project coordinator (DLO, NL) Speaker to be confirmed Speaker to be confirmed Session 2 Presentation of the main outputs of the Q-collect project  Collections today Facilitator: Peter Bonants 10.00-10.20 10.20-10.40 Results of the survey on collections and main gaps identified Access to collections: result of the survey and main gaps identified J.C. Streito (INRA, FR) P. Portier (INRA, FR) 10.40-11.00 coffee break  Proposals to fill the gaps and to create a network of collections Facilitator: Sylvia Bluemel 11.00-11.20 11.20-11.35 11.35-11.55 11.55-12.10 Minimum quality criteria for collections Questions/discussion Network of reference collections criteria and future picture Questions/discussion J. Elphinstone (Fera, GB) S. Blümel (Ages, AT) 12.10-12.30 12.30-12.45 How to best access information on collections: what info portal? Questions/discussion V. Robert (CBS, NL) 12.45-14.00 Lunch break 14.00-14.20 14.40-15.00 15.00-15.20 Legal implications for collections (including the Nagoya protocol) Implementation of ISO /34 General Requirements for the competence of reference material producers Questions/discussion White paper on collections in plant health 15.20-15.40 Questions/discussion 14.20-14.40 G. Verkley (CBS) (to be confirmed) Speaker to be confirmed M. Edema (NRC, NPPO, NL) 15.40-16.00 Coffee break Session 3 ROUND TABLES Monday the 8th of September 16.00-18.00 (round tables in small group to be adjusted nearer the meeting) The objective of the round tables will be to discuss the recommendations made during the project and their feasibility. The following topics are tentatively selected. Topic 1: How to create a practical network for collections for plant health diagnostics, starting from where we are now and with the resources available? What are the possible steps? ( with contributions from existing networks ( Q-BaccoNet, Viruscollect) Topic 2: How will collections implement the new regulations and new standards? Topic 3: How could EPPO help in practice and what practical recommendations can be made from the project? 19.00 Workshop Dinner Wednesday the 9th of September (09.00-17.00) Continuation of the round tables (09.00-10.00) Report from the different round tables (10.00-11.30) 11.30-13.00 Visit of the laboratory and presentation of the CRA collections Session 4 CONLCUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13.00-14.00 Lunch break 14.00-15.30 Preparation of conclusions and recommendations 15.30-16.15 Coffee break 16.15-17.00 Presentation and approval of the recommendations Close