Past Events – PRRI – Public Research & Regulation Initiative

Meetings only open to invited participants are marked with (-). Meetings (co)-organised by PRRI are marked with (**).

2025

27 – 28 February 2025: 101st Agricultural Outlook Forum: “Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges, Today”, Arlington, VA, USA
27 February 2025: ICABR webinar Legal Implications of Detection and Identification Methods for NGT Products
25 – 27 February 2025: Second resumed session of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Rome, Italy.
25 – 27 February 2025: Second resumed session of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Rome, Italy.
25 – 27 February 2025: Second resumed session of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization, Rome, Italy.
23 – 26 February 2025: The Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology, Asilomar, USA.
18 February 2025: EFSA Webinar on new developments in biotechnology, including SynBio and NGTs, applied to animals for food, feed and other agricultural uses.
4 February 2025: EFSA Webinar on draft opinion: Protein safety assessment in genetically modified plants, under public consultation.
25 January 2025: International Conference on Plant Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing, Kecskemét, Hungary

2024

17 December 2024: EFSA webinar Draft guidance on the characterisation and risk assessment of microorganisms used in the food chain.
10 – 11 December 2024: Next-Generation Synthetic Biology (5th edition), Ghent, Belgium
6 December 2024: AFSI Webinar: Innovative Crop Management: Biological Inputs for a Sustainable Future.
21 November 2024: ICABR Webinar: Repercussions associated with traceability, labeling, and coexistence requirements for plants obtained by New Genomic Techniques
21 October – 1 November 2024: Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cali, Colombia
21 October – 1 November 2024: Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Cali, Colombia
21 October – 1 November 2024: Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Cali, Colombia
29 – 31 October 2024: 5th AAB PlantEd Congress: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Era of Genome Editing, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey and online
16 – 18 October 2024: Fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, Cali, Colombia
1 – 3 October 2024: Biomass and Energy Crops VI, Aberystwyth University, UK.
27 September 2024; KIPABiC webinar “Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Looking Ahead to CP-MOP 11”
13 September 2024: Informational Webinar on Synthetic Biology: Technological Developments and Policy Discussions
11 September 2024: Preparatory webinar for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
10 – 11 September 2024: DSI Network Webinar
12 – 16 August 2024: Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, Montreal, Canada.
21 – 29 May 2024: Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, Nairobi, Kenya.
13 – 18 May 2024: Twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Nairobi, Kenya.
26 March 2024: Forum for Agriculture, Restoring the opportunity for food system transformation, Brussels, Belgium.
15 – 16 February 2024: 100th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, “Cultivating the Future”, Arlington, USA.
10 January 2024: RiE webinar “On the Way to the EP Decision on the NGTs Regulation”

2023

19 December 2023: EFSA webinar on protein safety assessment in GMOs
14 – 15 December 2023: Synthetic Biology-Based Therapies Summit
11 – 12 December 2023: Fourth Joint Aarhus Convention and CBD Round Table on Public Awareness, Education, Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice regarding LMOs/GMOs, Geneva, Switzerland
14 – 18 November 2023: First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, Geneva, Switzerland
16 November 2023: 27th EPSO Plant Science Seminar the Potential of gene editing
12 November 2023: Agricultural Biotechnology Seminar Series 2023 “Enabling Biotechnological Innovations and Policies in Agriculture: Promoting Food Availability and Security”.
9 November 2023: IPBO Celebration 90th birthday Prof. Em. baron Marc Van Montagu
2 – 5 November 2023: The Synthetic Biology Expo – 20th Year of iGEM Grand Jamboree, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles
30 and 31 October 2023: Global risk assessment workshop, Montreal, Canada.
25 October 2023: Euractiv “New Genomic Techniques – what lies ahead?” will be taking place in Brussels and online.
24 – 25 October 2023: Industrial Biotechnology for a Sustainable and Resilient Global Europehttps://efibforum.com/, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
19 Octobre 2023: 12ème colloque de l’AFBV “Biotechnologies Végétales et Biodiversité”
16 – 20 October 2023: Twenty-fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Nairobi, Kenya
6 October 2023: The “Science-Policy Symposium: New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in Plants and Microalgae” Limassol, Cyprus and online
28 September 2023: event by the US missions to the EU and to Spain : The Potential of New Genomic Techniques in a Changing World. Brussels and online.
19 – 21 September 2023: SCRA virtual Workshop: “Nuts & Bolts of U.S. Regulatory Dossiers for Genetically Engineered Products”
18 – 20 September 2023: 4th and final PlantEd conference, Porto, Portugal.
11 – 13 September 2023: “8th Edition of Global Conference on Plant Science and Molecular Biology”, Valencia, Spain and Virtually.
11 September 2023: CBD webinar “20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”.
29 – 30 August 2023: The 2023 Swiss-UK Synthetic Biology
29 August 2023: Agricultural Biotechnology Seminar Series 2023 – Seminar 2 “Ensuring the Safety of Products from Agricultural Biotechnology”.
July 30-31, APEC Workshop on Reducing Redundancies and Facilitating Efficiencies: Regulatory and Policy Solutions for the Oversight of Agricultural Biotechnologies, Seattle, USA.
5 July 2023: EBCD event “Next generation agriculture – Harnessing alternative solutions for the SUR“
5 July 2023: Theodor-Billroth-Lectures: Regulation of new genomic techniques in the EU
3 – 6 July 2023: FESPB Workshop Plant Biology Europe, Marseille, France.
28 June 2023: COST Action PlantEd online lecture series on gene editing “Fusion of viral 5′-exonucleases to Cas9 and Cas12a strongly increases homology directed repair in plants” and “Quo vadis EU on NGTs?”
28 June 2023: International Conference on Synthetic Genomes and Systems Biology (ICSGSB), Istanbul, Turkey
27 – 28 June 2023: 4th annual SynBio World Café, Darmstadt, Germany
22 – 23 June 2023: VIB Conference: Translational Research in Crops, Ghent, Belgium.
22 June 2023: 2023: International Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop (mSBW), San Jose, California, USA
19 – 20 June 2023: Agricultural Biotechnology Seminar Series 2023 – Seminar 1 “Development of Agricultural Resources Through Genome-Editing Platforms”.
13 – 15 June 2023: Canada SynBio Conference, Toronto, Canada
31 May 2023: COST Action PlantEd online lecture series on gene editing “From technology to product: considerations of implementing cutting edge genome editing technologies for product development in tropical crops” and “Wheat transformation and genome editing – the new “model” system”
30 May – 2 June 2023: Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED), Los Angeles, California, USA
29 May 2023: AFSI Virtual Workshop on “Harnessing Genome Editing Technologies for Viticulture“
26 May 2023: SynBioNL – EXPANDING HORIZONS 2023, Leiden, the Netherlands
23 – 25 May 2023: SynBioBeta – The Global Synthetic Biology Conference, Oakland, CA, USA
22 – 24 May 2023: SynCell – International Conference on Engineering Synthetic Cells and Organelles, Minneapolis, MN – US
30 April – 4 May 2023: 16th International Society for Biosafety Research Symposium (ISBR2023), St Louis, MO, USA.
26 – 27 April 2023: International Conference on Gene-edited Crops: Enabling Future Commercialisation and International Trade, ACT, Australia.
26 April 2023: COST Action PlantEd online lecture series on gene editing, “the shoot apical meristem: an arena for genetic parasites” and “BREEDIT: a multiplex gene editing pipeline to generate high order mutant populations in Zea mays”
29 March 2023: COST Action PlantEd online lecture series on gene editing, “Improving plant regeneration accelerates wheat improvement with genome editing technologies” and “Exploring Prime Editing in the model plant Physcomitrium patens”
28 March 2023: Forum For Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium
23 – 25 March 2023: Campaign Event – Give-Genes A Chance, Brussels, Belgium.
14 – 16 March 2023 : CBD International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques, Berlin, Germany.
9 March 2023 : FAO webinar “COP27 and COP15 Outcomes, FAO Support for Country Implementation”, 15:00 – 17:00 CET
23 – 24 February 2023: University of Milan webinar “Plant Biotechnology for Agriculture of the XXI Century“, virtual.
23 – 24 February 2023: USDA Outlook Forum, Washington DC, USA.
25 January 2023: COST Action PlantEd online lecture series on gene editing, Dr. Fred Van Ex (Inari Agriculture, Belgium) and Prof. Jens Boch (Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany).
21 – 22 January 2023: ICGBGMF: International Conference on Food Bioengineering and Genetically Modified Foods, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2022

