Tree Biotechnology
in the New Millennium
July 22-27, 2001

 
 

Lecture Schedule - Eco Social Symposium

SUNDAY

7.00

RECEPTION

ORIENTATION/KEYNOTE LECTURE

8.00

Strauss

WELCOME TO CONFERENCE, SCIENTIFIC NOTES

8.10

Cloughesy

LOGISTICS

8.20

Bradshaw

KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION

8.30

Keynote - Salwasser

FUTURE FORESTS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS FOR FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGIES

9.15

RECEPTION CONTINUES

10.00

END RECEPTION

MONDAY

8.00

Strauss

INTRO

8.05

Risser, OSU President

WELCOME

8.15

Strauss

SYMPOSIUM GOALS

8.25

Clegg/Salwasser

MODERATORS COMMENTS

POLICY & ECONOMICS

8.30

Sedjo

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOREST PLANTATIONS IN GLOBAL WOOD SUPPLY AND FOREST CONSERVATION

8.55

Victor

PLANTATIONS AND FOREST PROTECTION: A LONG-TERM, GLOBAL VIEW

BUSINESS

9.20

Lucier/McCullough/Hinchee

FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

9.45

Burke/IFB

GROWING NEW QUESTIONS: THE SOCIETAL AND ETHICAL IMPERATIVES OF FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGY

10.10

BREAK

10.35

Doering

WILL THE MARKETPLACE SEE THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST FOR THE TRANSGENIC TREES?

ETHICS

10.55

Thompson

ETHICS OF MOLECULAR SILVICULTURE

11.20

Thomas

ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COMMERCIAL USES OF TRANSGENIC FOOD AND FIBER CROPS

11.45

LUNCH

REGULATORY

1.00

Kough / Heron

CURRENT AND EVOLVING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL USES OF TRANSGENIC CROPS AND TREES IN THE USA

1.25

Mayer

INTERNATIONAL REGULATION AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF GM TREES: DEMANDING A NEW APPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT

FORESTRY SCIENCE

1.50

Ellis/Meilan

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF GENETIC ENGINEERING IN FORESTRY: TRANSFORMATION, TRANSGENE STABILITY, STERILITY, AND SOMACLONAL VARIATION.

2.15

Burdon/Walter

PERSPECTIVES ON RISK OF TRANSGENIC FOREST PLANTATIONS IN RELATION TO CONVENTIONAL BREEDING AND USE OF EXOTIC PINES AND EUCALYPTS: VIEWPOINTS OF PRACTICING BREEDING AND TRANSFORMATION SCIENTISTS.

2.40

Raffa

USE OF TRANSGENIC RESISTANCE IN SHORT-ROTATION POPLARS: EFFICACY, RISK, AND INTEGRATION WITH OTHER PEST MANAGEMENT TACTICS

3.05

BREAK

ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE

3.30

Boyle/Lundkvist/Smith

ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTENSIVE FORESTRY SYSTEMS

3.55

Campbell

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES: PROCEED ONLY WITH CAUTION

4.20

Hayes

BIODIVERSITY IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTATIONS

4.45

Johnson/Kirby

POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED TREES ON BIODIVERSITY OF FOREST PLANTATIONS: A GLOBAL VIEW

5.10

Hancock/Hokanson

INVASIVENESS OF TRANSGENIC VS. EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES: HOW USEFUL IS THE ANALOGY?

5.35

Strauss / Bradshaw

RECAP & CLARIFICATION OF KEY POINTS AND CONTEXT

SUMMING UP

6.00

Clegg/Salwasser

AREAS OF CONSENSUS AND DISAGREEMENT, NEW ISSUES, BREAKOUT INSTRUCTIONS

6.30

DINNER: SALMON AND CRUISE

TUESDAY

8.00

BREAKOUTS 1-5

1-SOCIAL/GLOBAL CONTEXT

2-BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT / BIODIVERSITY

3-FERTILITY REDUCTION / INVASIVENESS

4-WOOD DOMESTICATION

5-BENEFIT/SAFETY OF PEST MANAGEMENT APPLICS

9.00

BREAKOUTS 1-5 (REPLICATE)

1-SOCIAL/GLOBAL CONTEXT

2-BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT / BIODIVERSITY

3-FERTILITY REDUCTION / INVASIVENESS

4-WOOD DOMESTICATION

5-BENEFIT/SAFETY OF PEST MANAGEMENT APPLICS

10.00

BREAK

10.20

REPORTS FROM GROUPS
& DISCUSSION

 

12.00

   LUNCH

SUMMARY VIEWS

1.00

Thompson/Sedjo

POLICY/ETHICS

1.10

McCullough/Carraway

INDUSTRY

1.20

Botkin/Raffa

ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE

1.30

Bradshaw/Strauss

BIOTECHNOLOGY/GENETICS; CONSENSUS BIOTECHNOLOGY STATEMENT

1.45

Mayer/Campbell

NGO/ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSENSUS ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

2.00

Clegg/Salwasser

MODERATOR PERSPECTIVES, SYNTHESIS STATEMENT

2.15

SURVEY

TIME TO FILL OUT WRITTEN SURVEYS

2.30

   END MEETING / BREAK

STRAUSS

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