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[SANET-MG] Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food Sovereignty and Food Security
ISIS Press Release 27/05/05
Launch Conference
Register now! Space is limited, and will be allocated on a first come
first serve basis.
A gathering of some of the world’s top talents in science, politics and
economics to focus on sustainable food systems, to provide food security
for all and ameliorate the worst excesses of global warming
Sustainable World is a Global Initiative launched by the Institute of
Science in Society (ISIS) and the Independent Science Panel (ISP) on 6
April 2005 (http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SustainableWorldInitiativeF.php).
The international panel of speakers will reveal the wealth of existing
knowledge for making our food systems sustainable, as well as the
structural and policy changes necessary for implementing the knowledge.
Speakers for the Sustainable World Conference
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
ISP member, Head of Environment Protection Authority, Ethiopia, chief
spokesperson for the African Union on biosafety and the protection of
plant genetic resources, President of Sustainable World Global Initiative
Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food Sovereignty and Food
Security
Mae-Wan Ho
ISP member, director of Sustainable World, pioneer of a new physics of
organisms and sustainable systems, well known critic of GM crops and
genetic determinism
Why We Need Sustainable Food Systems
Michael Meacher
Member of Parliament, UK, ex-Environment Minister negotiating the
Biosafety Protocol, Kyoto Protocol and other important international
treaties, champion of green issues and independent science, Sustainable
World sponsor
Policies for Food and Sustainable Systems, National and Global
Martin Khor
ISP member, director of Third World Network, Malaysia, Sustainable World
partner, prominent spokesperson for the Third World at the World Trade
Organisation
How Globalisation Stands in the Way of a Sustainable World
Alan Simpson
Member of Parliament, UK, leading voice in debates about a sustainable
future, from ending fuel poverty to food justice, voted "Environmental
Politician of the Year", Sustainable World sponsor
Food and Energy Security: Local Systems, Global Solidarity
Caroline Lucas
Member of European Parliament, prominent spokesperson against GMOs and
globalisation and champion of important green issues, Sustainable World
sponsor
How the European Union Can Pave the Way to a Sustainable World
David Woodward
ISP member, director of Global and National Economies Programme at New
Economics Foundation, UK, Sustainable World sponsor
The New Economics and Sustainable Food Systems
Speaker from ActionAid (to be confirmed)
Sustainable Food and Poverty Alleviation
Speaker from Weston A. Price Foundation (to be announced)
Sustainable World sponsor
Whole Foods for Health and Sustainable Agriculture
Erkki Lahde
Finland’s foremost forester, Union of Ecoforestry, Finland, Sustainable
World sponsor
Multiple Uses of Forests; Experience in Finland
Margi Lennartsson
ISP member, chief scientist of HDRA Organics, UK, Sustainable World sponsor
Sustainable Organic Agriculture for Britain and the Third World
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
(see above)
Organic Agriculture as a National Strategy for Food Security
Ingrid Hartman
ISP member, Humboldt University, Germany, Member of UN Steering
Committee of Nutrition, the African Ecological Economic Society and
German-Ethiopian Association for the promotion of cultural exchange and
academic and economic collaborations
Soil, Climate, Productivity and Environmental Justice
Peter Bunyard
ISP member, science editor and a founding editor of The Ecologist,
author of numerous books and articles and much sought-after speaker on
climate change and nuclear energy, Fellow of the Linnean Society
Saving the Amazon Rainforest and Sustainable Use
Hira Jhamtani
Board member of Konphalindo, Indonesia, Sustainable World sponsor,
pioneer in advocating the precautionary principle in genetic engineering
and appropriate regulatory framework for biosafety, also advocates and
facilitates sustainable agriculture through education, workshops and
publication
Water Conservation and Seed Saving for Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia
Hannu Hyvönen
Northern Heritage, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor
The Importance of Seed Heritage
Date: 14-15 July (Note times and venues for the two days)
Times and venues:
14 July (16:00h – 19:00h; Atlee Suite, House of Commons, Westminster, London
Conference dinner (19:30 to 22:00; venue to be announced)
15 July (9:00h - 17:50h; room 1.10, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Kings
College, London University Waterloo Campus
Registration Fees for the conference are waived for Friends of ISIS, and
half-price for Sustainable World Sponsors.
For all other attendees registering before June 21:
Entire conference
(includes buffet lunch on 15 July and coffee and tea) £40
14 July only £25
15 July only £30
Conference dinner (3 courses), optional £30
There will be a 20% surcharge for those registering after June 21
Please register online: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SWreg.php, or fill in
the registration form mail cheque to: Sustainable World conference,
ISIS, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR, UK. For other methods of payment,
please contact Swenquiries@I-sis.org.uk
Print the registration form, and post it with payment to:
Sam Burcher,
The Institute of Science in Society,
PO Box 32097,
London NW1 OXR
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