To view the GMCC-09 Conference program, please click here.
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The following GMCC-09 Poster display full papers are available:
Poster 1 - Henri Darmency, The development of a model to help predict the likelihood of herbicide resistant wild radish through interspecific crossing with HT canola
Poster 2 - Montserrat Palaudelmas, Determination of the influence of the size of pollen donor field on the rate of GMO in a conventional maize field using SSR analysis
Poster 3 - Kathrin Pascher, Establishment of an Austrian monitoring design of genetically modified plants
Poster 4 - Fatima Quedas, Maize pollen flow in contiguous and non-contiguous filed plots
Poster 5 - Gerhard Ruhl, Coexistence in maize: effectiveness of non-GM border rows at GM or non-GM field edge
Poster 6 - Clemens Van De Wiel, GM quantification in various maize products for managing coexistence between GM and non-GM production
Poster 10 - Ching-Shan Tseng, Effect of Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) as green fence plants on pollen dispersal of transgenic rice
Poster 11 - Anna Coll, Lack of repeatable differential expression patterns between MON810 and comparable commercial varieties of maize
Poster 12 - Teresa Esteve, Multiplex PCR-CGE (size and colour): A promising tool for GMO screening. Development of an assay for simultaneous detection of 5 genetically modified cotton events and cotton species
Poster 13 - Stephen Langrell, Validation of a real-time PCR on-site quantifiction method for MON810 maize
Poster 15 - Junichi Mano, Real-time PCR array as a universal platform for GM crop detection and its application in identifying unapproved GM crops in Japan
Poster 16 - Li-Chun Huang, An exploratory study to the influence of message sidedness for changing consumer attitude, risk perception and purchase intention for gene modified floral crops
Poster 17 - Klaus Menrad, Preference heterogeneity among German consumers regarding GM rapeseed-oil
Please note: All papers submitted by the authors are included, it has been noted in cases where the papers were not available.
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| Monday | |
| Workshop 1 | Legal Frameworks for Coexistence |
| Tuesday | |
| Plenary 1 | GM Crops in the World Today |
| Plenary 2 | The Global Status of Coexistence |
| Plenary 3 | The Socioeconomics of Coexistence |
| Plenary 4 | Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems |
| Wednesday | |
| Plenary 5 | Managing Coexistence in the Marketplace |
| Parallel Session 1A | The Socioeconomics of Coexistence - Market Driven Examples |
| Parallel Session 1B | Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems 1 |
| Parallel Session 1C | Managing Coexistence in the Marketplace |
| Plenary 6 | Coexistence Case Studies - New Crops, New Countries |
| Parallel Session 2A | Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems 2 |
| Parallel Session 2B | Coexistence Case Studies- Wheat |
| Thursday | |
| Plenary 7 | Coexistence Case Studies - Australian Canola |
| Plenary 8 | Testing Methodologies and Traceability Systems |
| Parallel Session 3A | The Socioeconomics of Coexistence - Regulatory Driven Examples |
| Parallel Session 3B | Coexistence Case Studies - New Crops, New Countries |
| Parallel Session 3C | Testing Methodologies and Traceability Systems |
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Workshop 1
Legal Frameworks for Coexistence
Current developments in EU coexistence legislation
Manuel Gomez Barbero, European Commission Directorate General Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium [paper unavailable]
Measures of coexistence in Germany
Anja Vaasen, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany [paper]
The regulatory approach towards coexistence in Flanders, Belgium
Cindy Boonen, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Flemish Government, Brussels, Belgium [paper]
Brazilian GMO free areas experiment and the release of RR soybean
Frederico Glitz, Faculdades Integradas do Brasil (UniBrasil), Curitaba, Brazil [paper]
Regulating the coexistence of GM and non-GM farming: the missing link in the EU regulatory regime for agricultural biotechnology
Thijs Etty, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands [paper]
The non-scientific base of corxistence legislation in the European Union
Mathias Boysen, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany [paper]
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Plenary 1: GM Crops in the World Today
The GM crop pipeline - contributing to sustainability of global food, feed and fibre productivity
Gerard Barry, Program Leader, IRRI Program 4: Rice and Human Health, and Head, Intellectual Property Management Unit, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines [paper unavailable]
GM crops for food, feed and energy
German Spangenberg, Executive Director, Biosciences Research Division, DPI, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia [paper unavailable]
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Plenary 2: The Global Status of Coexistence
Overview of coexistence practices contrasting different approaches in different countries and touching on specific challenges in the developing world
Justus Wesseler, Associate Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands [paper unavailable]
Legal responses to the risks of GM farming as a challenge to coexistence
Bernard Koch, Deputy Director of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for European Tort Law, Professor of Civil Law, University of Innsbruck, Vienna, Austria [paper]
Implementing coexistence into global food and feed supply chains
Randal Giroux, Scientific Lead, Cargill Incorporated and Chairman Global AP Coalition, Wayzata, Minnesota, USA [paper unavailable]
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Plenary 3
The Socioeconomics of Coexistence
The economic incentives for coexistence: availability and sustainability of price premiums for non-GM Crops
Phillip Glyde, Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia [paper unavailable]
The size and distribution of the benefits from the adoption of biotech crop varieties
Julian Alston, Professor, Department of Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USA[paper unavailable]
