SATURDAY
9:00 – 9:30 Opening speeches
9:30 – 11:00 GMO-free Regions 2006 – an overview
- Presentation of political developments in the regions and EU
- Short interviews with representatives from the regions
- GM-free Regions Overview
- Russia
11:00 – 13:00 Political Panel discussion: GM or non-GM? Rights and opportunities of regional self-determination
- Andrä Rupprechter, Ministry of Agriculture, Austria (EU presidency)
- Josef Stockinger, Agricultural Minister of Upper-Austria
- Fabio Boscaleri, Agricultural Ministry of Tuscany, Italy
- Pawel Polanecki, Deputy Chairman of the Sejim of Mazowie, Poland
- Gabriele Friderich, City Council of Munich, Germany
- Hansjörg Walter, Member of Swiss Parliament, President of Farmers Union, Switzerland
14:30 – 16:30 Parallel workshops and presentations
- A1 – Legal strategies – regional, national, EU
- A2 – GMO planting in 2006
- A3 – GM-free animal feed
- A4 – Protected areas & biodiversity
- A5 – Risk assessments & scientific promotion of co-existence
17:00 – 18:30 Science Panel
- Sue Mayer, Genewatch, UK: Traceability and contamination experiences
- Katja Moch, Öko-Institut e.V., Germany: Epigenetics – beyond the gene dogma
- Broder Breckling, Bremen University: Outcrossing experience and predictions for GMOs, an overview
- Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth Europe: Science and stakeholders
- Angelika Hilbeck, ETH Zürich: Soil impacts
SUNDAY
9:00 – 10:30 Business Panel
- Jochen Koester, IMCOPA, Brazil / Switzerland: GM-free soybean imports and availability
- Josef Jacobi, Upländer Bauernmilch, Germany: GMO-free milk, a dairy experience
- Andreas Swoboda, Tegut supermarkets, Germany: A retailer’s responsibility in the region
- Sonia Scaramagli, Coop italia: Comsumer strategies to defend GM free Regions and small business
11:30 – 12:30 Parallel workshops and presentations
- B1 – Plants for the future – research and visions for tomorrow’s agriculture
- B2 – Outcrossing, contamination and co-existence – state of science and experience
- B3 – Trans-Regional co-operation and organisation
- B4 – Seed protection and GM free seed supply
- B5 – The EU GM approval and co-existence debate and policy
13:30 – 15:00 Plants for the future – different visions of tomorrow’s bio-economy
- Florianne Koechlin, Blauen Institute, Switzerland
- Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein, president, organic producers and processors association BOELW, Germany
- Maria Riccardo Russu, Tuscan Regional Agency for Development and Innovation in Agriculture, Italy
- Christophe Bonneuil, Fondation Sciences Citoyennes, France
15:30 – 17:00 Concluding panel: The challenges ahead
- Renaud Layadi, GMO-free Regional Governments Network
- Estelle Delangle, Assembly of European Regions
- Olivier Keller, Confederation Paysanne, France
- Cinzia Scaffidi, Director of studies and research, Slow Food International, Italy
- Hubert Weiger, Nature Protection Federation Bavaria and Agro-Alliance, Germany
- David Cuming, Consumers International, UK
- Helen Holder, Friends of the Earth Europe
- Janusz Wojciechowski, Vize President of the European Parliaments committee for agriculture, Poland
17:00 Farewell
17:30 – 21:00 Film preview “We feed the world” with discussion and reception
- At Delphi-Filmpalast in co-operation with Boje/Buck production, moderator: Renate Künast