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Monday, 19 November 2007
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Registration & poster hanging |
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
Registration, coffee & poster hanging |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Opening of the GMCC-07
- Welcome of participants
Per Sørup, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Opening speech on "The EU vision of coexistence between GM and non-GM crops"
Nikiforos Sivenas, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
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| 10:30 - 12:30 |
Plenary session on "Challenges for coexistence"
Chair: Per Sørup
- Challenges for agricultural markets: coexistence, segmentation of grain markets, costs and opportunities, Max Foster, ABARE
- Legal issues: liability and compensation schemes for economic losses caused by the adventitious presence of GM crops in non-GM crops, Bernhard A. Koch, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Current developments: the research pipeline for GM crops, Hans Kast, European Association for Bioindustries & BASF Plant Science
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Parallel session I
- Gene flow in maize, oilseed rape and sugar beet
Chair: Joachim Schiemann, Rapporteur: Jeremy Sweet
- Economics and organisation of coexistence
Chair: Manuel Gómez-Barbero, Rapporteur: Marie Cerovska
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Parallel session II
- Gene flow in other crops
Chair: Frédérique Angevin, Rapporteur: Jeremy Sweet
- Decision-support for specifically designed coexistence measures at the landscape level I
Chair: Keith Alcock, Rapporteur: Antoine Messéan
- Economics of segregation in the supply chain
Chair: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Rapporteur: Norma Pensel |
| 17:30 - 19:00 |
Poster session |
| 19:00 |
Departure for the conference dinner (return around 23:00) |
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Plenary session on "Coexistence in maize production and the maize supply chain"
Chair: Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo
- Coexistence measures for maize cultivation: lessons from gene flow and modelling studies, Antoine Messéan, INRA
- Maize supply chains: organisational changes and economic impact of coexistence, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, University of Missouri
- Specific measures for maize cultivation: coexistence regimes established in EU member states, Andreas Gumbert, EC-DG AGRI |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Parallel session III
- Traceability and control challenges
Chair: Guy Van Den Eede, Rapporteurs: Yves Bertheau and Philippe Corbisier
- Decision-support for specifically designed coexistence measures at the landscape level II
Chair: Søren A. Mikkelsen, Rapporteur: René Van Acker
- Regulatory approaches towards coexistence and societal drivers
Chair: Andreas Gumbert, Rapporteur: Sybilla Fries
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary session with a round table on "Good agricultural practices for coexistence: learning from each other's initiatives"
Chair: Leo Maier and Stephen Langrell
- Nine years of Consumer-driven co-existence for GM maize in Spain, Jaime Costa, Monsanto Agricultura España
- US concepts and approaches to co-existence: current schemes and practices, Randal Giroux, Cargill
- Practices and schemes for maize co-existence: experience from Argentina, Norma Pensel, ITA-INTA
- The challenges ahead for GM canola in Australia, Keith Alcock, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Reports on parallel sessions and outlook
Chair: Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Concluding remarks from the organisers and next edition of the GMCC |
| 17:30 |
End of conference |
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