Dr. Camille D. Ryan is a Professional Research Associate with the Departments of Plant Science and Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, splitting time between there and her home in the Alberta Foothills. Prior to joining the University, she worked for a small plant biotech firm in Saskatoon and in administration with Aggreko (now Bayer), where she was part of the effort to bring Liberty Link (GM) canola to the market in the mid-1990s. She has worked on projects with the National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission. Recently, she was connected to the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Western Australia working on a project evaluating public private partnerships in pulse breeding and research in Canada and Australia. Dr. Ryan has presented at conferences around the world on collaborations in plant genetic resources, access and benefits sharing, intellectual property strategies, issues management in agriculture and science communications. An avid blogger and Twitterer, she is also author of Evaluating Performance of Research Networks (VDM Verlag, 2008), a reference and resource for policy makers and project managers. ?