7 – 19 December 2022: Reconvened Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), Montreal, Canada
7 – 19 December 2022: Reconvened Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COPMOP10), Montreal, Canada
7 – 19 December 2022: Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (COPMOP4) Montreal Canada
12 December 2022: EFSA: Stakeholder Event on ‘The safety of plants derived from New Genomic Techniques: looking into future risk assessment challenges’ (online)
3 – 5 December 2022: Fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Montreal, Canada
30 November 2022: PlantEd online lecture series: “Engineering and editing of the plastid genome using the mini-synplastome” and “Deploying morphological genes for extending gene editing in cereal crops”.
29 November 2022: Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research in Brussels (CZELO): Science Café: Future of GMOs“, Brussels, Belgium.
26 October 2022: COST Action CA18111 Genome Editing in Plants webinar series: “Overcoming bottlenecks in plant gene editing” and “Two case studies to improve citrus fruit quality by using the New Plant Breeding Techniques”
29 September 2022, POLITICO’s annual “Future of Food and Farming Summit”. Webinar
28 – 30 September 2022: IOBC conference “Modern Biotechnology in Integrated Plant Production“, Berlin, Germany.
28 September 2022: PlantEd online lecture series ” Prof. Jochen Kumlehn, “Cas Endonuclease Technology in Cereals – Targeted Mutagenesis and Approaches to Higher Precision” and Prof. Yinong Yang, “CRISPR/Cas-enabled Genome Editing, Precision Breeding and Disease Diagnostics”
26 September – 2 October 2022: European Biotech Week
26, 28 September: USDA Biotechnology Seminar ” Harnessing agricultural biotechnology to address climate change, food security, and health“
31 August 2022: PlantEd online lecture series: “CRISPR/Cas genome editing in plants using viral vectors to express the reaction components” and “Development of Broad-spectrum resistance in Solanum tuberosum against PVY by exploiting CRISPR/Cas13″
28 July 2022: GDN/ISAAA Gene Drive Webinar Series – “Integrating social, economic and health aspects into the decision-making process“.
29 June 2022: COST Action “Genome Editing in Plants” Online lecture series.
27 June 2022: POLITICO Live’s webinar “Gene-editing revamp: the solution to climate change and food security?”
21 – 26 June 2022: Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Nairobi, Kenya
21 – 24 June 2022: EFSA seminar “ONE – Health, Environment, Society – Conference 2022”, Brussels and via live web streaming.
16 June 2022: ISAAA SEAsia Center and GDN Webinar – Key Considerations for Risk Assessments of Gene Drive Technologies
2 June 2022: Plants for the Future webinar: “The role of EU protein crops in reaching the Green Deal goals”
19 May 2022: GND 2022 Gene Drive Webinar Series, “Gene Drive Organisms: There is no one size fits all”.
11 – 12 April 2022: 9th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress, The Hague, Netherlands
13 – 29 March 2022: resumed Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Geneva, Switzerland
13 – 29 March 2022: resumed Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, Geneva, Switzerland
13 – 29 March 2022: resumed Third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Geneva, Switzerland.
8 March 2022: CBD Webinar series on science and policy issues related to synthetic biology
15 February 2022: PAMCA-GDN workshop: “Promoting Health & Resilience Through Partnerships & Innovation“. (Registration)
8 February 2022: CBD “Briefing Webinar on the Joint Meeting Agenda and Organization of Work of the Resumed Sessions of SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3″
3 February 2022: webinar WG2020 Co-Chairs ” Introduction to the documents on digital sequence information on genetic resources (WG2020 item 5)

