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CITIZENS' DIALOGUE:
BIODIVERSITY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Monday, September 19, 1994 8:30 - 4:00
Fort Mason Center, Building A, Room A-2, San Francisco
New developments in patent law, biotechnology,
bio-prospecting, information, and communications will
profoundly influence human rights, the environment, the
labor movement, the quality of the food we eat, the balance
of power between cultures and corporations, and the survival
of indigenous people. A group of experts from throughout
North America will examine the consequences of these
developments in the context of international free trade and
the growing privatization of information by transnational
corporations.
The Citizens' Dialogue is free. Box lunches are available
for $10.00 or bring your own.
AGENDA
8:30 Registration and Coffee
9:00 Welcome
Kristin Dawkins, Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy
9:15 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Patricia Cummings, Cultural
Conservancy
GATT, NAFTA and the Biodiversity Convention
Beth Burrows, Washington Biotechnology Action Council
(WashBAC)
Biotechnology and Bio-Piracy
Pat Mooney, Rural Advancement Foundation International
(RAFI)
Biotechnology and the U.S. Food System
Jack Kloppenburg, University of Wisconsin
Bio-Prospecting and Human Rights
Jeanette Armstrong, En'owkin Centre
Information and the Privatization of Knowledge
Martin Teitel, C.S. Fund
12:00 Lunch - Box lunches are available for $10.00 or bring your
own.
1:00 Working Groups: A Working Group will be formed for each of
the above topics. Participants may join the group of their
choice. The goal is to clarify and further consider the
implications of each topic. Some groups may wish to
consider strategies for action.
3:00 Plenary: Working groups will report on the discussion
and strategies for action. A final discussion will follow.
This Citizens' Dialogue on Biodiversity, Biotechnology and
Intellectual Property Rights is funded by the C.S. Fund.
Co-sponsors include the Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Common
Frontiers, Cultural Conservancy, Earth Image Films, En'owkin
Centre, Institute for Food and Development Policy,
Rainforest Action Network, Rural Advancement Foundation
International, Washington Biotechnology Action Council, and
the League for Programming Freedom.
If you'd like to attend the dialogue, download this form and
send it to the address below:
Name: ________________________________
Organization:_____________________________
Address:
_____________________________________________________________
Phone Number:__________________ Fax: _________________
E-Mail: _____________________
____ I will attend the conference.
____I would like the box lunch for $10.00 (check one)____ vegan
____ vegetarian ____non-veg.
____I cannot attend, but wish further information on these issues.
R.S.V.P. ASAP:
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Attn: Jean Carruthers
1313 5th Street SE, Suite 303
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Fax: 612-379-5982
E-mail: kdawkins@igc.apc.org