On September 11-12, 2008, approximately sixty researchers from around the world gathered at the Centre National de Séquençage, Genoscope, in Evry (France) for a workshop held under the auspices of the International wheat (IWGSC) and barley (IBSC) genome sequencing consortia to discuss sequencing technologies and strategic roadmaps for sequencing the wheat and barley genomes.
For more information, follow this link (a report is available):
http://www.wheatgenome.org/pdf/IWGSC-IBSC_Sequencing_Workshop_Report.pdf