BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Feeding Seven Billion - Biotechnology\, Intellectual Property and 
 Twenty First Century Crops - Chair: Professor Christopher Gilligan\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge\; Speakers: Dr Derek Byerlee\, Professor Ian Crute and 
 Professor Jack Kloppenburg
DTSTART:20121126T190000Z
DTEND:20121126T210000Z
UID:TALK41468@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dijana Maric
DESCRIPTION:What is the relative role of private industry and publicly-fun
 ded research in promoting agro-biotechnologies?\n•Is technological innov
 ation the primary way to address the challenge of food security?\n•What 
 are the strategic priorities of the biotechnology industry?\n•Might the 
 utilisation of agro-biotechnologies limit other options for agrarian refor
 m?\n•What is the impact of GMOs on food safety and seed security? Is the
 re a necessary trade off between these two concerns?\n\nChair:\n\n\nProfes
 sor Christopher Gilligan\n\nChair\, Cambridge University Strategic Initiat
 ive in Global Food Security\; Professor of Mathematical Biology\, Departme
 nt of Plant Sciences\, University of Cambridge\n\nSpeakers:\n\nDr Derek By
 erlee\nChair\, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment\, Consultative Group on
  International Agricultural Research. Chief Author of the World Bank World
  Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development.\n\n\nProfessor Ian C
 rute\nChief Scientist\, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Le
 ad Expert Group for the UK Foresight project on Food and Farming Future\n\
 n\nProfessor Jack Kloppenburg\nUniversity of Wisconsin. Distinguished envi
 ronmental sociologist and award winning author of First the Seed: The Poli
 tical Economy of Biotechnology.\n
LOCATION:Kings Place\, London
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR