The text and powerpoints from some of these talks are available here.
A set of 2 DVD'S of the talk will soon be available
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Day 1
Date: 14th - 15th July 2005
Time: 13.30h to 16.30h
Location: Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster , London
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Session 1 : The Big Picture
We have the knowledge to make the world sustainable under global warming.
Do we have the will and the policies to put it into action?
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Chair : Peter Ainsworth
Member of Parliament, UK
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16.20 : Mae-Wan Ho
Director, Institute of Science in Society, UK
Welcome and Introduction by Director of Global Initiative and Session Chair
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16.30 : Alan Simpson
Member of Parliament, UK
Food and Energy Security: Local Systems, Global Solidarity
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17.00 : Sue Edwards
Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Ethiopia
Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food sovereignity and Food Security
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17.30 : Mae-Wan Ho
Director, Institute of Science in Society, UK
Sustainable Food Systems for Sustainable Development
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18.00 : Michael Meacher, MP
Member of Parliament, UK
Policies for Sustainable Food Systems, National and Global
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Day 2
Date: 15th July 2005
Time: 8.30h to 17.00h
Location:,Small Meeting House, Friend's House, 173 Euston Road, London.
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Session 2 : Knoledge Based Actions
Many different disciplines are offering new solutions to food security and mitigating global warming. |
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Chair : Peter Saunders
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19.05 : Peter Bunyard
Science editor and a Founding editor of The Ecologist magazine
Saving the Amazon Forest for Sustainable uses
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19.05 : Erkki Lahde
Emeritus Professor of Silviculture, Finnish Forest Institute
Multiple uses of Forests: Experience in Finland |
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10.05 : Sue Edwards
Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Ethiopia
Food and Energy Security: Local Systems, Global Solidarity
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10.35 : Coffee Break |
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11.00 : Caroline Lucas
Member of European Parliament - Green Party
How the European Union can pave the way to a Sustainable World
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11.30 : D.Hywel Davies
Doctor of Medicine representing the Weton A. Price Foundation
Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, and Coronary Diseases of the Young
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12.30 : David Woodward
Member of Parliament, UK
Policies for Sustainable Food Systems, National and Global
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12.30: Lunch
Session 3 : Knowledge Based Actions 2 |
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14.00 : Pietro Perrino
Research Manager of National Research Council Plant Genetic Institute of Bari, Italy
Gene Bank of Bari Italy at Risk
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14.00 : Joe Cummins
Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Western Ontario
Terminator Corporations' Suicide Seeds
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14.20 : Ingrid Hartman
Soil Scientist and resource management researcher, Humbolt University, Germany
Soil, Climate, Productivity and Environmental Justice
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14.50 : Lilian Joensen
Molecular Biologist, researching on Chagas' disease
"Sustainable Agriculture": the Latin American Experience
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15.10 : Julia Wright
Feeding the World with Organic Agriculture: So Whats Stopping Us? The Experience of Cuba
Soil, Climate, Productivity and Environmental Justice
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15.30 : Tea Break
Session 4 : Knowledge-based actions 3 & General Discussion |
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15.50 : Hannu Hyvonen
Freelance Journalist, Broadcaster
Recovering Local Varieties for Agricultural Biodiversity in Northern Finland |
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16.10 : Lim Li Ching (on behalf of Elenita Neth Dano)
Reseacher on Biosafety, Biodiversity and sustainable agriculture with Third World Network (TWN)
Third World Farmers Conserving Local Biodiversity in Biodynamic Farming
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This Conference was Sponsored by:
Organised by the Institute for Science in Society, the Independent Science Panel, GM Free Cymru and Third World Network
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