Programme

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Thursday 16. September, 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
	Questions and comments from the audience
	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
	Questions and comments from the audience

11:40 – 13:00	Presentations from Regions
	Martin Häusling, MEP (Session Moderator)	DE
	Evelyne Huytebroeck, Environment Minister of the Region of Brussels	BE
	Phillipe Martin, president of the General Council of Gers	FR
	Christoph Fischer, “Zivilcourage”, farmers and citizens movement, Bavaria	DE
	Ralitsa Katsova, GMO free Bulgaria coalition	BG
	Florianne Koechlin, Swiss Working Group on Genetic Engineering	CH
	Zaneta Mikosa, Parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Environment, Latvia	LV
	Marek Kryda, Polish Organic Farmers Assotiation and GMO free alliance	PL
	Akiko Frid, Greenpeace Sweden	SE
	Ramona Duminicioiu, InfOGM and Gabriel Paun, Agentgreen	RO

15:00 – 16:30	Presentations from different stakeholders and institutions
	Kartika Tamara Liotard, MEP (Session moderator)	NL
	Pierre-Alexandre Teulié, Carrefour Group	FR
	Rolf Ferber, EDEKA Nord	DE
	Guido Frölich, Tegut Supermarket	DE
	Jochen Koester, TraceConsult, AgroTrace S.A	CH
	Questions and comments from the audience
	Heike Schiebeck, Via Campesina, European Seed Network	AT
	Christian Vélot (ENSSER)	FR
	Prof. Andrés Carrasco, University of Buenos Aires	AR

16:40 – 18:15	Debate: CAP reform between GM bioeconomy and regional food sovereignty
	Benedikt Härlin, Foundation on Future Farming (Session Moderator)	DE
	Stefano Masini, Coldiretti	IT
	Sir Peter Melchett, Policy Director, Soil Association	UK
	Janusz Wojciechowski, European Parliament, Agricultural Committee (Vice Chairman)	PL
	Liliane Spendeler, Director, Friends of the Earth Spain	ES
	Andoni García Arriola, Executive Director of COAG, Spanish farmers organization	ES
	Hans Herren, IAASTD	CH/US
	Loretta Dormal-Marino, EU Commission, DG Agriculture, Deputy Director General	IT
	Final slogans of panel members

19:30 – 21:45	City Hall, Grande Place, Reception by the City of Brussels
	With Bertin Mampaka, deputy major of the City of Brussels and Vandana Shiva

Friday 17. September, Ghent

09:00 – 10:00	Plenary introduction: The global perspective with Vandana Shiva, Hans Herren and others
10:15 – 13:00	“Big round” introduction of participants
13:00 – 15:00	Lunch
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

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 – 21:00	Dinner
21:00	Drinks & Farewell