2021

9 November 2021: European Commission High level on-line event on “New genomic techniques – the way forward for safe and sustainable innovation in the agri-food sector” .
16 November 2021: MEP webinar: “New Genetic Techniques and its role in the EU“.
15 – 17 November 2021: 5th International Conference on Plant Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering and Biotechnology (virtual).
11 – 15 October 2021: Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (COPMOP4), Kunming, China (virtual).
11 – 15 October 2021: Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COPMOP10), Kunming, China (virtual)
11 – 15 October 2021: Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), Kunming, China. (virtual)
20 – 22 September 2021: 2nd PlantEd conference – “Plant genome editing – the wide range of applications”
8 – 9 September 2021: USDA virtual seminar “Genome editing, regulation and commercialisation in agriculture”.
23 August – 3 September 2021: Third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
12 – 13 July 2021: EU online dialogue on sustainable food systems
June 29 – 2 July 2 2021: ICABR 25th annual conference: “The role of the bioeconomy in generating resilience and sustainable development”, Ravello, Italy.
22 June 2021: Euractiv webinar “EC Study on New Genomic Techniques – What’s Next?”
16 June 2021: EFSA GMO Workshop on allergenicity assessment
10 June 2021: PlantEd webinar ‘Understanding the potential contributions of genome editing to sustainable agriculture‘
9 June 2021: #EU40Talks: “New Breeding Techniques, Challenges and Opportunities“
7-8 June 202: VIB webinar “Plant Research for Climate Emergency”
1 June 2021: ETP partner event: “Meeting the Green Deal goals – How plant science and innovation can contribute”.
26 May 2021: FFA2021 webinar “New Genomic Techniques – sustainable tool to face climate change?”
25 May 2021: PlantEd webinar “The climate benefits of yield increases in genetically engineered crops“
20 May 2021: IPBO webinar “Biotechnology, biofortification and healthy diets: food systems’ interventions for enhanced nutrition“.
16 May – 13 June 2021: 3rd Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 3)
4 May 2021: ICABRs workshop: The Benefits from GMO Regulatory Harmonization
3 May – 9 June 2021: 24th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice ( SBSTTA 24).
15 April 2021: EP STOA webinar: “The challenges of genome editing in plants, with a focus on crops“
13 April 2021: PlantEd webinar “From research to innovation with new breeding techniques”.
13 April 2021: Agriculture & Progress Platform’s webinar on “Innovative Breeding Techniques: The crucial role of sustainable farming to achieve the Green Deal ambitions”
25 March 2021: Frontiers Forum Speaker Series “Genomics-led solutions for all life on Earth” (virtual)
25 March 2021: iPlanta final meeting. (virtual).
24 March 2021: Ifakara Health Institute masterclass ” There’s a Gene in my Mosquitoes“. (virtual).
8-12 March and 14 March 2021: “Informal session in preparation for SBI 3″
4 March 2021: iPlanta Webinar 8: “The Contribution of RNAi for more sustainable and resilient food systems: Meeting with stakeholders and policymakers”.
23 February 2021: PlantEd webinar “CRISPR/Cas-mediated mutagenesis of plant traits”.
17-19 February and 24-26 February 2021: Informal virtual session in preparation for SBSTTA 24. On line.

2020

Monday 14 December 2020: iPlanta webinar: RNAi based pesticides: Regulation issues
31 October – 4 November 2020: ISBR 16, St Louis, USA. (postponed)
29 October 2020: EP Intergroup webinar on “Research and innovation for biodiversity: What role for gene drive research?”
20 – 21 October 2020: Iowa State University webinar: Gene Edited Foods Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food: Social Concerns, Public Engagement and Governance (virtual)
13 – 14 October 2020: Pufendorf Institute webinar: New genome editing technologies for medicine and agriculture – implications for society (virtual)
7 October 2020: WiLDSI webinar: Finding compromise on ABS & DSI in the CBD: Requirements & policy ideas from a scientific perspective (virtual)
28 September 2020 – 4 October 2020: European Biotech Week 2020, Europe (virtual)
24 – 25 September: POLITICO Agriculture and Food Summit, Paris, France. (virtual)
23 – 24 September: SLU. CIP, IITA and UBIC webinar Plant Biotech in sub-Saharan Africa – technology transfer and new policies (virtual)
22 – 24 September 2020: European Commission webinar: European Research and Innovation Days (virtual)
14 – 16 September 2020: Crop Innovations and Regulations, Brussels, Belgium (postponed)
21 – 25 July 2020: ASPB Plant Biology 2020 Washington DC (postponed)
7 July 2020: EP Intergroup webinar on ”The tools to ensure the delivery of an ambitious green recovery plan”
6 – 10 July 2020: International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) Seattle, USA (postponed)
5 – 6 July 2020: EuroScience Open Forum (EMBO session on NBTs) Trieste, Italy
3 July 2020: Farmers-Scientists Network (FSN) webinar: “Farming, Science and the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies”. (**)
2 July 2020: webinar by the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: “Initial reactions by key stakeholders to the Farm-to-Fork & EU Biodiversity Strategies”.
29 June – 2 July 2020: Plant Biology Europe 2020, Turin, Italy
23 – 25 June 2020: ISPG conference “Sustainable Agriculture: The Role of Plant Breeding Innovation Conference”, Brussels, Belgium.
15 June 2020: FFA webinar:” Food system resilience, sustainability and the COVID-19 crisis.” (virtual)
9 June 2020: EBCD Web-conference ”A circular bioeconomy: Providing solutions to the EU Green Recovery Plan”
7 – 10 June 2020 The Plant Genome Stability Conference Leiden, the Netherlands (postponed)
5 June 2020: Joint WWF and OECD webunar “Nature-Based Solutions as a Force for a Green and Resilient Recovery”.
2 June 2020: webinar “AI in Farming: making the Farm to Fork agenda a global standard for sustainability”?
20 May 2020: FAO Virtual Plant Health Protection Roundtable “Protecting Plant Health for a Secure Future: A Call for Global Action.”
12 May 2020, FAO North America and the University of Maryland webinar: “Synergies and Trade offs in Sustainable Agriculture”.
17 – 20 March 2020: Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on digital sequence information. Montreal, Canada
4 – 5 March 2020: 8th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
3 March 2020: EP Conference on Innovative Breeding Techniques, Brussels, Belgium (postponed due to Covid19)
24-28 February 2020: 2nd meeting of the Working Group Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Rome, Italy.
3 – 6 February 2020: The 11th European Innovation Summit, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.

