Programme

The globalisation of agricultural biotechnology: Multi-disciplinary views from the South

11 – 13 March 2005

Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation

at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

1.00 – 2.00pm Lunch

2.00 – 3.45pm Registration

3.45 – 4.00pm Welcome: Jan Aart Scholte (University of Warwick)

4.00 – 5.00pm	Chair: Dwijen Rangnekar (University of Warwick)
	Carl-Gustaf Thornström (Swedish Biodiversity Centre) Public research in the context of proprietary science – the case of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

	John Komen (Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI) (with Joel I. Cohen and Patricia Zambrano) Public GM innovations, safety regulation, and ….. results?
5.00 – 5.30pm	Coffee Break
5.30 – 6.30pm	Discussant: Muriel Lightbourne (Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute)

9.00 – 10.00am	Chair: Carl-Gustaf Thornström (Swedish Biodiversity Centre)
	Esha Shah (Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, ISEC, Bangalore) “Bill Gates” and “Robin Hood” join hands: Development and diffusion of Bt cotton technology in Gujarat
	Judi Wakhungu & David Wafula (African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF Complex)) The policy and institutional challenges of introducing Bt. cotton in Kenya: Lessons from select countries
10.00 – 10.30am	Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.30am	Discussant: Shiv Visvanathan (Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, UK)
12.00 – 1.30pm	Lunch

1.30 – 2.30pm	Chair: Kathleen McAfee (Department of Geography, University of California, Berkley)
	Michael Blakeney (Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute) Global conservation of agricultural germplasm
	Priscilla Settee (Indigenous Peoples Program Extension Division) Indigenous knowledge systems, global food systems and community sovereignty
2.30 – 3.00pm	Coffee Break
3.00 – 4.00pm	Discussant: Philippe Cullet (SOAS)

Session 4

4.30 – 5.15pm

Chair: Wyn Grant (University of Warwick)

Hannington Odame (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)

5.15 – 6.00pm

Discussant: Joanna Chattaway (Open University)

Session 5

9.00 – 10.00am	Chair: Elizabeth Dowler (University of Warwick)
	Prakash Shetty (Nutrition Division, United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization) Can biotechnology contribute to improve the quality of foods for developing countries?
	Kathleen McAfee (Department of Geography, University of California, Berkley) Geographies of risk and difference in crop genetic engineering (Paper recently republished in Geographical Review 94(1))
10.00 – 10.30am	Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.30am	Discussant: Tom Macmillan (Food Ethics Council)
11.30 – 12.00pm	Discussion of publication project & close of workshop
12.00-1.30pm	Lunch