Agenda

Day 1 – 12 March

Time	Activity	Who
08:00 – 08:30	Registration of participants	Secretariat
Opening of the Lao Uplands Conference
08:30 – 08:45	Welcome remark Vice-Governor of Luang Prabang Province	Vice-Governor of Luang Prabang Province
08:45 – 09:00	Welcome remark by donors: EU and AFD	Mr. Ignacio Oliver-Cruz EU and Mr. Matthieu Bommier AFD
09:00 – 09:15	Opening speech by Vice-Minister of MAF	HE Mr. Thongphath Vongmany, Vice-Minister of MAF
09:15 – 09:30	Introduction to the Upland Development Programme: Selected lessons and observations	Mr. Khamsone Sysanhouth, NUDP, MAF
09:30 – 09:45	The strategy of DALaM towards sustainable agricultural land management in the Lao Uplands	Mr. Khamphone Rasachack, DG of DALaM
09:45 – 10:00	Group photo	All

Opening

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Agricultural fair and poster session
10:00 – 11:45	Opening of the agricultural fair Open the banner Visit of the booths and animations, poster session, agricultural market Contest of best booth and poster	Vice-Governor Luang Prabang, Vice-Minister of MAF and President of Souphanouvong University
11:45 – 13:00	Lunch	All
Session 1 – Changing uplands: challenges and opportunities
13:00 – 13:30	Using the SLI.DO App – short training	All participants with MC
13:30 – 15:00	1.1. Alternative Futures in the Lao Uplands: multi-function or mono-function?	NIER, NAFRI, DALaM, TABI
5’	Session introduction	Dr. Chanhsamone Phongoudome, NAFRI
15’	What does green growth mean for the uplands?	Dr. Syviengxay Oraboune, NIER
15’	Contexts of large scale investments in lands	Mr. Vong Nanthavong, CDE and Dr Michael Epprecht, CDE
15’	Informing the multi-functional/mono-functional debate: Insights from the northern uplands	Dr. Micah Ingalls, CDE-TABI
10’	Questions – discussion	Dr. Chanhsamone Phongoudome, NAFRI
30’	Panel discussion: Is smallholder farming the main pathway out of poverty for rural people in the uplands?
15:00	Coffee break
15:20	Video: Mr. Ken

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15:30 – 16:50	1.2. Vulnerabilities and adaptation to changes in the Lao Uplands: exploring pathways towards resilience	DALaM, NAFRI, CDE, CARE-CCL-SAEDA, EFICAS
20’	Framing vulnerability and adaptation in the context of the Lao Uplands	Dr. Michael Epprecht, CDE and Dr. J-Christophe Castella, IRD-CIRAD
20’	Strengthening adaptive capacity of smallholders and monitoring impacts on resilience: lessons from climate change adaptation projects	CARE-CCL-SAEDA and Dr. Thavone Inthavong, NAFRI
20’	Early warning systems: mobile reporting, information integration, and decision making	Dr. Thatheva Saphanthong, DALaM and Dr. Michael Epprecht, CDE
30’	Panel discussion Changing vulnerabilities in the uplands What has been done and how to address them? How to bring to scale promising results?	Mr. Ignacio Oliver-Cruz, EU
18:30	Conference dinner at Pharpxay Restaurant	All

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Day 2 – 13 March

Time	Activity	Who
Session 2 – Engineering the transition towards sustainable agriculture
08:30 – 10:00	2.1. Landscape approaches: engaging upland communities in designing their own development pathways	DALaM, NAFRI, EFICAS, TABI

