Friday 8 May 2015
at NRW Representation
9:00 - 11:00 Joint workshops
- Trade agreements and GMO-free Europe
- GMO transparency through labelling : mandatory GMO labelling vs voluntary GMO-free labelling
- New GMO techniques, risk assessment and legal definitions
- Opt-out: national implementation, national bans, role of the regions
- The end of the ‘zero tolerance’ policy in the EU? The impact of low level presence of unauthorised GMOs for the food industry and public authorities
- Towards a European protein Strategy – integrating regional, national and EU approaches
10:00 - 11:00 Press conference with organisers
11:30 - 12:20 High Level Plenary Session
- Welcome by moderator Tanja Busse
- Matthias Krön, Donau Soja
- Yoke Ling, Third World Network
- Maura Malaspina, Former President of the EU-network of GMO-free regions
- Johannes Remmel, Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the state North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Presentation of the Berlin Declaration on GMOs and a European Protein Strategy: Rudolf Anschober, Regional Minister of Upper-Austria for Environment
12:20 - 14:10 Round table with speakers & conclusions
- H.-Christoph von Heydebrand, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany
- Jürgen Mäder, CEO of EDEKA Südwest Fleisch GmbH, Germany
- Thomas Brégeon, European Commission, Directorate Health and Food Safety, Biotechnology unit Policy Officer
- Discussion & conclusions
14:10 - 15:00 Buffet lunch and reception