Saturday 22.1.2005 |
Introduction gmo.zs-intern.de/ileadmin/files/Programme-conference-jan2006.pdf |
| 09:00 11:00 | Presentations: |
| Gerald Lonauer (AER, network of gmo free regional governments) Benedikt Haerlin (GENET and "Save our Seeds") Andreas Krug (German Federal Agency for Nature Protection) |
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| What is different about GM technologies? Florianne Koechlin (Blauen Institute, GENET) - Presentation |
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| EU GMO free regions and zones - an overview Agnés Ciccarone (AER) - Presentation Geert Ritsema (Friends of the Earth) - Presentation |
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| The global situation and movements Benedikt Haerlin (Foundation on Future Farming) - Presentation |
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| 11:30 13:30 | Parallel workshops: |
| A 1 -Basics of GM technology - Prof. Marcello Buiatti, Florianne Koechlin A 2 -Risk assessment, precaution and approval processes - Daniel Ammann, Werner Müller, Dr. Angelika Hilbeck, Janne Kuil A 3 -EU legislation on GMOs - Eric Gall, Dan Leskien, Benedikt Haerlin A 4 -GMOs and biodiversity - Dr. Beatrix Tappeser, Dr. Brian Johnson A 5 -Testing and controls of GMOs - Lutz Grohmann, Jochen Koester |
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| 15:00 17:00 | Presentation of case studies |
| Austria Thomas Fertl, Consultant Sepp Eisl, Minister of Agriculture of Salzburg |
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| France Pascale Loget (vize president of the regional council of Brittany) Eric Meunier (Inf'OGM) |
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| Germany Johannes Niedeggen (gmo free Uckermark) Heike Moldenhauer (FOE, "fair neighbourhood" project of GM free regions) |
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| Greece Yannis Stratakis (governor of Florina, Union of Greek prefectures), Myrto Pispini (Greenpeace Greece) |
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| Hungary Balázs Kormos (Chamber of Agriculture Hajdú-Bihar), Erika Andrási (GMO free municipality of Karcag) |
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| Italy Stefano Masini (Confederazione nationale Coldiretti), Luca Colombo (Consiglio dei Diritti Genetici) |
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| Japan Ryoko Shimizu (Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative) |
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| Poland Jadwiga Lopata (Int. Coalition to protect the Polish Countryside) |
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| Spain Maria Ramos (COAG, Spanish farmers union) |
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| Switzerland Maya Graf (member of Swiss Parliament) Daniel Amman (Swiss working group on Genetechnology) |
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| Turkey Öykü Kaygusuz (The „NO to GMOs“ Platform of Turkey) Dr. Turgut Altuganiel (The „NO to GMOs“ Platform of Turkey) |
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| UK Kenneth Richter (Friends of the Earth UK) Matthew Burgess (Councillor of Mid Devon District Council) |
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| 17:30 19:30 | Panel discussion (public) |
| Matthias Berninger, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture; Germany Gracia Mammucini, Region of Tuscany; Italy Hans-Theo Jachmann, CEO Syngenta; Germany Vera Mora, Hungarian Foundation for Environmental Partnership Moderator: Christiane Grefe ("Die Zeit", German weekly) |
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Sunday 23.1.2005: |
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| 08:30 10:30 | Parallel workshops: |
| B 1 -GMO patents and seeds legislation - François Meienberg, Michael Miersch B 2 -Science and technology assessment - case studies - Florianne Koechlin, Dr. Angelika Hilbeck, Dr. Ulrike Middelhof B 3 -Trade rules and forces and commodities - Jochen Koester, Lindsay Keenan B 4 -GMOs and protected areas - Josef Hoppichler, Christel Schmelzeisen, Barbara Niedeggen B 5 -Coexistence and seeds - Benedikt Haerlin, Christian Schlatter B 6 -GMO free regions and co-existence legislation in the EU - Geert Ritsema, Agnès Ciccarone |
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| 14:30 16:00 | Parallel Workshops: |
| C 1 - Community organisation and real alternatives to GMOs - Cornelia Wiethaler C 2 - regional and local marketing of non-GMO quality products - Luca Colombo C 3 - Consumers keep food processors and retailers GMO free - Lindsay Keenan C 4 - Inter-regional and EU networking - Eric Meunier, Adrian Bebb, Hartmut Meyer C 5 - Influencing national legislation on co-existence and GMOs - Dan Leskien, Thomas Fertl, Dan Belusa |
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| 16:30 18:00 | Presentation of joint demands and priorities: |
| European GMO free manifesto General Conclusions of the Conference (Demands and Strategies) farewell |