Coexistence as a problem of market-making
Peter Phillips, professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada[paper]
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Plenary 4: Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems
Biology matters: seed and pollen-mediated gene flow in three oilseed crops, safflower, flax and oilseed rape
Linda Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada [paper]
Ex ante evaluation of gene flow in oilseed rape with cropping system models
Nathalie Colbach, INRA, Biologie et Gestion des Adventices, Dijon France [paper]
Is GM and non-GM crop coexistence possible in perennial, outcrossing species? An investigation with alfalfa (Medicago sativa, L ) in North America
Rene Van Acker, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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The challenges of GM coexistence to the Seeds Industry - a European perspective
Michael Leader, European Seed Association/EuropeBio, Monsanto Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [paper unavailable]
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Plenary 5
The global GM trade in grain – an overview
Geoff Honey, CEO Grain Trade Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [paper unavailable]
The challenges and opportunities in trading GM grain and oilseeds – a trade perspective
Gary Martin, President, North American Export Grain Association, Washington DC, USA [paper unavailable]
Asynchcronous GM approval: impact on feed security and competitiveness of the EU feed and livestock sector
Alexander Döring, Secretary General of the European Feed Manufacturers Federation (FEFAC), Brussels, Belgium [paper unavailable]
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Parallel Session 1A - The Socioeconomics of Coexistence - Market Driven Examples
The economics of cotton coexistence in Australia
Richard Haire, CEO of Queensland Cotton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [paper unavailable]
The economics of canola coexistence in Canada
Stuart Smyth, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada [paper unavailable]
The economics of sugar beet coexistence in the US
William Wilson, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA [paper unavailable]
Coexistence of conventional and Roundup Ready soybean in Parana State, Brazil
Michel Fok, CIRAD, Montpellier, France [paper]
Economic impact and the traceability costs in the case of banning the cultivation of GM soybean in Romania
Toma Dinu, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania [paper]
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Parallel Session 1B: Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems 1
Pollen-mediated gene flow in wheat (Triticum aestivum) How low is too high and what can R* say about it
Rene Van Acker, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada [paper]
Management of herbicide-resistant weed beet: a simulation study
Henri Darmency, INRA, Dijon, France [paper]
Estimation if both rice pollination rates under normal conditions at Tskuba, Japan and mixture rates between simulated GM rice and non-GM rice by co-use of harvester machine
Hiroyuki Shibaike, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan [paper]
LPIS (Land Parcel Identification System) to manage GM/ conventional maize coexistence in the EU intensive agricultural region of Lombardy
Paolo Pizziol, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy [paper]
Relative impacts of closest fields and background pollen on GM adventitious presence rates in non-GM harvests
Frédérique Angevin, INRA Research Unit for the Ecological Impact of Plant Production Innovations, Thiverval-Grignon, France [paper]
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Parallel Session 1C: Managing Coexistence in the Marketplace
Closed loop identity preservation systems and successful coexistence
Laura Anderson, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada [paper]
Modelling coexistence between GM and non-GM supply chains: the starch maize simulation model
Baptiste Lécroart, INRA Eco-Innov, Thiverval-Grignon, France [paper]
Analysing the repartition and coexistence means used in maize in France in 2007
François C. Coléno, NRA, SAD-APT, Thiverval-Grignon, France [paper]
Elaboration of coexistence scenarios from fields to primary grain collection
Christophe Sausse, CETIOM, Thiverval Grignon, France [paper]
Collective strategies and coordination for the management of coexistence: the case studies of Alsace and western south of France
François C. Coléno, INRA, SAD-APT, Thiverval-Grignon, France [paper]
Cost-benefit analysis of a traceability and certification system for non-genetically modified soybeans: the experience of Imcopa Co. in Brazil
Dayani Aquino, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil [paper]
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Plenary 6: Coexistence Case Studies - New Crops, New Countries
Coexistence challenges and opportunities for wheat
William Wilson, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA [paper]
Coexistence challenges and opportunities for rice
Gerard Barry, Program Leader, IRRI Program 4: Rice and Human Health, and Head, Intellectual Property Management Unit, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines [paper unavailable]
Coexistence challenges and opportunities for fruit crops
Dennis Gonsalves, Center Director, United States Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center and Research Leader, Tropical Plant Genetic Resources and Disease Research Unit, USDA ARS, Hilo, Hawaii , USA [paper unavailable]
GM coexistence development in China
Yufa Peng, Professor and Director, National Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Beijing, China [paper unavailable]
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Parallel Session 2A: Managing Coexistence in Farming Systems 2
Some aspects influencing the quantification of gene flow in maize fields: flowering heterogeneities and simplified field sampling methods
Joaquima Messeguer, Plant Genetics Department, IRTA, Barcelona, Spain [paper]
Coexistence in maize: field trials to assess measures for keeping the GM-content in maize kernel harvest below the EU labeling threshold of 0.9%
