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International Conference

July 14th - 15th 2005

Second Announcement

Some of the world's top talents in science, politics and economics will focus on sustainable food systems, to provide food security and health for all and ameliorate global warming:

Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher - Mae-Wan Ho - Michael Meacher MP - Martin Khor - Alan Simpson MP - Caroline Lucas MEP - David Woodward - David Hywel Davis - Joe Cummins - Erkki L�hde - Peter Bunyard - Ingrid Hartman - Neth Dano - Hannu Hyv�nen

 

Times and venues *note changes from first announcement* :

14 July (16:00h - 19:00h; Atlee Suite, House of Commons, Westminster, London

Conference dinner - SOLD OUT - FULLY BOOKED

15 July (9:00h - 17:00h; Small Meeting House, Friend's House, 173 Euston Road, London, opposite Euston tube station)

Registration

Register online: http://www.i- sis.org.uk/Swreg.php

Register by post: fill in the registration form below and mail cheque to:
Sustainable World conference, ISIS, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR, UK.

Other methods of payment: contact [email protected]

For more information : Peter Saunders: 44- (0)20-7848-2218 or Rhea Gala: 44-(0)1994- 231-623

We are extending the special offer for all other attendees registering before July 1

There will be a 20% surcharge for those registering after July 1

Registration Fees for the conference are waived for Friends of ISIS, and half-price for Sustainable World sponsors.

 


Registration form for Sustainable World conference (printable version)

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Sponsor of Sustainable World : yes __ no__

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The Sustainable World Global Initiative was launched by the Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) and the Independent Science Panel (ISP) on 6 April 2005 ( http://www.i- sis.org.uk/SustainableWorldInitiativeF.php ).


 

This conference is sponsored by:

 
   


Programme

July 14

Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

President of Sustainable World Global Initiative, Head of Environment Protection Authority, Ethiopia, chief spokesperson for the African Union on biosafety and the protection of plant genetic resources.

Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food Sovereignty and Food Security

Mae-Wan Ho

Director of Sustainable World , pioneer of a new physics of organisms and sustainable systems, well known critic of GM crops and genetic determinism

Sustainable Food Systems for Sustainable Development

Michael Meacher

Member of Parliament, UK, ex-Environment Minister negotiating the Biosafety Protocol, Kyoto Protocol and other important international treaties, champion of green issues and independent science, Sustainable World sponsor

Policies for Food and Sustainable Systems, National and Global

Martin Khor

Director of Third World Network, Malaysia, Sustainable World partner, prominent spokesperson for the Third World at the World Trade Organisation

How Globalisation Stands in the Way of a Sustainable World

Alan Simpson

Member of Parliament, UK, leading voice in debates about a sustainable future, from ending fuel poverty to food justice, voted "Environmental Politician of the Year", Sustainable World sponsor

Food and Energy Security: Local Systems, Global Solidarity

July 15

Caroline Lucas

Member of European Parliament, prominent spokesperson against GMOs and globalisation and champion of important green issues, Sustainable World sponsor

How the European Union Can Pave the Way to a Sustainable World

David Woodward

Director of Global and National Economies Programme at New Economics Foundation, UK, Sustainable World sponsor

The New Economics and Sustainable Food Systems

David Hywel Davies

Distinguished, much published physician, specialising in child development, cardiology and nutrition, Weston A. Price Foundation, Sustainable World sponsor

Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, and Coronary Disease of the Young

Erkki L�hde

Finland's foremost forester, Union of Ecoforestry, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor

Multiple Uses of Forests; Experience in Finland

Joe Cummins

Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario, Canada, veteran environmentalist, and one of the first critics of genetic modification

Terminator Corporations' Suicide Seeds

Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

(see above)

Organic Agriculture as a National Strategy for Food Security

Ingrid Hartman

Humboldt University, Germany, Member of UN Steering Committee of Nutrition, the African Ecological Economic Society and German-Ethiopian Association for the promotion of cultural exchange and academic and economic collaborations

Soil, Climate, Productivity and Environmental Justice

Peter Bunyard

Science editor and a founding editor of The Ecologist , author of numerous books and articles and much sought-after speaker on climate change and nuclear energy, Fellow of the Linnean Society

Saving the Amazon Rainforest and Sustainable Use

Hira Jhamtani

Board member of Konphalindo, Indonesia, Sustainable World sponsor, pioneer in advocating the precautionary principle in genetic engineering and appropriate regulatory framework for biosafety, also advocates and facilitates sustainable agriculture

Water Conservation and Seed Saving for Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia

Hannu Hyv�nen

Northern Heritage, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor

The Importance of Seed Heritage


 
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