2019

12 – 13 December 2019: “Eumans2020: how citizens can change Europe”, Brussels, Belgium.
10 – 11 December 2019: The 2019 EU Agricultural Outlook Conference, Brussels, Belgium.
10 December 2019: European Food Forum Reception Launch event, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
5 December 2019: Farmers-Scientists event “Agricultural innovation and trade agreements in a changing climate”, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (**).
2 – 3 December 2019: Global Food Forum event: EU Agri-Food Sectors as Front Runners of EU Future, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
27 – 28 November 2019: 134th plenary meeting of the GMO Panel – open for observers, Parma, Italy.
25 – 29 November 2019: 23^rd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice ( SBSTTA 23).
21 November 2019: Exploratory workshop on Phenotyping/Genotyping and Novel Breeding Techniques for adaptation and mitigation to Climate Change in the livestock sector, Brussels, Belgium.
19 – 22 November 2019: ICGEB-JRC Workshop “Genome Editing Applications and Beyond”, Trieste, Italy
19 November 2019: ‘Key environmental challenges & the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, Brussels, Belgium.
19 November 2019: Moving research from the laboratory for field trials: Regulatory pathway for genetically engineered organisms and their derived products, National Harbor, MD, USA.
19 November 2019: High-level Conference “Growing the Future Together”, Brussels, Belgium.
18 – 19 November 2019: 2nd World Congress on Plant Genomics and Plant Science, Rome, Italy.
7 – 8 November 2019: Synthetic Biology Congress, London, UK.
5 November 2019: Genetic Innovation Vs climate change – The opportunities of New Breeding techniques for sustainable development and the competitiveness of agriculture, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
4 – 5 November 2019: 7th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress, Raleigh-Durham, USA.
31 October – 4 November 2019: International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition 2019, Boston, USA.
22 – 25 October 2019: ICGEB/JRC workshop “Genome editing applications and beyond”, Trieste, Italy
22 – 25 October 2019: Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Montreal, Canada (-)
16 – 18 October 2019: Plant genomes in a changing environment, Cambridge, UK
16 October 2019: Round Table on the Ethics of Gene Editing, Brussels, Belgium
1 – 3 October 2019: SynBioBeta 2019: The Global Synthetic Biology Summit, San Francisco, USA.
26 – 27 September 2019: Politico Event: Agriculture and Food Summit, Paris, France.
24 – 26 September 2019: The European Research and Innovation Days, across Europe.
23 – 29 September 2019: European Biotech Week, across Europe.
23 – 25 September 2019: 7th Central European Congress of Life Sciences, Kraków, Poland
22 – 25 September 2019: Creating is Understanding: Synthetic Biology Masters Complexity – EMBO workshop, Heidelberg, Germany.
10 – 12 September 2019: Crop Innovation and Regulation Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
27 – 30 August 2019: First meeting of the Working Group Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Nairobi, Kenya
3 – 7 Aug 2019: ASPB 2019 Plant Biology, San José, USA
11 – 13 July 2019: 2nd Annual Congress on Plantscience & Biosecurity, London, UK
9 July 2019: Innovative Food conference, Brussels, Belgium
5 – 6 July 2019: Plant Genome Editing & Genome Engineering II Vienna, Austria
3-4 July 2019: Plant Transformation & Biotechnology V Vienna, Austria
2 -5 July 2019: SEB 2019, Seville, Spain.
26 – 28 June 2019: Biotech France 2019 Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France.
26 June 2019: Maize: Agriculture & Progress, Brussels, Belgium.
20 – 21 June 2018: “CRISPRcon“, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
20 – 21 June 2019: International Conference on Agronomy and Food Science & Technology, Istanbul, Turkey.
13 – 14 June 2019 5th International Conference on Plant Genomics Berlin, Germany
4 – 7 June 2019: the 23rd ICABR conference “Regulation And Finance Of Innovations For A Sustainable Economy”, Ravello, Italy.
21 – 22 May 2019: “7th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Europe”, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
18 May 2019: Fascination of Plants Day; global initiative
15 May 2019: EFSA Workshop on the problem formulation for the environmental risk assessment of gene drive modified insects, Brussels, Belgium.
13 -14 May 2019: 6th World Congress on Synthetic Biology and Advanced Biomaterials – Theme: Synthetic Biology: Meeting the Needs of a Changing World, Melbourne, Australia.
9 May 2019: How Will ‘Digital Sequence Information’ (Dsi) be addressed under the Convention On Biological Diversity?, Brussels, Belgium.
9 April 2019, Forum for the Future of Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium.
1 – 4 April 2019: 15th ISBR Symposium “New Horizons in Biotechnology: Risk Analysis for a Sustainable Future”, Tarragona, Spain.
24 – 28 March 2019: 1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security. Leiden, The Netherlands
25 – 26 March 2019: Revolutionising Next-Generation Sequencing, Antwerp, Belgium.
19 March 2019: EFSA webinar: DNA sequencing quality check: information required in GMO applications
19 March 2019: STOA working breakfast ‘The science and ethics of gene drive technology – Case study: Eradicating malaria‘, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
18-20 March 2019: 15th Gatersleben Research Conference on Applied Bioinformatics in Crops Gatersleben, Germany
5 – 8 March 2019: 1st Annual Meeting of Newcotiana and Pharma Factory projects, Valencia, Spain.
27 February 27 to 1 March 2019: 3^rdiPLANTA Conference: “What Future For RNAi-based PRODUCTS: Rnai Modified Plants or Spray Products”, Lisbon, Portugal.
20 to 22 February 2019: Joint EFSA/BfR International Conference on Uncertainty in Risk Analysis, Berlin, Germany.
6 February 2019: “Rest in Peace Plant Breeding Innovation in the EU after the ECJ Ruling?”, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
30 January 2019: EBCD Intergroup event: “What’s next for Biodiversity, globally and in Europe? Follow-up of the CBD COP14“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
14 – 15 January 2019: ICSBN 2019 : 21st International Conference on Synthetic Biology and Nanobiotechnology, Zurich, Switzerland.
9 January 2019: ELO Innovation conference “After the ECJ: The future of Plant Breeding”, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
7 January 2019: A joint meeting of the AGRI and ENVI committees, in which members will exchange views on ECJ ruling. EP, Brussels, Belgium.

