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If any NAFEXers are in the SF Bay Area, they might be interested in attending 
this.


Colloquium: Plant intellectual property and innovation

Friday, Oct. 27, 4-6 p.m., Chevron Auditorium, International House

The Science, Technology and Law Working Group (STELA) presents a colloquium 
that will examine the implications of the new plant development and 
agricultural biotechnology regimes for global justice, the production of food 
and drugs, and environmental sustainability. Themes will likely include 
public vs. private domains, the creation of seed/germplasm banks for 
agricultural crops and bioprospecting, biotechnology-innovation-local 
knowledge tensions, agricultural biotechnology and justice."

The keynote speakers are Jack Kloppenburg, professor of rural sociology at 
the University of Wisconasin-Madison and author of "First the Seed"; and 
Madhavi Sunder, professor of law at UC Davis. David Winickoff, UC Berkeley 
professor of environmental science, policy and management, will moderate.
The event is free, but please RSVP to Geralyn Unterberg, 
geralyn@nature.berkeley.edu, (510) 642-6707. For more information, visit the 
event website:  http://nature.berkeley.edu/stela/Fall%20Colloquium%202006.html