Business.2010 newsletter: Access and Benefit Sharing

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• From the Secretariat
  Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• In context: the third objective of the Convention
  Valérie Normand, SCBD, Programme Officer, Access and Benefit-sharing
• Attracting research and business investment
  Geoff Burton
• Business needs to develop a positive agenda on ABS
  Buck Matthias, Policy Officer for International Biodiversity and Biosafety in the International Environmental Agreements and Trade Unit of the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General
• Our engagement towards 2010
  Howard Minigh, President and CEO, CropLife International
• "We're just scratching the surface of biotechnology"
  James C. Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Doing more to consult business
  Tim Roberts, Rapporteur to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Intellectual Property Commission and joint Chair ICC Task Force on Access and Benefit-sharing
• The experience from Japan
  Seizo Sumida, Director General, Research Institute of Biological Resources, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
• The need for open dialogues with all stakeholders
  Amandine Bled, ABS project manager, Institut du developpement durable et des relations internationales (IIDRI)
• A regime founded on the "3S" rule
  Harvey E. Bale Jr, Director-General, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Association (IFPMA)
• How to link bioprospecting with sustainable capacity building
  Franck Petersen, Senior Unit Head, Natural Products

  Thomas Kuhn, Project Manager, Global Chemical Operations, Novartis
• Understanding horticulture and biodiversity
  Edgar Krieger, Executive Secretary of International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Varieties (CIOPORA)

  Birte Lorenzen, legal consultant to CIOPORA (International Community of Breeders of Assexually Reproduced Ornemental and Fruit Varieties)
• Perspective on a horticultural agreement
  Maureen Wolfson, Director, Research Services and Scientific Services, South Africa National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
• Promoting more effective use of plant genetic resources
  Stephen Smith, Research fellow, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.

  John Grace, Manager, Germplasm Licensing, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
• A regime based on reality and experience
  Jacques Gorlin, President, American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA)
• Implementation of legal rules for benefit-sharing: A new challenge for the Amazon
  Noemi Miyasaka Porro, Independent consultant in agronomic engineering and anthropology, Belem, Brazil

  Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Associate professor, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV)
• Eliminating 'legal uncertainty' and ambiguity surrounding genetic resource
  Tomme Young, independent consultant on international environmental law and policy
• Keeping pace with technological development
  Manuel Ruiz Muller, Programme Director, International Affairs and Biodiversity, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA)
• Looking at plant genetic resources used for food and agriculture
  Bernard Le Buanec, Secretary-General, International Seed Federation (ISF)
• Catering to the local context
  Terence Hay-Edie, Programme Specialist, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme
• An International Dialogue for Informing Access and Benefit-sharing
  Sam Johnston, Senior Research Fellow UNU-IAS

  Rachel Wynberg, Senior Researcher at the Environmental Evaluation Unit, University of Cape Town

  Sarah Laird, Director of People and Plants International
• Learning from nature
  Janine Benyus, Co-founder, the Biomimicry Guild

  Pauli Gunter, Founder and Director of the ZERI Foundation (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives)