Asian Regional Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, Biotechnology and Biosafety

10 – 11 January 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

Day 1 - 10 January 2012, Rama Gardens Hotel, Bangkok

8.00-8.30

Registration

Secretariat, Grand Hall 2 Meeting
Room

8.30 – 9.00

Welcome and opening

ISAAA, IFPRI/PBS, PRRI,
National co-organizers

9.00 - 9.30

Introduction to the workshop

Piet van der Meer

9.30 - 10.00

Food Security and World Changes and Trends since 1992

Dr. Julian Adams, PBS and University
of Michigan

10.00 - 10.30

The Potential of Biotechnology to
Strengthen Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. Paul S. Teng, NIE/GMAC/ISAAA

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30

RIO+20 and CSD-20
History: Stockholm 1972, Rio 1992

Piet van der Meer, PRRI

11.30 - 12.30

Topics:
- Green economy in the context of
sustainable development and
poverty eradication
- Institutional framework for
sustainable development

General discussion

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 14.30

Cartagena Protocol
Historical overview
- Biodiversity Convention
- Biosafety Protocol

Piet van der Meer, PRRI

14.30 - 15.30

Risk assessment
- relevant provisions of the CPB
- introduction to ongoing work on RA
under the CPB: AHTEG, online
conferences, guidance documents

Dr. Vilasini Pillai, Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation, Malaysia

15.30 - 16.00

Tea break

16.00 - 16.45

Practice of risk assessment – regional collaboration – capacity building
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Prof. Kazuo Watanabe, Univ. of
Tsukuba, Japan

16.45 - 17.30

Overall utility and applicability of the
guidance documents

General discussion

18.30 - 22.00

Welcome Reception and Dinner - Tulip Room

Day 2 - 11 January 2012, Rama Gardens Hotel

09.00 - 09.45

Liability and Redress.
Introduction
- Liability & Redress
- Article 27 of the CPB
Supplementary Protocol,
- Background
- National Implementation
- Complementary instruments


Piet van der Meer, PRRI


Dr. Dominic Muyldermans, CLI

09.45 - 10.30

Q&A – Discussion

 

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.45

Socio-economic considerations
Introduction
- article 26 of the CPB
Assessment of socio-economic
impacts


Piet van der Meer, PRRI

Dr. José Falck Zepeda, IFPRI

11.45 – 12.30

Q&A – Discussion

 

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.45

Review of the functioning of the
CPB


Capacity building

Piet van der Meer, PRRI


Dr. Julian Adams, PBS and University of
Michigan

14.45 - 15.30

General Q&A – Discussion

 

15.30 – 16.00

Tea break

16.00 – 16.30

General Q&A – Discussion

 

16.30 – 17.00

Next steps – closure

 

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