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ISIS Press Release 27/05/05 Sustainable World Launch Conference

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Register now! Space is limited, and will be allocated on a first come

first serve basis.

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SWreg.php

 

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 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

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/registrationForm.pdf, and post it with payment

to: Sam Burcher, The Institute of Science in Society, PO Box 32097,

London NW1 OXR

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