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The second International Biosafety Conference in conjunction with the 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP-6) will be held on Sept 28-29 in Hyderabad, India, right before MOP-6, which is scheduled for Oct 1-5, 2012. The conference titled "Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety GMO Risk Assessment, Independent Biosafety Research and Holistic Analysis" is organized by the European Network of Scientists European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER), Tara Foundation and Third World Network (TWN). The topics include: Developments in GMO risk assessment, including discussion of the international standards on risk assessment in the context of the Cartagena Protocol’s “Roadmap for Risk Assessment and Management”; Socioeconomic considerations in GMO decision making; Latest scientific findings generated from independent biosafety research.