Session: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities

Tuesday, September 11, 2007: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Theater (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)

Strategic Challenges and Opportunities

How do Extension and Technology Transfer institutions meet the challenges in the new Global market? Experts from diverse points of view (and the globe) will investigate these issues.

8:00 AM Introductory Remarks

8:20 AM Global Extension Outreach and Technology Transfer: Impacts of Structural and Cultural Realities
Dr. M. Kalim Qamar

8:50 AM Rapid Changes in Global Cotton Markets: Causes and Effects
Dr. Don Ethridge

9:20 AM The Development of BioFuels in Brazil: Implications for Cottonseed
Dr. Sebastiao Barbosa, Dr. Napoleao Beltrao

Sponsor: Plenary


Tuesday, September 11, 2007: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Theater (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)
Strategic Challenges and Opportunities
How do Extension and Technology Transfer institutions meet the challenges in the new Global market? Experts from diverse points of view (and the globe) will investigate these issues.
8:00 AM		Introductory Remarks
8:20 AM		Global Extension Outreach and Technology Transfer: Impacts of Structural and Cultural Realities Dr. M. Kalim Qamar
8:50 AM		Rapid Changes in Global Cotton Markets: Causes and Effects Dr. Don Ethridge
9:20 AM		The Development of BioFuels in Brazil: Implications for Cottonseed Dr. Sebastiao Barbosa, Dr. Napoleao Beltrao
Sponsor:	Plenary