15’	Framing landscape approaches in the context of the Lao Uplands: patterns of agricultural commercialization, intensification, and diversification	Dr. Jean-Christophe Castella, IRD-CIRAD
15’	Participatory land use planning: reconciling multiple objectives at the local level – experiences from DALaM with support from GIZ, TABI, EFICAS	Mr. Phoneda Visisombath, PALaM Huaphan
15’	Sustainable land management practices in the uplands: environmental benefits and challenges for large scale adoption	Dr. Nivong Sipaseuth, DALaM
15’	When agriculture is getting too uniform: what intervention mechanisms to promote agrobiodiversity and agroecology practices?	Mr. Ienlang Panthanivong, PAFO Xiengkhouang
30’	Participatory theater: exploring pathways to sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Lao Uplands
10:00	Coffee break
10:20	Video: EFICAS

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10:30 – 12:00	2.2. Green Extension: learning processes for sustainable agriculture in the uplands of Laos	DTEAP, LURAS, FAO
10’	Introduction: Why we need Green Extension	Mr. Andrew Bartlett, Helvetas-LURAS
20’	The Green Extension approach of the Lao Upland Rural Advisory Service (LURAS)	Mr. Souvanthong Namvong, DTEAP- MAF
20’	Green Extension experience in Xieng Khouang province	Ms. Chanthaly Sfongxay, PAFO Xiengkhouang
10’	Key challenge: who do extension workers really work for?	Mr. Andrew Bartlett, Helvetas-LURAS
30’	Discussion – Looking ahead: how can we take Green Extension beyond the projects?
12:00	Lunch

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Session 3 – Enabling environments for sustainable development
13:30 – 15:00	3.1. Bringing agroecology to the market: Innovative market approaches and institutional settings	ALiSEA, NUoL, GRET, CIRAD
15’	Interactive poll about main issues at stakes when addressing Agroecology & Markets	All participants Facilitation by ALiSEA-GRET and CIRAD
30’	Case studies about different innovations to address the marketing of agrifood products in the Northern Uplands: Innovation for local markets: Vegetable PGS in Xieng Khouang Province Branding and community development: Agro‐forest and organic coffee promotion in the Northern Uplands of Laos Bringing AE to conventional markets: Legume crop production in Xieng Khouang province	Mr. Thongdam Phongphichith, SAEDA Saffron coffee company Mr. Anonh Khamhoung
15’	Drawing lessons from case studies	All participants Facilitation by ALiSEA-GRET and CIRAD
30’	Wrap-up discussion about Agroecology & Market: What have we learned? How can we move forwards?	Dr. Isabelle Vagneron CIRAD and Mr. Pierre Ferrand ALiSEA-GRET
15:00	Coffee break
15:20	Prize award ceremony – posters and booths	Mr. Bandith Ramangkoun, DALaM

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15:30-16:30

3.2. The role of higher education and science in achieving a broad scale and lasting impact on sustainable development in the Lao Uplands

HESA-SIANI

Panel discussion

Mr. Sianouvong Savathvong, Vice-President of Souphanouvong University
Dr. Saythong Vilayvong, Adviser to Office of Research and Services and the President, National University of Laos, NUoL
Dr. Vanthong Phengvichit, Deputy Director General of NAFRI
Dr. Elisabeth Simelton, CGIAR Consortium Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), ICRAF

Dr. Wayne Nelles, HESA-SIANI Expert Group and
Ms. Sengphachanh Sonethavixay, Policy Think Tank, NAFRI

16:30 – 16:45

16:45 – 17:00

Remark

Closing remark

EU & AFD

DALaM and PAFO

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Day 3 – 14 March
Wrap-up session (invited participants only)

Time	Activity	Who
Session 4 – A vision for the future of the Lao Uplands: key messages and recommendations
08:30	Review state of knowledge about the Lao Uplands: facts and evidences	All participants
09:00	Working group discussions: identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations for moving forward
10:00	Coffee break
10:30	Plenary presentations
11:00	Discussion about the key messages/recommendations from the conference
11:30	Drafting the key messages as outputs of the conference as small groups
12:00	Lunch

Participants to the wrap-up session are all the members of the organizing committee, organizers of individual sessions during the conference and facilitators. Participants to the morning meeting can take part in the afternoon field trips to agroecological farms or botanical garden.