Facts
City: Uppsala
Location: Loftets hörsal
Organiser: Akademiintendenturen
Loftets hörsal, Uppsala
This year's honorary doctors will give their lectures on Friday 4 October 2019. The lectures are open to the public, and will also be webcast at www.slu.se.
The programme is also available in pdf-format.
9am
Landskapsarkitektur och möjligheter för hållbar samhällsutveckling
Helena Bjarnegård, State Architect, Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Science
9.30am
Hur hunden och andra djur hjälper oss att förstå människans sjukdomar
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
10am
Coffee/Tea
10.30 am
Vetenomics: Interdisciplinary tales of rational disease control for developing country livestock
Thomas F. Randolph, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Science
11am
Deciphering the effects of climate change in the north: Let's start with 10,000 lakes
Irena Creed, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Science
11.30am
Lunch break
13pm
Plant genetics and the future of food
Pamela Ronald, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Science
13.30pm
Commitment toward the public good
Jason Shogren, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Forest Sciences
14pm
Science knows no bounds - a global journey
Natasha Raikhel, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Forest Sciences
The academy stewards, Vice-Chancellor's Office
Academy Steward Helena Pennlöv
helena.pennlov@slu.se +46 18-67 15 42
Administrative assistant Ida Hast
ida.hast@slu.se +46 18-67 10 74