Preliminary Programme

subject to confirmations and changes

Thursday 16. September,
Brussels, European Parliament

09:30 – 11:35	GMOs and GMO-free agriculture - Where do we stand?
	Jill Evans, MEP, Session Moderator	UK
	John Dalli, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection	MA
	Benoît Lutgen, Agricultural Minister of Wallonia & GMO-Free Network	BE
	José Bové, European Parliament, Agricultural Committee (Vice Chairman)	FR
	Dr. Katalin Rodics, on behalf of the State Secretary for Rural Development, Hungary	HU
	Andoni García Arriola, Executive Director of COAG, Spanish farmers organization	ES
	Rodrigo Gouveia, Euro-Coop, European Consumers Cooperatives	PT
	Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU, International Organic Movement	UK
	Jorgo Riss, Greenpeace European Unit	BE
11:40 – 13:00	Presentations from Regions
Brussels	Evelyne Huytebroeck, Environment Minister of the Region of Brussels	BE
	Benoît Cerexhe, Agriculture Minister of the Region of Brussels	BE
Bavaria	Christoph Fischer, "Zivilcourage", farmers and citizens movement, Bavaria	DE
Bulgaria	Ralitsa Katsova, informal GMO free Bulgaria coalition	BG
Switzerland	Florianne Koechlin, Swiss Working Group on Genetic Engineering	CH
Madeira	Representative of the Island of Madeira	PT
Latvia	Zaneta Mikosa, Parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Environment, Latvia	LT
Poland	Marek Kryda, Polish Organic Farmers Assotiation and GMO free alliance	PL
Sweden	Akiko Frid, Greenpeace Sweden	SE
	Additional presentations from regional representatives in the audience
13:30 – 14:30	Press conference with Region of Brussels and key participants
15:00 – 16:30	Presentations from different stakeholders and institutions
Moderator	Martin Häusling, MEP	DE
Animal Feed	Jochen Koester, Traceconsult	CH
Rural Development	Maria Grazia Mammucini, Region of Tuscany, Commission on the Future of Food	IT
Global Food player	Rolf Ferber, EDEKA Nord	DE
Regional Retailer	Guido Frölich, Tegut Supermarket	DE
Seed	Heike Schiebeck, Via Campesina, European Seed Network	AT
Science	Christian Vélot (ENSSER)	FR
Farmers Union	Representative of Coldiretti, the Italian Farmers Union	IT
16:40 – 18:15	Debate: CAP reform between GM bioeconomy and regional food sovereignty
Moderator	Benedikt Härlin, Foundation on Future Farming	DE
EU Commission	Dacian Cioloş or representative of EU Commission's DG Agriculture	RO
Parliament	Georges Lyon, Rapporteur of the EP Initiative report on the CAP reform	UK
Environmental	Liliane Spendeler, Director, Friends of the Earth Spain	ES
Farmer	Andoni García Arriola, Executive Director of COAG, Spanish farmers organization	ES
Organic Movement	Sir Peter Melchett, Policy Director, Soil Association	UK
Development	Hans Herren, IAASTD	CH/US
18:15 – 18:30	Conclusions
19:30 – 21:45	City Hall, Grande Place, Reception by the City of Brussels
	With representatives of the city and region, speakers of the day and Vandana Shiva

Friday 17. September,
Ghent, Vormingscentrum Guislain

09:00 – 10:00	Plenary introduction: The global perspective Vandana Shiva, Hans Herren and others
10:15 – 12:30	"Big round" introduction of participants
12:30 – 15:00	Public Lunch debate with genetic engineers and researchers of the Gent biotech-valley
15:00 – 17:00	Workshops
17:15 – 18:00	Presentations 1
18:15 – 19:00	Presentations 2
19:00 – 20:30	Dinner
21:00	Party with regional contributions of all kinds

Saturday 18. September,
Ghent, Vormingscentrum Guislain

09:00 – 10:15	Strategic questions: plenary - presentation of key issues
	Preparing for the planting season 2011
	Political challenges ahead at the EU level
	The CAP reform
	Bioeconomy or regional food sovereignty
	Patents on life
	Synthetic biology
10:30 – 13:00	Strategy workshops
13:00 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 17:00	Strategic answers and suggestions in plenary
	Brief feedback from some of the workshops
	Discussion and agreement on joint initiatives
17:30 – 19:30	Films, presentations, open spaces etc.
20:00	Dinner, drinks & farewell