2018

6 – 7 December 2018: “The 2018 EU Agricultural Outlook conference“, Brussels, Belgium.
30 November 2018: Sense About Science workshop: “Standing up for Science”, Barcelona, Spain.
17 – 29 November 2018: Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
17 – 29 November 2018: Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
17 – 29 November 2018: Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
15 – 16 November 2018: “International Conference on Plant Science” Paris, France.
5 November 2018: EURACTIV’ event “Science in the future of agriculture: Can innovation double food production – and improve sustainability?”, Brussels, Belgium.
17 October 2018: “COST IPLANTA CA15223 WG4 Meeting: Meeting with stakeholders on RNAi socio-economic impact”, Brussels, Belgium.
17 October 2018: “Communicating Science in a Complex World, Experiences, Controversies and Future Strategies”, Brussels, Belgium.
15 October 2018: “Innovation In Agriculture: Women Pioneers at the Frontiers of Science”. “TedStyle” talks at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
24 – 30 September 2018: European Biotech Week
25 September 2018: discussion event “Innovation in agriculture: reflections on science, regulatory developments, and communication”, European Parliament, Brussels. (**)
25 September 2018 – “Well Fed” Movie Screening & Debate with the Filmmakers, Brussels, Belgium.
18-21 September 2018: EFSA conference “Science, Food, Society“, Parma, Italy.
3 – 5 September 2018: “Crispring Conference: A New New Beginning for the Genetic Improvement of Plants and Microbes“, Budapest, Hungary.(*)
30 – 31 August 2018: VIB-IPBO workshop: “Scientific innovation for a sustainable development of African agriculture”, Gent, Belgium.
16 July 2018: workshop “The protein crop deficit in the EU: different perspectives for potential common solution”. Brussels, Belgium (**).
2 – 7 July 2018: Twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Montreal, Canada. (*)
1 − 4 July 2018, European Congress on Biotechnology − ECB2018, Geneva, Switzerland.
28-29 June 2018. OECD conference ” Genome Editing: Applications in Agriculture – Implications for Health, Environment and Regulation“, Paris, France. (*)
18 – 21 Juni 2018: EPSO conference “Plant Biology Europe 2018 Conference (PBE2018)”, Coopenhagen, Denmark. (*)
6 June 2018: International Forum on Food and Nutrition: Towards a more sustainable food system, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
21-23 May 2018: “Conference – Future of Long-term Experiments in Agricultural Science“, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK. (*)
17 May 2018: Hearing: “Use of New Breeding Techniques“, 10.00 – 12.30 Room JAN 4Q1, European Parliament, Brussels. (*)
14-15 May 2018: “6th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress“, Rotterdam, Netherlands
24-25 April 2018: EFSA scientific colloquium “Omics in risk assessment: state-of-the-art and next steps”– Berlin, Germany.
12 April 2018: workshop “Modern agricultural biotechnology calling“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (*).
11-13 April 2018: “5th Meeting of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (*).
28-29 March 2018: G-TwYST Stakeholder consultation, Antwerp, Belgium (*).
27 March 2018: “Forum for the Future of Agriculture 2018“, Brussels, Belgium.
26 – 27 March 2018: “Garnet Plant Gene Editing Workshop”, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

