PROGRAMME
Registration 8:30 – 9:00
Welcome
and opening
9:00 - 9:30
- Monica Frassoni, Co-President, Greens/EFA
- Hiltrud Breyer, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Geert Ritsema, GMO Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Europe
- Dónal Walshe,
Secretary General, Euro Coop
Session
1: Co-existence: Ecological, agronomic and consumer aspects
9:30 - 11:30
Chair: Martin Rocholl, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe
- Co-existence:
regulatory approaches
Karin Scheele, MEP, PES
- Co-existence
and the farmed environment: a scientific overview
Brian Johnson, Head of Agricultural Technology Group, English Nature
- Possible scenarios
for co-existence in European agriculture
Jean-Louis Cazaubon, President of the working group on organic agriculture,
COPA/ COGECA (Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Union/ General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the European Union)
- Co-existence:
delivering consumer choice
Lise Christiansen, Consumer relations and environment Policer, Euro Coop
- Co-existence
and the consumers' freedom of choice
Jim Murray, Director, BEUC - The European Consumers' Organisation
Discussion
Session 2: Co-existence: A challenge for the European Union?
11:30 – 13:00
Chair: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Sustainable agriculture,
diversity and co-existence
Jef Tavernier, Minister for Consumer Interests, Health and Environment (Belgium)
- Co-existence and
labelling of genetically modified food and feed
Oliver Drewes, Member of Cabinet, Commissioner Franz FischlerDiscussion
Session
3: Round table: Co-existence - the way forward
15:00 – 16:30
Chair: Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Jill Evans, MEP, Greens/EFA
- NN, MEP
- Geert Ritsema, GMO Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Europe
- Simon Barber, Director, EuropaBio
- Benedikt Härlin,
Head, Foundation for Future Farming/ SOS Save our Seeds