Organizers

Host organization:

Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (IPBB) of the Committee of Science under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

International Organizing Committee – IOC:

The IOC is still growing, currently confirmed members are:

Chairman – Dr. Yerlan Turuspekov (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Co-chairman – Dr. Elena Salina (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia)

Dr. Rakhmetkazhi Bersimbayev (Eurasian University by N. Gumiliev, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Amangeldy Bissenbayev (al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Aigul Abugalieva (Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing)
Dr. Frank R. Blattner (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany)
Dr. Ming Chen (College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, China)
Dr. Simon Griffiths (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
Dr. Yerlan Ramanculov (National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Ruslan Kalendar (National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Aleksandr Kilchevsky (Belarus Academy of Science, Minsk, Belarus)
Dr. Voinikov Victor Kirillovich (Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Irkutsk, Russia)
Dr. Alexei Kochetov (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Dr. Alexandr Kudryavtsev (Institute of General Genetics by N. Vavilov, Moscow, Russia)
Dr. Nikolai Kolchanov (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Dr. Takao Komatsuda (NIAS, Tsukuba, Japan)
Dr. Rustem Omarov (Eurasian University by N. Gumiliev, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Yelena Potokina (VIR by N. Vavilov, Sant-Petersburg, Russia)
Dr. Gulnara Sitpaeva (Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Roberto Tuberosa (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
Dr. Kablbek Zhambakin (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Qifa Zhang (Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China)
Dr. Leyla Djansugurova (Institute of General Genetics and Cytology, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Local Organizing Committee – LOC:

Chairman: Dr. Saule Abugalieva (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Yerlan Turuspekov (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Ruslan Kalendar (National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Alibek Zatybekov (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Lyubov Volkova (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Kanat Yermekbayev (IPBB, Kazakhstan, John Innes Centre, UK)
Dr. Alma Kokhmetova (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Technical Group:

Leader – Dr. Natalia Ryabushkina (IPBB, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Shyryn Almerekova (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Akerke Amalova (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Shynar Anuarbek (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Aida Baibulatova (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Yuliya Geniyevskaya (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Raushan Kaparbay (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Fariza Sagyntay (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Kuandyk Amangeldinov (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Daniyar Shamshadin (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Serik Zhanarbek (IPBB, Kazakhstan)
Technical operating company: NJ Company Ltd (Almaty, Kazakhstan)