2017

11 – 14 December 2017: Twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Montreal, Canada.
5 to 8 December 2017: CBD Ad Hoc Technical Experts group on Synthetic Biology, Montreal, Canada. (*)
27 November 2017 – 1 December 2017 : “9th European Innovation Summit“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
19 – 20 oktober 2017, COGEM Internationaal symposium ‘Gene editing in animals, applications and implications’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
11 – 13 October 2017: International workshop “Assessing the Security Implications of Genome Editing Technology“. Hannover, Germany.(*)
11 October 2017: “The impact of regulation on agricultural innovation”, European Parliament, Brussels. (**)
28 September 2017: EC conference: “Modern Biotechnologies in agriculture – Paving the way for responsible innovation“, Brussels, Belgium.(*)
27 September: Seminar – “The Role of Modern Biotechnology in the Production of our Food“- a screening of the documentary Food Evolution followed by a debate, 17.30 – 20.00, Free University of Brussels. Belgium. (*)
26 September, a screening of the documentary Food Evolution followed by a debate, 18.00-2015, Royal Flemish Academy, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
26 September 2017: ‘clips viewing’ of the documentary Food Evolution, 13.00-14.00, in the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
25 September – 1 October 2017: European Biotech Week. (*)
14 and 15 September 2017: U4 Environmental Law Network Workshop: “Governing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Decision-Making”, Brussels, Belgium.
11-14 September 2017: Eurobiotech 2017 (6th Central European Congress of Life Sciences), Kraków, Poland.
4 – 6 September 2017: IOBC-WPRS workshop “GMOs in Integrated Plant Production“, Ghent Belgium.(*)
19 July 2917: Symposium: “Gene Drive Modified Organisms and Practical Considerations for Environmental Risk Assessments“, Washington, USA.
7-8 July 2017: GPC-SEB workshop “New breeding technologies in plant sciences”, Gothenburg, Sweden. (*)
3 – 4 July 2017: Plant Genome Editing & Genome Engineering, Vienna, Austria.(*)
21 June 2017: Sense About Science event: “Evidence Matters“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.(*)
19 – 22 June 2017: Conference: “Green for Good IV – Biotechnology of Plant Products”, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
4 – 8 June 2017: 14th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO), Guadalajara, Mexico. (*).
17 May 2017: Farm Europe seminar:””New Breeding Techniques: What are we talking about?”, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
10 May 2017: IIBN conference “Biotechnology: from Innovation to Industrial Production“, Gent, Belgium. (*)
20 – 24 March 2017: “Challenges for the Regulation of Gene Drive Technology“, Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (*).
16 – 17 March 2017: The 5th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
25 January 2017: EP hearing: “Ethical and social challenges of agricultural technologies – Issues for decision-makers“, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. (*)

2016

12 December 2016: Seminar: ” New Breeding Techniques, Scientific, Technical, Social and Legal Aspects“. Oeiras, Portugal. (*).
4 – 17 December 2016: Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 8), Cancun, Mexico. (*).
4 – 17 December 2016: Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13), Cancun, Mexico. (*)
4 – 17 December 2016: Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (COP-MOP 2), Cancun, Mexico. (*)
23 November 2016: Info session on applications – GMO – technical meeting with stakeholders on Allergenicity Guidance Document (*)
24-26 October 2016: Workshop: “Strengthening Asia’s Participation in MOP8“, Kuala Lumpur, malaysia (**).
12 October 2016: UEAA Conference: “Science in agriculture: historical perspectives and prospective insights“, Paris, France.
11 October 2016: Conference “New breeding solutions for new farmers challenges“,European Parliament, Brussels.(**)
29-30 September 2016, 2nd International Conference on Science Advice to Government,
Brussels, Belgium.
26 September – 2 October 2016 European Biotech Week, Europe. (*)
27 September 2016: “Unshackling Innovation: Will Europe block or enable GM crops”, European Parliament, Brussels. (**)
14-15 July 2016: “4^thInternational Conference on Plant Genomics“, Brisbane, Australia.
12 July 2016: PRRI discussion “EU GMO regulations and New Breeding Techniques” (**)(member area)
3 – 6 July 2016: 17th European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB2016), Krakow, Poland. (*)
26-30 June 2016: “Plant Biology Europe EPSO / FESPB Congress“, Prague, Czech Republic. (*)
26-29 June 2016: 20th ICABR Conference: “Transforming the Bioeconomy: Behavior, Innovation and Science”, Ravello, Italy. (*)
24-25th June 2016: Synthetic Biology – visions of the future, Synergene Forum Amsterdam
22-24 June 2016: Scientific Colloquium “Agricultural biotechnology – risk/safety assessment, impact assessment and importance for a bio-based economy“, Quedlinburg, Germany. (*)
15 June 2016: Demystifying science – getting science out of the lab and into society, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU, Brussels, Belgium (*).
14-15 June 2016: EuropaBio Workshop “Back to Basics: Risk assessment principles for GM plants“, Brussels, Belgium (*)
25-27 May 2016: 2nd meeting of the International Society for Plant Molecular Farming, Ghent, Belgium.
10-11 May 2016: Amiga Final Conference, Brussels, Belgium.
3-6 May 2016: CIBIO-InBIO http://cibio.up.pt/conferences/details/congenomics-2016, Vairão, Portugal
25 April 2016: Hearing in the AGRI committee on implementation of European legislation in the agri sector, European Parliament, Brussels.
18th – 20 April 2016: Joint CEE/JKI Training Workshop “CADIMA and its supportive function during evidence synthesis” Berlin, Germany.
5 April 2016: AGR’IDÉBAT: “La génétique, source de progrès continu en agriculture“, Paris, France. (*)
22 March 2016: Forum for Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
22-24 February 2016: 3rd Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, Lisbon, Portugal.(*)
2 March 2016: Greens/EFA Conference “New breeding techniques: Hidden GMOs?”, EP, Brussels, Belgium (video).(member area). (*)
15- 17 February 2016: FAO International Symposium on “The Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition”, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.
26 January 2016: Press conference MEP Michèle Rivasi (Greens) and Prof Gilles Seralini: “long term effects on farm animals from the ingestion of a GM plants”, EP, Brussels.(*)
26 January 2016: High-level conference: A better framework for innovation, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU, Brussels, Belgium. (*)

