Date: 14th November
Venue: Hotel Springer-Schlößl
9:00 Opening
- GENET, Hartmut Meyer
9:15 GE-free zones in the EU – NGO activities and experiences
invited speakers:
- BUND – Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland, Germany
(Friends of the Earth Germany; confirmed: Heike Moldenhauer) - Comuni Antitransgenici, Italy
(Communities against GMOs; confirmed: Renato F. Bologna) - Friends of the Earth UK, UK
(confirmed: Adrian Bebb) - Inf’OGM – Veille citoyenne sur les OGM, France
(Info GMO – Citizens’ Watch on GMOs; confirmed: Béatrice Brassart) - VELT – Vereniging voor Ecologische Leef- en Teeltwijze, Belgium
(Association for Organic Living and Farming; confirmed: Louis Debruyn)
15 min presentation each, 30 min final discussion
11:00 Break
11:30 GE-free zones in Austria – Different approaches
invited speakers:
- Project Bio Alpe Adria, Austria
(confirmed: Stefan Merkac, Bio Ernte Austria) - Greenpeace Austria: Examples from Lower and Upper Austria
(confirmed: Thomas Fertl)
20 min presentation each, 30 min final discussion
12:45 Lunch
14:15 GE-free seeds – The key issue
invited speaker:
- Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft, Germany
(Future Foundation Agriculture; confirmed: Benny Härlin)
25 min presentation, 15 min discussion
14:55 Bt maize and Butterflies – Risk assessment research with Hungarian and European species
invited speaker:
- Béla Darvas, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
25 min presentation, 15 min discussion
15:35 Legislation of the EU and its Member States – GE-free zones, GE-free seeds, co-existence
invited speaker:
- Friends of the Earth Europe
(confirmed: Geert Ritsema)
25 min presentation, 15 min discussion
16:15 Break
16:45 GE-free zones in Switzerland – The Peoples‘ Initiative
invited speaker:
- Basler Appell gegen Gentechnologie, Switzerland
(Basel Appeal against Genetic Engineering; confirmed: Pascale Steck)
25 min presentation, 15 min discussion
17:25 GE-free zones – World-wide activities
invited speaker:
- GENET
(Hartmut Meyer)
20 min presentation
17:45 closure
Venue:
Hotel Springer-Schlößl
Tivoligasse 73
Vienna, Austria
Organisation & Registration:
GENET
Email:
Web: www.genet-info.org
Support:
The conference is supported by the Foundation pour une Terre Humaine (Switzerland)