Programme

Expert Event on New Genomic Techniques – Regulation, Risk assessment, Sustainability and Challenges for the Food Chain

Moderation: Helmut Gaugitsch & Andreas Heissenberger (both: Environment Agency Austria)

from 09:30 am

Registration

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Welcome and Setting the Scene

10:00 am - 10:10 am

Opening

Helmut Gaugitsch (Environment Agency Austria)

10:10 am - 10:35 am

Welcome addresses by

Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy,
Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Johannes Rauch, Austrian Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer
Protection

10:35 am - 10:55 am

Update on Activities regarding a legislative proposal concerning certain New Genomic Techniques

Irene Sacristán Sanchez (European Commission)

10:55 am - 11:05 am

New Regulation of certain New Genomic Techniques – Aspects related to Consumer Protection

Dietmar Vybiral (Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection)

11:05 am - 11:15 am

New Regulation of certain New Genomic Techniques – Aspects related to Risk assessment and Sustainability

Andreas Heissenberger (Environment Agency Austria)

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

SESSION 1: Risk assessment and the proposal of the EC

11:15 am - 11:30 am

EFSA opinions on Risk Assessment of New Genomic Techniques

Ana Afonso (EFSA)

11:30 am - 11:45 am

Critical reflections on the EC`s proposal regarding risks and risk assessment

Ricarda Steinbrecher (ENSSER/Econexus))

11:45 am - 12:30 pm

Discussion (speakers + audience)

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

Lunch break

01:30 pm - 03:30 pm

SESSION 2: Impacts on organic and GM-free production

01:30 pm - 02:00 pm

Input by Panel members

Tanja Dietrich-Hübner (REWE International AG)
Garlich von Essen (European Seed Association)
Eric Gall (IFOAM Organics Europe)
Alexander Hissting (Verband Lebensmittel ohne Gentechnik e.V., VLOG)
Iris Strutzmann (Chamber of Labour Vienna)

02:00 pm - 03:15 pm

Panel discussion, Questions from the audience

03:15 pm - 04:00 pm

Coffee break

04:00 pm - 05:45 pm

SESSION 3: The link to the goals of the European Green Deal

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

Input by Panel members

Angelika Hilbeck (ETH Zürich)
Petros Maragkoudakis (European Commission)
Mute Schimpf (Friends of the Earth Europe)
Michael Sulzner (Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection)
Ralf Wilhelm (Julius Kühn Institut)

04:30 pm - 05:45 pm

Panel discussion, Questions from the audience

05:45 pm - 06:00 pm

Closing remarks

Andreas Heissenberger (Environment Agency Austria)

06:00 pm

End