The Future of Food: Legal and Ethical Challenges
4th Annual Biotechnology Conference
April 15, 2005
Williman Room, Benson Memorial Center, Santa Clara University
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:45 - 9:00 am |
Welcome |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Introducing the Future of Food
Margaret R. McLean, PhD (Director of Biotechnology and Healthcare
Ethics, Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics) |
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| 9:30 - 10:45 am |
Panel I - Should We Have Genetically Modified Foods?
Chair: Gregory Baker, PhD (Director of Food and Agribusiness
Institute and Professor of Management, Santa Clara University
Leavey School of Business)
Panelists: Michelle Marvier, PhD (Executive Director of Environmental
Studies Institute and Assistant Professor of Biology, Santa Clara
University); John Bedbrook, PhD (President and Chief Executive
Officer, Verdia, Inc.); Paul Thompson, PhD (Professor of Agricultural,
Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University)
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| 10:45 - 11:00 am |
Break |
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| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Panel II - How Do We Regulate Genetically Modified Foods?
Chair: June Carbone, JD (Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
School of Law)
Panelists: Elizabeth Howard, JD, PhD (Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe LLP); Gregory N. Mandel, JD (Associate Professor of
Law, Albany Law School); and Janice Mueller, JD (Professor of
Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
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| 12:15 - 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 - 2:15 pm |
Keynote Lecture: Values Versus Risk in the
Biotechnology Debate
David Magnus, PhD (Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics,
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics,
and Member, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology in the 21st Century) |
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| 2:15 - 2:30 pm |
Break |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 pm |
Panel III - Do We Need Genetically Modified Foods to Feed the World?
Chair: Kirk Hanson, MBA (Executive Director, Markkula Center
for Applied Ethics)
Panelists: Walter Falcon, PhD (Co-Director, Center for Environmental
Science and Policy, Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for International
Studies, and Helen C. Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural
Policy, Stanford University (Emeritus)); Peggy G. Lemaux, PhD
(Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology, and Cooperative Extension
Specialist in Plant Biotechnology, University of California, Berkeley);
Thomas MacMillan, PhD (Executive Director, Food Ethics Council)
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