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WELCOME
Martin Häusling, MEP
Interview with Martin Häusling, Member of the European Parliament
Thomas Waitz, MEP
Benny Haerlin, Save Our Seeds
Silke Malorny, State of Hesse (GMO Free Regions network)
Stefan Kaineder, State of Upper Austria
1. SCIENCE
What is the state of the scientific debate about risk assessment, management and traceability of older and newer genetic engineering technologies? What is the context of sustainable technologies for the food and agricultural transformation?
Eva Gelinsky, member of the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology ECNH
Presentation: Climate change, agriculture and the role of biotechnology
Christoph Then, Testbiotech
Presentation: New genomic techniques (NGTs) – agriculture, food production and crucial regulatory issues
Margret Engelhard, German Federal Agency for Nature Protection
Presentation: A nature conservation and risk assessment perspective
2. ECONOMY
What is the present and what might be the future situation and economic impact of GMO production and regulation on conventional and organic non-GM production, processing, trade, retail and consumption?
Tia Loftsgard, Canadian Organic Trade Association
Heike Moldenhauer, ENGA, European Non GMO Industry Association
Jan Plagge, president of IFOAM EU and Bioland Germany
Interview with Jan Plagge from IFOAM Organics Europe and BIOLAND
Fabrizio Fabbri, European Community of Consumer Co-operatives
Presentation: Consumers’ Cooperative view on NGTs
Interview with Fabrizio Fabbri from Eurocoop
Jörg Rohwedder, Foodwatch International
Presentation: Freedom of Choice Only with Transparency
3. POLITICS
What are the political options regarding the EU Commissions proposal to overhaul the present GMO legislation? How to ensure transparency, precaution and socio-ecological transformation?
Claire Bury, EU Commission, Deputy Director General DG Sante
Sarah Wiener, MEP
Interview with Sarah Wiener, Member of the European Parliament
Michele Rivasi, MEP
Mute Schimpf, Friends of the Earth Europe
Maria Arena, MEP
Aina Bartmann, Nordic GMO Network
Pascal Durand, MEP
Pat Thomas, Beyond GM UK
Presentation: Consequences of deregulation
Interview with Pat Thomas from BEYOND GM UK
Benoît Biteau, MEP
Nina Holland, Corporate Europe Observatory
Claire Bury, some responses from the Commission
CONCLUSIONS & NEXT STEPS
Benny Haerlin, Save Our Seeds
