Countering the myths of genetic engineering, with Luke Anderson (Genetic Engineering Action Network), Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute), Jeffrey Smith (Institute for Responsible Technology), and Andrew Kimbrell (Center for Food Safety), New College Cultural Center (766 Valencia)
Biopiracy: Who Owns Your Genes?, with Michael Dorsey (Dartmouth College), Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group), and Le�a Kanehe (Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation), Women�s Bldg. Auditorium
Converging technologies: Biotech, Nanotech and Infotech, with Hope Shand and Jim Thomas, of the ETC Group, New College Room 22 (766 Valencia)
Mapping the U.S. Biodefense Program: Where are the labs? Who is challenging them? What needs to be done?, with Edward Hammond (Sunshine Project), Inga Olson (Tri-Valley CARES) and Alexandra Gorman (Women’s Voices for the Earth), Women�s Bldg./ Room A
Imagining sustainable community, with Adam Wolpert (Occidental Arts and Ecology Center), New College Room 23 (766 Valencia)
How Can We Stop Genetically Engineered Trees?, with Neil Carman (Sierra Club), Jessica Bell (Rainforest Action Network, and Evan Thomas Paul (ForestEthics), Women�s Bldg./ Room B
Introduction to Permaculture, with Erik Ohlsen (Sonoma County Green Bloc), at the Welcome Center, 960 Howard St., just below 6th St., a hands-on workshop continuing through the day.
Friday, 4 PM
Organizing against GMOs in California and Beyond, with Simon Harris (Californians for GE-Free Agriculture), Indigo Donaldson (Mendocino County Measure H Coalition), Dave Henson (Occidental Arts and Ecology Center), Jen Brock (Genetic Engineering Action Network), Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology), New College Cultural Center (766 Valencia)
Rethinking California�s Food Economy, with Becky Tarbotton and Katy Mamen, (International Society for Ecology and Culture), Women�s Bldg./ Room B
Social-Justice Feminism and Reproductive Genetics, with Marcy Darnovsky (Center for Genetics and Society), Diane Beeson (California State University, Hayward) and Gregor Wolbring (International Centre for Bioethics, Culture and Disability), Women�s Bldg./ Room A
Alternative Approaches to Biosecurity, with Dr. Robert Gould (Physicians for Social Responsibility) and Dr. Susan Wright (University of Michigan), New College Room 23 (766 Valencia)
Racial Justice Roundtable, with Michael Dorsey (Dartmouth College) and Maurice Campbell (Community First Coalition, Bay View Hunters Point), Women�s Bldg. Auditorium
What’s the alternative to capitalism?, with Todd Chretien (International Socialist Organization), David MacKovsky (Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism), Tom Wetzel (San Francisco Community Land Trust), New College Room 22 (766 Valencia)
Permaculture: Continuing Hands-On Workshop, at the Welcome Center, 960 Howard St., off 6th St.
Saturday, 12 noon
Communicating the health hazards of GMOs, with Jeffrey Smith (Institute for Responsible Technology), New College Room 22 (766 Valencia)
Stem cells and pharmaceuticals: Biotech Hope and Hype, with Jesse Reynolds (Center for Genetics and Society) and Anne-Christine D’Adesky (Health Gap), Women�s Bldg./ Room B
Nanotechnology and Ag-biotech, with (Jim Thomas, Hope Shand, and Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group), Women�s Bldg./Audre Lorde Room
Education for a Just, Sacred and Sustainable World, with Richard Heinberg and other New College faculty, New College Room 23 (766 Valencia)
Indymedia films and GMO action videos from the UK, New College Cultural Center (766 Valencia)
Saturday, 2 PM
Roundtable on international organizing against GMOs, with Luke Anderson (GE Action Network), Olaf Bayer (Genetic Engineering Network, UK), John Hepburn (Greenpeace Australia), Jim Thomas (ETC Group, UK), Jaime Castillo (UNORCA/Via Campesina, Mexico), and Antje Lorch (Biotech Indymedia), Women�s Bldg./Audre Lorde Room
Organic and conventional farmers united against genetic engineering, with Bill Wenzel (Farmer to Farmer Campaign), and Brian Leahy (Organic Farmer), Women�s Bldg. Auditorium
Disability Perspectives on Human Genetic Technologies, with Gregor Wolbring, Women�s Building/Room B
City Repair: A Model from Portland, Oregon, with members of the City Repair Collective, New College Room 23 (766 Valencia) � CANCELLED
The Commons, Enclosure and Colonization, with Iain Boal (UC Berkeley), Maia Ramnath and others (UC Santa Cruz), New College Cultural Center (766 Valencia)
Participatory Economics: a Model for Bay View Hunters Point, with Ulysses Montgomery (Kwanza Investments and ARKO Engineering), New College Room 22 (766 Valencia)
Veganism as a Sustainable Alternative, with Gabe Quash (San Francisco Vegetarian Society), New College Art Studio (741 Valencia)
Saturday, 4 PM
Biotechnology and globalization, with Vandana Shiva (Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology), Peter Rosset (Center for the Study of the Americas) and Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology), Women�s Bldg. Auditorium
Animal Rights and Biotechnology, with Nora Kramer (Bay Area Animal Rights Network), New College Room 23 (766 Valencia)
Nanotech and human enhancement, with Gregor Wolbring, Hope Shand, Jim Thomas and Silvia Ribeiro, Women�s Bldg./Audre Lorde Room
Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil Derived Fuels, with the Berkeley Biodiesel Collective, Women�s Bldg./ Room B
“The Corporation” film discussion, with the filmmakers, New College Cultural Center (766 Valencia)
Labor’s fight against corporate control and globalization, with Adrienne Johnson, (United Educators of San Francisco) and others, New College Room 22 (766 Valencia)
