| 08:30 |
Coffee/Rolls |
| 09:15 |
Welcome
Opening remarks
Walter Fust
Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [Site]
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Heinz Imhof, Chairman, Syngenta Foundation Board; Chairman, Board of Directors of Syngenta [Site] |
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Setting the Stage: Benefit Sharing in the Age of Globalisation
Moderator: Therese St. Peter
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture [Site] |
| 09:30 |
International Treaty and its Benefit Sharing Provision
Alwin Kopše
Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture [Site] [Bio] |
| 09:50 |
Sharing under The Convention on Biological Diversity
François Pythoud Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape [Site] [Bio] |
| 10:10 |
Balancing Interests
Geoff Tansey Consultant, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland [Site] [Bio] |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:50 |
Perspectives
NGO Viewpoint
Bernhard Herold Declaration of Bern, Switzerland [Site] [Bio] |
| 11:10 |
Perspectives The Private Sector
Eric J. Mathur VP Scientific Affairs & Molecular Diversity, Diversa Corporation, USA [Site] |
| 11:30 |
Panel, with Open Microphone
Morning presenters |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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Practical Profiles: Benefit Sharing in the Age of the Entrepreneur
Moderator: Susan Bragdon Senior Scientist, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute [Site] |
| 13:15 |
The Global Crop Diversity Trust: Purpose, Priorities and Governance
Geoffrey Hawtin Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Italy [Bio] |
| 13:35 |
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] |
| 13:55 |
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] |
| 14:15 |
Break |
| 14:35 |
Case study No. 2 In Situ Conservation of Andean Roots and Tubers
Pamela K. Anderson Deputy Director General for Research, International Potato Center, Peru [Site] [Bio] |
| 14:55 |
Case study No. 3 Opportunities for Indigenous Inventors in India
Anil K. Gupta Indian Institute of Management [Site] [Bio] |
| 15:15 |
Panel, with Open Microphone
Afternoon presenters |
| 16:15 |
Summation
Andrew Bennett Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland [Site] [Bio] |