Sustainable World Global Initiative

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International Conference
July 14th - 15th 2005
Second Announcement
Some of the world's top talents in science, politics and economics will focus on sustainable food systems, to provide food security and health for all and ameliorate global warming:


Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher - Mae-Wan Ho - Michael Meacher MP - Martin Khor - Alan Simpson MP - Caroline Lucas MEP - David Woodward - David Hywel Davis - Margi Lenartsson - Erkki Lähde - Peter Bunyard - Ingrid Hartman - Hira Jhamtani - Hannu Hyvönen


Times and venues *note changes from first announcement* :

14 July (16:00h - 19:00h; Atlee Suite, House of Commons, Westminster, London

Conference dinner (19:30 to 22:00; RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly W1J 7PJ)

15 July (9:00h - 17:00h; Small Meeting House, Friend's House, 173 Euston Road, London, opposite Euston tube station)

Registration
Register online: http://www.i- sis.org.uk/Swreg.php

Register by post: fill in the registration form below and mail cheque to:
Sustainable World conference, ISIS, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR, UK.

Other methods of payment: contact Swenquiries@I-sis.org.uk

For more information : Peter Saunders: 44- (0)20-7848-2218 or Rhea Gala: 44-(0)1994- 231-623

We are extending the special offer for all other attendees registering before July 1

There will be a 20% surcharge for those registering after July 1

Registration Fees for the conference are waived for Friends of ISIS, and half-price for Sustainable World sponsors.



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Registration form for Sustainable World conference (printable version)
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The Sustainable World Global Initiative was 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 ).


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Programme
July 14
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
President of Sustainable World Global Initiative, Head of Environment Protection Authority, Ethiopia, chief spokesperson for the African Union on biosafety and the protection of plant genetic resources.

Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food Sovereignty and Food Security

Mae-Wan Ho
Director of Sustainable World , pioneer of a new physics of organisms and sustainable systems, well known critic of Genetically-Modified crops and genetic determinism

Sustainable Food Systems for Sustainable Development

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
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

July 15
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
Director of Global and National Economies Programme at New Economics Foundation, UK, Sustainable World sponsor

The New Economics and Sustainable Food Systems

David Hywel Davies
Distinguished, much published physician, specialising in child development, cardiology and nutrition, Weston A. Price Foundation, Sustainable World sponsor

Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, and Coronary Disease of the Young

Erkki Lähde
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
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
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

Water Conservation and Seed Saving for Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia

Hannu Hyvönen
Northern Heritage, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor

The Importance of Seed Heritage

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