Reconstructing Agro-biotechnologies for Development?

NOVEMBER 3 - 5, 2007, KYOTO, JAPAN

November 3, Saturday

1030-1040

Opening speech

• Shuji Hisano (Kyoto University, Japan)

1040-1120

Keynote speech (1)

• Guido Ruivenkamp (Wageningen University &Vrije University of Amsterdam, NL) "Tailoring Biotechnologies: A manifesto"

1120-1200

Keynote speech (2)

• Rachel Schurman (University of Minnesota, USA) & William Munro (Illinois Wesleyan University) "G(L)ocal Activism and the 'Biotechnology Project'"

1200-1330

Lunch

1330-1530

Session (1) - Contested Biotechnology, Ways Forward [Chair: Joost Jongerden]

• Franz Seifert (University of Vienna, Austria) "Austrian NIMBYs, French NIABYs, Different National Contexts for Peasant GMO Opposition and Their Impacts on Modern Biotechnology"
• Guido Nicolosi (University of Catania, Italy) "Communic(e)ating: Communication and the Social Embedding of Food"
• Seiko Yoshida & Hirokazu Matsui (Hokkaido University, Japan) "Social Aspects of the Regulation ofGM Crops in Hokkaido: An Attempt to Redesign of Risk Communication"
• Les Levidow (Open University, UK) "Democratising Agri-Biotechnology? European Public Participation in Agbiotech Assessment"

1530-1545

Coffee break

1545-1745

Session (2) - Policies and the Making of Biotechnology Development [Chair: Wietse Vroom]

• George Essegbey (Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana) "Biotechnology Policy: The Myth and Reality in Sub-Saharan Africa"
• Elibariki Emamnuel Msuya (PhD student, Kyoto University, Japan) "Reconstructing Agro-biotechnology in Tanzania"
• William A. Munro (Illinois Wesleyan University) "Risks, Rights, and Regulation: The Policies of Agricultural Biotechnology in South Africa"
• Wânia Rezende Silva & Raimundo Pereira Neto (State University of maringa, Brazil) "The Use of Transgenic Soybean in a Country of Agribusiness: Conflicts and Challenges among Brazilian Government, Farmers and Research Agencies"

1800-2000

Conference dinner

November 4, Sunday

0900-1010

A documentary film: Tailoring Biotechnologies for Development

1010-1050

Keynote speech (3)

• Les Levidow (Open University, UK) "European Quality Agriculture as an Alternative Bio-economy"

1050-1210

Session (3) - Potentiality of Reflection, Actuality of Reconstruction [Chair: Guido Ruivenkamp]

• Shuji Hisano (Kyoto University, Japan) "Ethicisation of Biotechnology Research, Politicisation of Biotechnology Ethics"
• Joost Jongerden (Wageningen University & Vrije University of Amsterdam, NL) "First the Peasant? Some Reflections on Modernity, Technology and Reconstruction"
• Wietse Vroom (PhD student, Wageningen University & Vrije University of Amsterdam,NL) "International Agricultural Development as Contested Ground: Three Levels of Resistance and Reconstruction"

1210-1340

Lunch

1340-1510

Session (4) - IPR and New Technology Regime [Chair: Joost Jongerden]

• Eric Deibel (PhD student, Wageningen University & Vrije University of Amsterdam, NL) "Recoding Life in Common: A Critical Approach of Post-nature"
• Yoshiki Otsuka (Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan) "The Biofuel Regime: A Constellation of Food, Biotechnology, Climate, Energy and Automobility"
• Elta Smith (PhD student, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA) & Kaushik Sunder Rajan (University of California, Irvine, USA) "Therapeutic Values: Food, Drugs and the Promise of Health"

1510-1530

Special session [Chair: Shuji Hisano]

• Yoshifumi Ikejima (PhD student, Kyoto University, Japan) & Shuji Hisano "Rediscovering Locality: A Case of Traditional Vegetables in Kyoto"

1530-1545

Coffee break

1545-1645

Plenary session [Chair: Joost Jongerden]

1645-1700

Closing speech

• Guido Ruivenkamp

1800-2000

Dinner/Social programme

• Tour sample: 1800~ Kodaiji Temple (garden light-up) -- 1900~ Gion Corner (Japanese traditional arts and entertainment) -- 2000~ Dinner

November 5, Monday

0930-1700

Excursion

• Tour sample: 930 Kyoto University -- 1020~1200 Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute -- 1300~1600 Agricultural landscape and direct-marketing outlets for local products (Kameoka-city) -- Sagano Scenic Railway (from Kameoka1615 to Sagano1640)