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Appendix B Workshop Agenda GLOBAL CHALLENGES FOR GUIDING AND MANAGING BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AGENDA October , 004 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee SESSION I: Opportunities to Improve Agricultural Production: Coping with Challenges of Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 9:00 Lead Speaker: Bongiwe Njobe, Department of Agriculture, South Africa 9:30 Panel Discussion John Lynam, Rockefeller Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Phelix A. O. Majiwa, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign, New Dehli, India 10:15 Break 

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 APPENDIX B 10:45 Moderated General Dialogue Moderator: Don Doering, Winrock International 12:00 Lunch SESSION II: Opportunities to Improve Food Security and Human Nutrition: Coping with Challenges of Human Health 1:30 Lead Speaker: Ganesh Kishore, Dupont Agriculture and Nutrition, St. Louis, Missouri 2:00 Panel Discussion Rebecca Nelson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Benjavan Rerkasem, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Mariam Sticklen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 2:45 Break 3:15 Moderated General Dialogue Moderator: Gregory Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest 4:30 Wrap up and Overview of Day 2 of the Workshop Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee 5:00 Adjourn 5:00–7:00 Reception and Social Hour October , 004 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee SESSION III: Opportunities to Preserve and Protect Biodiversity and Enhance Conservation of Natural Resources: Coping with Natural Resource Use and Effects 8:45 Lead Speaker: Luiz J.C.B. Carvalho, CENARGEN- - EMBRAPA, Brazil

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 APPENDIX B 9:15 Panel Discussion Kym Anderson, The World Bank, Washington, DC David Andow, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Richard Meagher, University of Georgia, Athens Harald Schmidt, The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, , London, England 10:00 Break 10:30 Moderated General Dialogue Moderator: Daniel Karanja, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa 11:45 Lunch SESSION IV: Innovation Systems: Coping with the Needs of the Developing World 1:00 Lead Speaker: Brian Wright, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Panel Discussion Carl Pray, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Piet van der Meer, HORIZONS sprl, Belgium 2:15 Moderated General Dialogue Moderator: June Blalock, USDA, Agricultural Research Service 3:30 Break 4:00 Synthesis of Workshop Discussions: Key Findings Synthesizer: Anne Courtney Radcliff, The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 5:00 Closing Remarks Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee 5:30 Adjourn

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