2015

1 December 2015: EP Hearing on “New Techniques for Plant Breeding” (*)
1 December 2015, ERF High-level discussion on the theme of “Achieving Excellence in Scientific Advice. (*)
17 – 20 November 2015: Conference “GMCC-15 – Coexistence in International Trade“, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
9-10 November 2015: Final conference EU GRACE project, Berlin-Potsdam, Germany. (*)
20 – 21 October 2015: The 2nd Synthetic Biology Congress, London, UK.
14-16 October 2015: EFSA’s 2^nd scientific conference “Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together” Milan, Italy. Conference held at the occasion of the EXPO 2015. (*)
11-14 October 2015: “2nd International Conference on Global Food Security“, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US.
28-30 September 2015: “International Conference on Synthetic Biology“, Houston, USA
15 September 2015: STOA-JR event “Science meets parliaments“, EP, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
7 September 2015: “iGEM Symposium Day on Synthetic Biology, Cell Systems and Ethics in Biochemistry“, University of Leuven, Belgium. (*)
19 June 2015:”Towards a Generic Market for Genetically Modified Crops . Potential for Emerging and Developing Economies”, Gent, Belgium. (*)
5−18 June 2015: “Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good III“, Olomouc − Czech Republic
8-12 June 2015: “IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2015 Conference“, Florence, Italy
1-3 June 2015: IOBC/WPRS Working Group ‘GMOs in Integrated Plant Production’, Sofia, Bulgaria
1 June 2015: ECONADAPT workshop: “The Common Agricultural Policy and Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe”, Brussels, Belgium.
22-23 April 2015: Syn Bio Beta 2015, London, UK.
21-24 April 2015: 18th Annual Meeting of the European Biosafety Association, Vienna, Austria.
22 April 2015: “Merging Ecology and Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture“, Gent, Belgium. (*)
12 March 2015, Meeting of the farmers – scientists network, Brussels, Belgium. (**)
4 – 5 March 2015: Open session of the 96th plenary meeting of the EFSA Scientific Panel on GMOs, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
19 February 2015: “The PRICE of coexistence” PRICE final conference, Freising, Germany (*)
15 – 17 February 2015: Agriculture and Climate Change: Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
3 February 2015: Global science, priorities for research to achieve sustainable solutions. European Parliament, Brussels

2014

18 December 2014: EFSA Info Session on Applications – GMO – Technical Meeting with Stakeholders on agronomic and phenotypic characterisation of genetically modified plants Parma, Italy (*)
9 December 2014: European Confederation of Maize Production (CEPM) conference: “Revision of the GMO Directive”, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
November 17-20, 2015: GMCC-15, “Seventh International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains“, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
19 November 2014: 6th European Innovation Summit: “Agricultural Innovation in the EU – how can we unlock its full potential?“, European Parliament, Brussels. (*)
13-14 November 2014: Food and Drug Law Institute Workshop: “Europe v. U.S. Food, Drug, Device & Tobacco Regulation & Policy: Emerging Issues and Comparative Analysis”, Brussels, Belgium.(*)
9-13 November 2014: International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO), Cape Town, South Africa.
6-10 October 2014: European Biotech Week (*)
6 to 17 October 2014: First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
6 to 17 October 2014: Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea (*)
29 September – 3 October 2014: “Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety” (“MOP7”), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. (*)
20 – 27 July 2014: The 19^th International Congress of Comparative Law, addressing genetic technology and food security, Vienna, Austria.
13-16 July 2014: “16th European Congress on Biotechnology“, Edinburgh-Scotland.
11-12 June 2014: The global pipeline of GM crops: an outlook for 2020, Seville, Spain
5 – 6 June 2014: BIOVISION, Lyon, France
4 – 5 June 2014, EFSA workshop: Risk assessment considerations for RNAi-based GM plants, Brussels, Belgium.(*)
19 and 20 May 2014: The second stakeholder/expert consultation on animal feeding studies and in vitro studies in the course of GMO risk assessment , Brussels, Belgium
15 – 18 May 2014: European Biotechnology Congress 2014, Lecce, Italy
1 April 2014: Forum for Agriculture 2014, Brussels, Belgium.(*)
18-19 February 2014, Workshop on Scientific aspects of comparative assessments for GM plants and their use in risk assessment, Brussels, Belgium (*)
10 February 2014: OECD Workshop on New Plant Breeding Techniques , Paris, France. (*)
30 January 2014: 7th EFSA Meeting with Non-Governmental Organisations on environmental risk assessment and new plant breeding techniques, Brussels, Belgium.
22 January 2014: event “Growing Voices“, Brussels, Belgium (*)

