Conference

Date: 14th November
Venue: Hotel Springer-Schlößl

9:00 Opening

  • GENET, Hartmut Meyer

9:15 GE-free zones in the EU – NGO activities and experiences

invited speakers:

  • BUND – Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland, Germany
    (Friends of the Earth Germany; confirmed: Heike Moldenhauer)
  • Comuni Antitransgenici, Italy
    (Communities against GMOs; confirmed: Renato F. Bologna)
  • Friends of the Earth UK, UK
    (confirmed: Adrian Bebb)
  • Inf’OGM – Veille citoyenne sur les OGM, France
    (Info GMO – Citizens’ Watch on GMOs; confirmed: Béatrice Brassart)
  • VELT – Vereniging voor Ecologische Leef- en Teeltwijze, Belgium
    (Association for Organic Living and Farming; confirmed: Louis Debruyn)

15 min presentation each, 30 min final discussion

11:00 Break

11:30 GE-free zones in Austria – Different approaches

invited speakers:

  • Project Bio Alpe Adria, Austria
    (confirmed: Stefan Merkac, Bio Ernte Austria)
  • Greenpeace Austria: Examples from Lower and Upper Austria
    (confirmed: Thomas Fertl)

20 min presentation each, 30 min final discussion

12:45 Lunch

14:15 GE-free seeds – The key issue

invited speaker:

  • Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft, Germany
    (Future Foundation Agriculture; confirmed: Benny Härlin)

25 min presentation, 15 min discussion

14:55 Bt maize and Butterflies – Risk assessment research with Hungarian and European species

invited speaker:

  • Béla Darvas, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

25 min presentation, 15 min discussion

15:35 Legislation of the EU and its Member States – GE-free zones, GE-free seeds, co-existence

invited speaker:

  • Friends of the Earth Europe
    (confirmed: Geert Ritsema)

25 min presentation, 15 min discussion

16:15 Break

16:45 GE-free zones in Switzerland – The Peoples‘ Initiative

invited speaker:

  • Basler Appell gegen Gentechnologie, Switzerland
    (Basel Appeal against Genetic Engineering; confirmed: Pascale Steck)

25 min presentation, 15 min discussion

17:25 GE-free zones – World-wide activities

invited speaker:

  • GENET
    (Hartmut Meyer)

20 min presentation

17:45 closure

Venue:
Hotel Springer-Schlößl
Tivoligasse 73
Vienna, Austria

Organisation & Registration:
GENET
Email:
Web: www.genet-info.org

Support:
The conference is supported by the Foundation pour une Terre Humaine (Switzerland)