Here is the current schedule, as of late April:
7th International Gathering on Biodevastation
Genetic Engineering: A Technology of Corporate Control
A Forum on Environmental Racism, World Agriculture and Biowarfare
Location: Mildred Bastian Theatre, 5600 Oakland, St. Louis, Missouri
USA
Friday, May 16, 2003
9:00 am registration and such
9:45 am. Welcome, announcement of bike caravan, DC event (discussion in afternoon)
10:00 am – 11:45 pm. Panel (A): THE INTERNATIONAL THREAT TO FARMS AND FARMERS
Percy Schmeiser, Canadian Farmer
Lawrence Tsimese, Agricultural Reform Movement (Ghana)
Felder Freeman, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition
noon – 2 pm: lunch
2 – 3:45 pm: Concurrent workshops
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Plenary, bike caravan, DC plans, introduce proposals for resolutions and actions from gathering
5 – 7 pm: dinner
7 – 10 pm: Featured Panel (B): GLOBALIZATION AND FOOD IMPERIALISM
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India)
Mwananyanda Mbikusita Lewanika, National Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (Zambia)
Brian Tokar, Institute for Social Ecology (Vermont)
John Kinsman, Family Farm Defenders (Wisconsin)
Saturday, May 17, 2003
9:15 am registration
9:30 am. Optional plenary with announcements and discussion
10:00 am – 11:45pm Panel (C): BIOWARFARE
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
Steve Erickson, Citizens Education Project
Inga Olson, Tri-Valley CAREs
Joshua English, Stop the UCD Biolab Now!
12:00 – 1:45 pm: lunch
1:45 – 3:30 pm. Concurrent workshops
3:45 – 5:30 pm Concurrent workshops
5:30 – 7:30 pm: dinner
7:30 – 10 pm. Featured Panel (D): ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
Mark Mitchell, Connecticut Coalition for Env’l Justice
Michael Hansen, Consumer Policy Institute
Sujatha Byravan, Council for Responsible Genetics
(others TBA)
Sunday, May 18, 2003
9:15 am registration
9:30 am. Optional plenary with announcements and discussion
10:00 am – 11:45. Panel (E): CROP CONTAMINATION AND THE FUTURE OF INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE
Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Science in Society (UK)
Ignacio Chapela, University of California at Berkeley
Ana Ruiz Diaz, Red de Permacultura (Mexico)
Michael Dorsey, Dartmouth College
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch in the park
2:00 – 5:00 pm: Protest at the World Agricultural Forum
5:00 – 700 pm: dinner
7:00 – 9:00 pm Plenary for proposals, decisions, future plan strategizing
