Wednesday September 8th 2010
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Activities:
A Sustainable Danish Transport System The Danish Board of Technology’s collection of topics for the year 2010 A Clear Message from World Citizens to COP15 Politicians 4 citizens' meetings debating the future of the healthcaresystem Demand Driven Technoloical Innovation Environmentally friendly building in practice - what are we waiting for? STOA workshop on Food Issues and Human Health Project Description: World Wide Views On Global Warming World Wide Views on Global Warming Privacy and Security Technology (PRISE) EPTA - Genetically modified plants and food STOA project - The future of European long distance transport The Policy Challenges of Electronic Privacy Tomorrow’s Fuels for the Transport Sector: A Danish Perspective How are we going to use the increased knowledge on the human brain? |
Hearing on coexistence - program
Program The Danish Board of Technology arranges the hearing on request from the parliamentary the Subcommittee on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. The purpose of the hearing is to give an overview of the Danish and international experiences with coexistence. 9.00 - 9.10: Welcome By the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Christian H. Hansen. 9.10 - 10.30: Risk of dispersal from GM crops With introduction of GM crops on Danish fields there will be a risk of dispersal to other fields, including ecological fields. This theme-block shall focus on which knowledge there is about genetic dispersal from one plant to another, and which experiences there is on dispersal I relation to cultivation of GM crops. Speakers: Jeremy Sweet: Environmental Consultant, NIAB, Cambridge, UK Søren A. Mikkelsen: Danish Institute of Agricultural Science Klaus Ammann: Director Botanical Garden, University of Bern 10.30 - 10.45: Coffeebreak 10.45 - 12.00: Handling of dispersal To prevent or reduce the dispersal from fields with GM crops to fields with non-GM crops a number of measures can be used. This theme-block will focus on how dispersal can be reduced and which measures and technical solutions can be used. In addition two examples of different handling from two European countries is described. Speakers: Birte Boelt / Søren A. Mikkelsen: Danish Institute of Agricultural Science Werner Müller: ECO-RISK, Office of Ecological Risk Research, Austria Liliane Spendeler: Friends of the Earth, Spain 12.00 - 13.00: Lunch 13.00 - 14.00: Market consequences Cultivation of GM crops in Danish fields can have a number of both positive and negative market consequences. This theme-block will focus on which market consequences cultivating GM crops in Denmark can have, which potentiality GM crops can have, and how GM crops in Danish fields can influence the price of non-GM crops Speakers: Morten Gylling: Institute of Food Economic Klaus K. Nielsen: DLF-Trifolium Henrik Refsgaard: National Organic League 14.00 - 14.15: Coffeebreak 14.15 - 15.15: Compensation By introducing GM crops in Danish fields there will be a risk of dispersal, and therefore there must be a compensation scheme. In this theme-block will focus on the rules of regulation with and without the new law, and the possibility of private compensation. In addition there is an example from Canada about a lawsuit launched because farmers lost canola as an organic crop after introduction of GM wheat. Speakers: Karsten Hagel-Sørensen: Lawyer Vibeke Henriques: Insurance and Pensions Cathy Holtslander: Organic Agriculture Protection Fund, Canada 15.15 - 16.15: Interested parties In the last theme-block the interested parties will have the possibility of presenting their views on the co-existence law. Speakers: Camilla Udsen: Consumers Board Peter Olesen: Danish Food Industry Henrik Høgh: Danish Agriculture Henrik Refsgaard: National Organic League Dan Belusa: Greenpeace 16.15 - 16.30: Conclusion Last update: 14-05-2004
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