2013

4 December 2013: STOA Workshop ‘How to feed the World in 2050?’ European Parliament, Brussels. (*)
29 November 2013: European Commission workshop “Nature Based Solutions For Horizon 2020 Challenges”, Brussels, Belgium.
28 November 2013: Symposium” Growing maize 20 years after the arrival of Corn Root-worm in Europe”, European parliament, Strassbourg, France.
25 – 27 November 2013: Second European Federation of Biotechnology meeting on Applied Synthetic Biology, Malaga, Spain.
21 November 2013: STOA Panel meeting: ‘”Technology options for feeding 10 billion people”, EP, Strasbourg, France.
12 -15 November 2013: Sixth International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains. Lisbon, Portugal.(*)
12 – 13 November 2013: 30 Years of Plant Biotechnology, Gent, Belgium (*)
5 November 2013: EP Hearing “Hearing on “Plant Breeding – what options to increase quality and yields“, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
24 October 2013: STOA Panel meeting: Technology options for plant breeding and for innovative agriculture, Strasbourg, France.
16-19 October 2013: World Food Prize events, Demoins, Iowa. (*)
16-17 October 2013, Round table on GMOs under the Aarhus Convention, Geneva, Switzerland (*)
16 October 2013: STOA Workshop Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
16 October 2013: World Food Day (FAO).
3 October 2013, meeting farmers – scientists network, Brussels, Belgium. (**)
3 October 2013: EFSA Conference: Transparency in Risk Assessment, Parma, Italy.
30 September – 4 October 2013, European Biotech Week (*)
25 September 2013: Copa-Cogeca workshop: Productivity and Growth in European Agriculture, Brussels.
16 – 17 September 2013: Symposium: “Genome Engineering & Synthetic Biology: Tools and Technologies“, Gent, Belgium. (*)
15-18 September 2013: The Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC 2013), Food, water and energy for a hungry world. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
12 September 2013: “InnoPlanta Forum 2013“, Berlin, Germany
8-10 September 2013: Plant Genome Evolution 2013. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1 – 4 September 2013: 7th EPSO Conference: “Plants for a Greening Economy”. Porto Heli, Greece
24 – 25 July 2013: Workshop “Guidance to communicate agricultural biotechnology and biosafety”, Budapest, Hungary. (**)
24 July 2013: meeting of the farmers – scientists network, Budapest, Hungary (**).
25-28 June 2013: International Conference on Genomics – Europe. Gent, Belgium
17-21 June 2013: Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good II, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
17 June 2013: Lunch Debate on Green Biotechnology Policy, hosted by MEP Reimers, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
14 June 2013: Standing up for Science Media, London, UK. (*)
13 June 2103: British Chamber EU Committee Breakfast Briefing “Science, Agriculture & Public Engagement,” Belgium, Brussels. (*)
3-5 June 2013: Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms (EIGMO). Berlin, Germany. (*)
30 May 2013: Convention Knowledge for Growth. ICC Ghent, Belgium. (*)
18 May 2013: “Fascination of Plants Day”, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
9 April 2013: EPC Policy Dialogue: Science and decision-making – a relationship under strain, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
25-26 March 2013: “21^st Meeting of EFSA Stakeholder Consultative Platform“, Parma, Italy. (*)
21 March 2023: UK-ACRE “Evidence-gathering meeting on more effective environmental risk assessment under current GMO legislation”, London, UK
7 March 2013: “How do EU policies on biotech crops impact trade and development?” EuropaBio event, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
6 March 2013: Greens Seminar: GMO-free labelling. How GMO-free labelling of food products can contribute to increase GM-free supplies for animal feed, Public Conference. European Parliament, Brussels Belgium. (*)
5 March 2013: 6th Forum for the Future of Agriculture, The Square Meeting Place, Brussels. (*)
5 March 2013: Meeting the challenges of food security Land use, biodiversity, innovation and implementing the Green Food Project (DEFRA), Global Food Security. Role of biotechnology in the Green Food Project. London, UK.
4 – 8 March 2013: Conference: “EU Science: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration” (ES:GC2), European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. (*)
27-28 February 2013: EuropaBio Workshop “Environmental Risk Assessment of GM crops in practice”, Brussels , Belgium. (*)
26 – 28 February 2013: Outlook for Agriculture (Agra Informa). Brussels, Belgium. (*)
25 – 26 February 2013: Green Growth – Transforming economies for competitiveness and resilience? London, UK
20 February 2013: BBSRC/NERC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club. London, UK.
12 February 2013: Castle Debates 2013: Genetically Modified Crops. London, UK.
23 January 2013: Workshop Sustainability in future food production systems – Can biotechnology make a difference? Upsala, Sweden.
23 January 2013, The risk of getting science wrong in EU policymaking”, EP Brussels, Hosted by UK MEP Girling
15 – 19 January 2013: Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2013. Berlin, Germany.
14 – 15 January 2013: International Conference on Agricultural, Biotechnology, Biological and Biosystems Engineering(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology -WASET). Zurich, Switzerland.

2012

29-30 November 2012: EFSA and COGEM workshop “approaches and challenges to assess the potential adverse effects of plant-produced Bt proteins from transgenic crops on terrestrial non-target arthropods”. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
28 November 2012: MEP – FuturAgra seminar “GMOs: Regulation and research for 21innovating agriculture”, in the framework of the last ruling of the European Court of Justice. European Parliament, Brussels
27-29 November 2012: 1st International Conference for GM Crops and Food. Cairo, Egypt.
27 November 2012: Sixth EFSA Meeting with Non-Governmental Organisations on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Parma, Italy
14 November 2012: Stakeholder workshop PRICE project. Brussels, Belgium.
7 – 8 November 2012. EFSA Conference Challenging boundaries in risk assessment – sharing experiences. Parma, Italy.
8 – 19 October 2012: The 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11). Hyderabad, India.
1 – 5 October 2012 : MOP6 – 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Hyderabad, India.
23 – 26 September 2012: 15th European Congress On Biotechnology (ECB15). Istanbul , Turkey.
17 – 20 September 2012: ISBGMO, Saint Louis, USA.
20 – 22 June 2012: Rio+20, The World Summit 20 years later. Rio De Janeiro, Brasil.
6 June 2012: The European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment. European Parliament workshop on Synthetic Biology Enabling sustainable solutions for food, feed, bio-fuel and health. European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
20-25 May 2012: Green Week: Water. Brussels, Belgium.
29 March 2012: DG Sanco hearing on monitoring of LMOs. Brussels, Belgium.
27 March 2012: 5th Forum For Agriculture. Brussels, Belgium.
20 March 2012: Seminar: “Canada’s experience with agricultural biotechnology: perspectives from farmers, regulators, and academia”. European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
20 March 2012: Copa Cogeca Seminar “ CAP towards 2020: Challenges for the supply of agricultural raw materials in the EU”. Brussels, Belgium.
6 March 2012. Brussels Academy Workshop “CAP 2014: A new institutional environment”. Brussels, Belgium.
14 February 2012: AG WG on the Draft Regulation on application for authorisation of GM food and feed. Brussels, Belgium.
24 January 2012: Madariaga debate “GMOs: A Fair Case for Subsidiarity?”, a “Citizen’s Controversy” with Ladislav Miko and MEP Lepage. Brussels, Belgium.