SATURDAY |
list of participants |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |