Plenary Sessions
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Conference Opening
Friday, 24th April 2009 (9:30 – 11:30)
 | Moderation: |
 | Welcome: |
 | Opening: |
Speeches: | |
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 | Niki Berlakovich, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria |
 | Simonetta Sommaruga, Council of States (Small Chamber of the Swiss Parliament) |
 | Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish Minister for Environment |
 | Renate Künast, Chairperson of the parliamentary group Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Germany |
 | Karel Bláha, Czech First Deputy Minister of the Environment |
 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Member of the European Parliament |
 | Hansjörg Walter, Swiss National Council and President of the Swiss Farmers’ Union |
 | Carlo Bogliotti, Secretary Slow Food Italia |
Session 1
Food and democracy – Europeans reject genetic engineering in agriculture
Friday, 24th April 2009 (12:45 – 14:40)
 | Moderation: |
Europe and the Rest of the World
 | Helen Holder, Friends of the Earth Europe |
 | Tina Goethe, Swissaid |
 | Ana de Ita, Centro de Estudios para el Cambio en el Campo Mexicano (CECCAM) |
GMO-free products: The situation on the European food and feed markets
 | Jochen Koester, TraceConsult: GMO-free products |
 | Wolfgang Heck, Life-Food |
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 Bruxelles |
 | Daniel Ammann, Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe Gentechnologie SAG |
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, Germany |
Presentation of selected countries and regions
 | Gabriel Paun, Agent Green, Romania Presentation: Romania - GE status (pdf, 1,5 MB, English) |
 | Arnaud Apotheker, Greenpeace, France Presentation: Les OGM en France (pdf, 1,3 MB, French) |
 | Michael O'Callaghan, GMO-free Ireland, Ireland Presentation: Ireland as GMO-free Biosafety reserve for Europe (pdf, 2,1 MB, English) |
 | Luca Colombo, Fondazione Diritti Genetici (Genetic Rights Foundation), Italy Presentation: The Italian Situation (pdf, 568 KB, English) |
 | Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Agrarspeaker for the Greens, Austria Presentation: Austria, a country without GMO (pdf, 2,5 MB, German) |
 | Herbert Karch, Swiss Working Group for Genetic Engineering (SAG), Switzerland Presentation: GMO-free Switzerland (pdf, English) |
 | Akiko Frid,Greenpeace / Hej Da GMO!, Sweden Presentation: Towards GMO-free Sweden: The key is cooperation (pdf, 252 KB, English) |
 | Margarida Silva , Portuguese GMO-Free Coalition, Portugal Presentation: Portugal & GMO (pdf, 1,6 MB, English) |
 | Róbert Fidrich, MTVSZ/FoE Hungary Presentation: GMO-free Hungary (pdf, 732 KB, English) |
 | Paweł Połanecki, Coalition GMO-Free Poland Presentation: Quest for GMO-free Poland (pdf, 245 KB, English) |
 | Natasa Djereg, Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development-CEKOR, Serbia Presentation: 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, Japan Presentation: GM-Free Campaign in Japan (pdf, 962 KB, English) |
 | Jean-Luc Servais, Region of Wallonia (Belgium) Presentation: 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 farmer, 2007: Alternative Nobel prize |
 | Florianne Koechlin, Blauen-Institut, Schweiz |
 | Hans Herren, President Millennium Institute, USA; President of the Swiss foundation BioVision Presentation: World agicultural report: Multifunctionality as the best future strategy (pdf, 1,7 MB, English) |
| Benny Haerlin, Foundation on Future Farming/Save Our Seeds, Germany The EU needs a moratorium - the model of Switzerland |
