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Conference Opening
Friday, 24th April 2009 (9:30 – 11:30)
Maya Graf
National Council (Large Chamber of the Swiss Parliament)Moderation
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi
Speaker of the National Council 2008/2009Opening
Speech (pdf, 28 KB, German)
Speeches
Niki Berlakovich
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
Simonetta Sommaruga
Council of States (Small Chamber of the Swiss Parliament)Speech (pdf, 25 KB, German)
Roseanna Cunningham
Scottish Minister for Environment
Renate Künast
Chairperson of the parliamentary group Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, GermanySpeech (pdf, 37,4 KB, German)
Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf
Member of the European ParliamentSpeech (pdf, 24,7 KB, German)
Hansjörg Walter
Swiss National Council and President of the Swiss Farmers’ UnionPresentation (pdf, 282 KB, German)
Speech (pdf, 26 KB, German)
Session 1
Food and democracy – Europeans reject genetic engineering in agriculture
Friday, 24th April 2009 (12:45 – 14:40)
Steve Emmott
Moderation
Europe and the Rest of the World
Helen Holder
Friends of the Earth EuropePresentation: Who benefits from the GM crops? (pdf, 641 KB, English)
Full report from Friends of the Earth
Ana de Ita
Centro de Estudios para el Cambio en el Campo Mexicano (CECCAM)Speech: Mexico needs international pressure to remain GMO-free (pdf, 35 KB, English)
GMO-free products: The situation on the European food and feed markets
Jochen Koester
TraceConsult: GMO-free productsPresentation: The situation on the European food and feed markets (pdf, 580 KB, English)
Wolfgang Heck
Life-FoodPresentation: Gentechfreie Produkte: Die Lage auf dem europäischen Lebensmittel- und Lebensmittel Futtermittelmarkt (pdf, 747 KB, German)
Regulation in the EU and current state of risks (problem cases)
Safeguard Clause
Hidden uncertainties
EU: Risk-Management (German)
GM Watch: Genetically Modified (GM) foods – Renewed threat to Europe
Marco Contiero
Greenpeace BruxellesPresentation: Regulation in EU and current state of risks (pdf, 1,7MB, English)
Speech: Regulation in EU and current state of risks (pdf, 12 KB, English)
Daniel Ammann
Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe Gentechnologie SAGPresentation: Gesundheitsrisiken von Gentech-Food (pdf, 1,6 MB, German)
Speech: Gesundheitsrisiken von Gentech-Food (pdf, 26,4 KB, English/German)
Session 2
Where does the European GMO-free movement stand?
Friday, 24th April 2009 (15:00 – 16:45)
Presentation of the overall European situation
Benny Haerlin
Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft/Save Our Seeds, GermanyPresentation of the overall European Situation (pdf, 1,8 MB, English)
List of GMO-free-Regions in 2009
Maps of GMO-free-Regions
Presentation of selected countries and regions
Michael O’Callaghan
GMO-free Ireland, IrelandPresentation: Ireland as GMO-free Biosafety reserve for Europe (pdf, 2,1 MB, English)
Luca Colombo
Fondazione Diritti Genetici (Genetic Rights Foundation), ItalyPresentation: The Italian Situation (pdf, 568 KB, English)
Wolfgang Pirklhuber
Agrarspeaker for the Greens, AustriaPresentation: Austria, a country without GMO (pdf, 2,5 MB, German)
Herbert Karch
Swiss Working Group for Genetic Engineering (SAG), SwitzerlandPresentation: GMO-free Switzerland (pdf, English)
Swiss Moratorium
Akiko Frid
Greenpeace / Hej Da GMO!, SwedenPresentation: Towards GMO-free Sweden: The key is cooperation (pdf, 252 KB, English)
Margarida Silva
Portuguese GMO-Free Coalition, PortugalPresentation: Portugal & GMO (pdf, 1,6 MB, English)
Paweł Połanecki
Coalition GMO-Free, PolandPresentation: Quest for GMO-free Poland (pdf, 245 KB, English)
Natasa Djereg
Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development-CEKOR, SerbiaPresentation: On the road to GMO-free Serbia (pdf, 439 KB, English)
Hiroko Akahori
Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative and Hiromi Kawahara, Green Coop Consumers Co-operative, JapanPresentation: GM-Free Campaign in Japan (pdf, 962 KB, English)
Jean-Luc Servais
Region of Wallonia, BelgiumPresentation: Respect of Life & Free Choice for Everybody, GMO-Free Wallonia (pdf, 1,4 MB, English)
Introduction «GMO-FREE-Marketplace»
Saturday, 25th April 2009
Marketplace (9:00 – 17:00)
Workshops (9:00 – 15:00)
Session 3 (15:30 – 17:00)
Conclusions of the conference: Foreward strategies
IAASTD Executive summary
Agriculture at a Crossroads
UNEP-UNCTAD: Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa
Percy Schmeiser
Canadian farmer2007: Alternative Nobel prize
Farmers fate, when GMO’s invade – how to fight for a GMO free world?
Florianne Koechlin
Blauen-Institut, SchweizPresentation: Rediscovering Plants: Do plants have a soul? (pdf, 798 KB)
Speech (pdf, 32 KB, English/German)
Rediscovering Plants. Rheinauer Thesis on the Rights of Plants
The Dignity of an Oakleaf
The Dignity of Plants
Hans Herren
President Millennium Institute, USA; President of the Swiss foundation BioVisionPresentation: World agicultural report: Multifunctionality as the best future strategy (pdf, 1,7 MB, English)
