agenda

7^th APEC Workshop on Technical Cooperation and Information Exchange on Biosafety in Agricultural Biotechnology

Friendship Hotel, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China

1 - 9 December 2003

Final Draft Agenda

Monday, 1 December 2003: Reception

19:00-20:30 A Reception to be hosted by the Department of Science, Technology and Education, MOA, PRC

SESSION A: 2-5 December 2003

Tuesday, 2 December 2003

AM: Opening and Keynote Speech

0830 0930 Registration

0930 1010 Opening Ceremony

* Opening Address by the Host (Zhang Feng-Tong, Director General, 　　　　 Department of Science, Technology and Education, MOA, PRC)

* Welcome Address by Korea, ATCWG Lead Shepherd (Dr. Dae-Keon Oh, Korea)

* Welcome Address by Canada, RDEAB Shepherd (Bart Bilmer, Director, Office of Biotechnology, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada)

1010 1020 Group Photo

1020 1050 Coffee Break

AM: Future of Agricultural Biotechnology (Chair: Dr. Yufa PENG, PRC)

1050 1115 The Evolution of Molecular Farming (TBC)

1115 1140 A New Generation of Biotech Crops (Dr. Ray Dobert, Monsanto)

1145 1200 Panel Session

1215 1330 Lunch

1330 1400 Biotechnology Research in the People’s Republic of China (Prof. 　Dafang HUANG, PRC)

1430 1440 Updates on International Agreements on Agricultural Biotechnology 　Products (Jacek Plazinski, Australia)

1440 1500 Progress in Biotechnology Since Their 1999 Report (TBC, Pacific Basin Economic Council)

1530 1545 Summary from the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue (Melissa Clarkson, 　USDA, USA)

1545 1615 Ethics and Agricultural Biotechnology (Marc Saner, Institute on 　Governance, Canada)

AM: Environmental Safety: Science-Based Assessment of Agricultural Biotechnology Products (Chair: Subhash Gupta, United States)

0900 1000 Summary of Centres of Origin Conference (V. Villalobos, SAGARPA, 　Mexico)

1000 1030 Environmental Research: What More Is Needed to Support Safety 　Assessment? (USDA representative)

1100 1120 UNIDO Decision Tree on Environmental Safety Assessment (George 　Tzotzos, UNIDO)

1130 1145 Environmental Impact of Transgenic Cotton (Prof. Kongming WU, 　
　PRC)

PM: Food and Feed Safety: Science-Based Assessment of Agricultural Biotechnology Products (Chair: Dr. Dong Hern Kim, Korean National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology)

1400 1420 Updates of Codex Alimentarius Activities re: Labelling (B. Bilmer, 　　Canada)

1420 1450 Project on Long-Term Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology Products 　on Human Health (Greg Sherman, Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 　Health Canada, Canada)

1450 1510 The Challenge of Coexistence (Sharon Adamson, New Zealand Ministry of 　Agriculture and Forestry)

1540 1100 Update on Food Safety Regulations Development (Ministry of Health, 　Chinese Taipei)

1640 1730 Roundtable Discussion among APEC Member Economies (for APEC Member 　Delegations only)

AM: Technical Cooperation and Information Exchange (Chair: Jacek Plazinski, Australia)

0830 1030 Regulations, Field Trials and Commercial Applications: Member Economy Experience and New Legislation

1100 1145: Regulations, Field Trials and Commercial Applications: Member Economy Experience and New Legislation (cont’d)

1145 1215 Roundtable Discussion Among APEC Member Economies (for APEC member delegations only)

PM : Technical Cooperation and Information Exchange (Chair: Dr. Dong Hern Kim, Korean National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology)

1400 14:30 Intellectual Property Right of Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues 　　and Constraints

1430 1500 Cartgena Protocol: Overview, Biosafety Clearing House (Kirsty McLean, 　Biodiversity Secretariat, Montreal)

1545-1700 Public Communications: Consumers Perspective and Member Economy 　　　　　　Experience

　　　　* Canada’s Notice of Submission Project (Deborah Lorenzin, Canadian Food 　　　　Inspection Agency, Canada)

1700 1730 Roundtable Discussion among APEC Member Economies (for APEC member 　delegations only)

0900 1030 An Overview of Member Economy Biotechnology Committees and Infrastructure in Member Economies (Chair: M. Kobayashi, Japan MAFF)

Implementation Plan of RDEAB and Outlook to the Future (Chairs: Y. Peng, PRC and B. Bilmer, Canada)

1115 1215 Review of RDEAB Past Achievements and Current Status of the Implementation Plan & Review of RDEAB Past Achievements and Current Status of the Implementation Plan (Bart Bilmer, Shepherd, RDEAB)

Roundtable Discussion among APEC Member Economies (for APEC member delegations only)

1400 1430 Roundtable Discussion among APEC Member Economies (for APEC member 　　　　　　　delegations only)

SESSION B: Sunday 7 December (p.m.) – Tuesday 9 December 2003, APEC Biosafety

Day One will consist of an overview of Canadian and international regulatory and safety assessment requirements followed by a joint environment and feed session on genetic characterization of the case study (Bt corn MON 810).

After concluding this joint part of the Workshop, sessions discussing the environmental safety assessment of Bt corn will run concurrently with sessions on the feed safety assessment.

The closing sessions on Day Three will conclude the previous day’s proceedings, followed by joint plenary session on future challenges for the safety assessment of biotechnology derived products.