Schedule

Location: Mildred Bastian Theater, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, 5600 Oakland Avenue

Friday, May 16, 2003

9:00 am: registration and such

9:45 am: Welcome, announcement of bike caravan, DC event (discussion in afternoon)

10:00 am - 11:45 am: Panel (A): THE INTERNATIONAL THREAT TO FARMS AND FARMERS
Percy Schmeiser, Canadian Farmer
Lawrence Tsimese, Agricultural Reform Movement (Ghana)
Felder Freeman, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition

noon - 2 pm: lunch

2 - 3:45 pm: Concurrent workshop session 1
The Fluid Genome
Is Your School for Sale? - Challenging Corporate Biotech on Campus
The ABCs of Biotechnology for Students from 10 to 80
WTO and the The Road to Cancun

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Plenary, bike caravan, DC plans, introduce proposals for resolutions and actions from gathering

5 - 7 pm: dinner

7 - 10 pm: Panel (B): GLOBALIZATION, FOOD IMPERIALISM AND WAR
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India)
Mwananyanda Mbikusita Lewanika, National Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (Zambia)
Brian Tokar, Institute for Social Ecology
John Kinsman, Family Farm Defenders

Saturday, May 17, 2003

9:15 am: registration

9:30 am: Optional plenary with announcements and discussion

10:00 am - 11:45pm: Panel (C): BACKYARD BIOWEAPONS: BIOLABS, BIODEFENSE, BIOTECH & BILLIONS OF $
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
Steve Erickson, Citizens Education Project
Inga Olson, Tri-Valley CAREs
Nancy Price, Stop the UCD Biolab Now!
Colin King, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico

12:00 - 1:45 pm: lunch

1:45 - 3:30 pm: Concurrent workshop session 2
The New Human Genetic Technologies: Social and Political Implications
Resisting GMOs in Africa
Biotech Superbugs: Genetically Engineering Disease
Health Hazards and US Regulation: What the Government Won't Tell You
GMOs and Free Trade in Mexico and Central America

3:45 - 5:30 pm: Concurrent workshop session 3
Organizing Farmers in North America
Organizing Against Environmental Racism
Confronting the Biolabs: Grassroots Organizing and Coalition-Building
Round Table on Local Organizing Against GE

5:30 - 7:30 pm: dinner

7:30 - 10 pm: Panel (D): ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
Mark Mitchell, CT Coal'n for Env'l Justice
Michael Hansen, Consumer Policy Institute
Carlos Marentes, Border Agricultural Workers Project Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Science in Society

Sunday, May 18, 2003

9:15 am: registration

9:30 am: Optional plenary with announcements and discussion

10:00 am - 11:45 am: Panel (E): CROP CONTAMINATION AND THE FUTURE OF INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE
Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Science in Society
Ignacio Chapela, University of California at Berkeley
Ana Ruiz Diaz, Red de Permacultura (México)
Michael Dorsey, Dartmouth College

12:00 - 2:00 pm: Lunch in the park

2:00 - 5:00 pm: Protest at the World Agricultural Forum

5:00 - 700 pm: dinner

7:00 - 9:00 pm: Plenary for proposals, decisions, future plan strategizing