European Parliamentary Briefing - 20th October 2004

 
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Programme

Keep Europe GM-Free!

Science for a GM Free Sustainable Europe

Conference hosted by Jill Evans MEP

Date: 20 October, 2004
Time: 13.30h to 16.30h
Location: European Parliament, Brussels (Room Number A1G2)

  13.30 Jill Evans MEP and Dr. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein
Welcome and Introduction
Text - Dr. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein
    13.40 Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
Director, Institute of Science in Society, UK
Life after Genetic Engineering Nightmare
Text and Powerpoint Presentation and Text (French Version)
    13.55 Sue Edwards
Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Ethiopia
Greening Ethiopia

Text and Powerpoint Presentation
    14.10 Prof. Peter Saunders
Professor of Applied Mathematics, King's College, London, UK
Feeding the World under Climate Change
Text
    14.25 Michael Meacher, MP
Member of Parliament, UK
Science for a Sustainable Europe
Text
   

14.40 Tea Break


    15.00 Prof. Bob Orskov
International Feed Resources Unit, Aberdeen, Scotland
Potential for Agroforestry for Europe based on Asian experiences
Text and Powerpoint Presentation
   

15.15 Dr. Beatrix Tappeser
Head of Division, GMO-Regulation, Biosafety , Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
GM-Free Zones
Powerpoint Presentation

    15.30 José Bové
Confédération Paysanne and European Farmers Coordination
GM-Free Europe! 


15.45 General Discussion

 

16.30 Close

Organised by the Institute for Science in Society, the Independent Science Panel, GM Free Cymru and Third World Network

 
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