Conference Proceedings
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8:00 | Registration |
9:30 | Opening speeches |
| Gerald Lonauer, Network of GMO-Free Regional Governments
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| Monica Frassoni, Co-President Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
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| Benedikt Haerlin, GENET & Foundation on Future Farming
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9:45 | The Future of Seed: biodiversity, freedom of planting, seed exchange and farmers rights |
| Michael Flüh, EU Commission, DG Sanco, Head of Unit biotechnology and plant health |
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| Natale Bazzanti, agricultural development and innovation agency, ARSIA, Toscana, Italy |
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| Hannes Lorenzen, chairman of PREPARE, partnership for rural Europe network and Green Group |
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| Benedikt Haerlin, Save Our Seeds |
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10:30 | Co-existence? The state of laws and debates |
| Daniele Bianchi, Cabinet of Commissioner Fischer Boel: State of the art of European co-existence legislation
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| Thijs Etty, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam:
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| Ludmila Andreeva, Committee of Environment, Bulgaria:
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| Odo Wöhry, Regional Parliament of Styria, Austria:
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| Katalin Rodics, Ministry of Environment, Hungary:
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| Marco Contiero, Greenpeace International: |
| Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Hokkaido food safety divison, Japan: |
11:30 | Panel discussion: |
| Chantal Bruetschy, European Commission, DG Environment, biotechnolgy
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Vice President of the EPs Agricultural Committee
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| Wolfgang Koehler, German Ministry of Agriculture (EU presidency)
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| Andoni García Arriola, COAG, Spanish farmers union
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13:00 | Lunch |
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15:00 | Views and reports from the regions |
| Pascale Loget, Vice-President of the Council of Britanny, France
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| Veronika Kochetova, member of the Moscow Duma Comittee on public health services, Russia
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| Ryoko Shimizu, No-GMO campaign, Japan
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| Pawel Polanecki, Poland Teresiah W. Ng'ang'a, Programme Officer Pelum association, Kenya
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| Luca Colombo, Genetic Rights Foundation, Italy
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| Brian John, GMO free Cymru,Wales
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| Svetla Nikolova, Agrolink Bulgaria
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| Annemarie Volling, GMO free Regions coordination, AbL famers association, Germany
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| Andrew Kimbrell, Centre for Food Safety, Washington, D.C, USA (visio-conference)
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16:30 | Biodiversity and rural development in a changing global agricultural commodity market |
| Jutta Kill, Forest and EU Resource Network:
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| Hilkka Summa, EU Commission, DG Agriculture, Bioenergy:
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| Raffaello Garofalo, European Biodiesel Board:
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| Günther Buck, Unilever:
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| Ursula Vavrik, European Environmental Bureau:
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| Gerhard Dieterle, The World Bank, agro-fuels and sustainable forest management (visio-conference)
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18:30 | Reception at the European Parliament |
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audio file
State of the reform of the EU seed law
manifesto in various languages
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9:00 | The major challenges ahead - Setting the political agenda for 2007 / 2008 |
| Global perspectives |
| Vandana Shiva, Navdanya Seed Movement, India |
| Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth |
| Geert Ritsema, Greenpeace International |
| Cinzia Scaffidi, Slow Food International |
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| Gerald Lonauer, Network of GMO-Free Regional Governments |
| Thomas Fertl, Bio Austria, Austrian organic farmers association |
| Luca Colombo, Genetic Rights foundation, Italy |
| Nikos Lappas, Gesace, Greek Farmers Union |
| Joint debate and presentations from the participants |
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11:00 | Workshops |
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| 2) Practicalities of GMO free regions |
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12:30 | Lunch |
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| Alexander Hissting, Greenpeace |
| Consumer demand and successes for GM labelling of animal products |
| Jochen Koester, IMCOPA Brazil |
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| Renaud Layadi, Regional Council of Brittany, France |
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15:00 | Results and Conclusions |
| Upcoming political events |
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16:00 | Farewell and end of conference |
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17:00 | Start of the GENET meeting (members only) |
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1) National and regional legislation, GMO bans and moratoria