Gerhard Rühl, Institute of Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kühn-Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Braunschweig, Germany [paper]
Biological measures for gene flow mitigation
Joachim Schiemann, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants, Braunschweig, Germany [paper]
Mesoscale dispersal of pollen and implications for gene flow
Yves Brunet, INRA, Ephyse, Gironde, France [paper]
Impact of gene stacking on gene flow – the case of maize
Frédérique Angevin, INRA Eco-innov, Thiverval-Grignon, France [paper]
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Parallel Session 2B: Coexistence Case Studies- Wheat
Pollen-mediated gene flow from genetically modified wheat plants
Dmitry Miroshnichenko, ‘Biotron’, Branch of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia [paper]
Wheat coexistence issues for Australia
Peter Flottmann, CEO, Grain Growers Association Ltd, North Ryde,New South Wales, Australia [paper unavailable]
Wheat coexistence issues from a processing perspective
John Miller, Chairman, North American Millers’Association, President, Miller Milling Company, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA [paper]
Toward the commercialization of GM wheat
Stephen Vandervalk, Alberta Vice President, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and Vice President of Grain Growers of Canada, Fort Macleod, AB, Canada [paper unavailable]
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Plenary 7: Coexistence Case Studies - Australian Canola
GM canola in Australian Farming Systems: opportunities, challenges and segregation
Chris Preston, School of Agriculture, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia [paper]
Pollen flow in canola: 2008-9 trials and results
Rick Roush, Dean, Land & Food Resources, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [paper unavailable]
Maintaining market choice with the commercial release of Roundup Ready® canola
James Neilsen, Roundup Ready Canola Technology Specialist, Monsanto Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [paper]
Grower perspective of the test market
Andrew Weidemann, Farmer, VFF Grains Group Deputy President, Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia [paper]
Grain handler/market perspective of the test market
Robert Green, President Australian Oilseeds Federation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [paper unavailable]
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Plenary 8: Testing Methodologies and Traceability Systems
The development of detection methods for the monitoring of GMO in Japan
Kazumi Kitta, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan [paper]
Environmental multipurpose monitoring
Yves Bertheau, INRA, Research Unit for Plant Pathology and GMO Detection Methods, Versailles, France [paper unavailable]
Detecting unauthorised GMOs
Yves Bertheau, INRA, Research Unit for Plant Pathology and GMO Detection Methods, Versailles, France [paper]
Coexistence in supply chains: the view point of a grain trader
Randal Giroux, Scientific Lead, Cargill Inc and Chairman Global AP Coalition, Wayzata, Minnesota, USA [paper unavailable]
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Parallel Session 3A: The Socioeconomics of Coexistence - Regulatory Driven Examples
Macroeconomic impact of GM crop adoption in the European Union
Morten Gylling, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark [paper]
The impact of coexistence measures on the process of adoption of GM crops by EU farmers
Emilio Rodríguez-Cerezo, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain [paper unavailable]
Costs of coexistence and traceability systems in the food industry in Germany and Denmark
Klaus Menrad, Science Centre, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan, Straubing, Germany [paper]
How do coexistence regulations affect markets and welfare
Marion Desquilbet, Toulouse School of Economics, GREMAQ, INRA, Toulouse, France [paper unavailable]
On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs)
Koen Dillen, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics Section, K U Leuven, Belgium [paper]
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Parallel Session 3B: Coexistence Case Studies - New Crops, New Countries
Towards the development of a coexistence regime for the production of GM potato in Ireland
Sinead Phelan, Plant Biotechnology Unit, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland [paper]
Coexistence challenges for Brazil
Roseli Rocha dos Santos, Head of Quality, Sustainability Research Group (QUIS), UniBrasil, Curitiba, Brazil [paper]
Gene flow studies for the release of alfalfa mosaic virus resistant transgenic white clover
Carl Ramage, Biosciences Research Division, DPI, Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia [paper unavailable]
Coexistence between GM and non-GM cotton in India
Ram Kaundinya, CEO of Advanta India, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India [paper]
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Parallel Session 3C: Testing Methodologies and Traceability Systems
Harmonising GMO analysis In Europe: A ready-to-use multi-target analytical system for GMO detection for European control laboratories
Guy Van den Eede, Head of Biotechnology and GMO’s Unit, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Ispra, Italy [paper]
GMO testing in seed – an overview of current international activities and harmonization efforts
Kevin Boyce, Director of Seed Technology Institute Australia (STIA), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia [paper unavailable]
Qualitative and quantative molecular testing methodologies and traceability systems for Bt crops commercialized or under field trials in India
Gurinder Jit Randhawa, Referral Centre for Molecular Diagnosis of Transgenic Planting Materials, New Delhi, India [paper]
Quantification of copy number ratio in maize MON810 by digital PCR
Somanath Bhat, National Measurement Institute, Pymble, New South Wales, Australia [paper unavailable]
Multiplex DNA detection system for identification of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and feed chains
Gabriella Ujhelyi, RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands [paper]