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Opening remarks
Walter Fust
Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [Site]
Speech
Opening remarks
Heinz Imhof,
Chairman, Syngenta Foundation Board; Chairman, Board of Directors of Syngenta [Site]
Speech
International Treaty and its Benefit Sharing Provision
Alwin Kopše
Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture [Site] [Bio]
Presentation
Sharing under The Convention on Biological Diversity
François Pythoud
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape [Site] [Bio]
Presentation
Balancing Interests
Geoff Tansey
Consultant, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland [Site] [Bio]
Speech
Perspectives
NGO Viewpoint
Bernhard Herold
Declaration of Bern, Switzerland [Site] [Bio]
Speech
Perspectives
The Private Sector
Eric J. Mathur
VP Scientific Affairs & Molecular Diversity, Diversa Corporation, USA [Site]
Presentation
The Global Crop Diversity Trust: Purpose, Priorities and Governance
Geoffrey Hawtin
Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Italy [Bio]
Presentation
Diversity and protectionism
Use of International Seed Banks: Trends and Interpretations
Cary Fowler
Agricultural University of Norway; Senior Advisor to IPGRI Director General [Site] [Bio]
Workshop Lecture
Case study No. 1
Experiences from Pharma Harnessing Cacti for Medicine
Petro Terblanche
Lead negotiator for CSIR in benefit sharing agreement with San Community, South Africa [Site] [Bio]
Presentation
Summation
Andrew Bennett
Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland [Site] [Bio]
Reflections