Tuesday, April 2

Morning
09:00 - 13:00	AUDITORIUM AUGUST PLENARY SESSION II - ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND REGULATION OF GENE EDITED PRODUCTS Session Organizers: Heidi Mitchell, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, Australia and Joerg Romeis, Agroscope, Switzerland Speaker: DR. JEFF WOLT, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy at Iowa State University “Current Environmental Risk Assessment for Genetically Modified Organisms and Implications for Gene Edited Products” Genome editing allows very precise alterations of genomes and the first products have already been commercialized. This session will address the challenges these products pose to regulators and risk assessors. In particular, we are interested in how genome edited organisms differ from those developed by conventional breeding or genetic engineering. The session will address how genome editing helps to derive desired traits, whether existing regulations are fit-for purpose to deal with such products and how problem formulation can support the risk assessment. 10.30-11:00 Coffee Break
13:00	Lunch
Afternoon
14:00 - 17:30	WORKSHOPS (All workshops will run concurrently on Tuesday, April 2 from 14:00-17:30) AUDITORIUM AUGUST Workshop 1. Gene Editing and Gene Drives for Managing Unwanted Vertebrates – Current Status and Biosafety Considerations Organizers: Allison Snow, Ohio State University, USA and Tim Harvey-Samuel, Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom AUDITORIUM EUTYCHES Workshop 2. Benefits and Strategies for Global Regulatory Data Streamlining, Harmonization, and Collaboration Organizer: Laurie Goodwin, CropLife International, Belgium ROOM GENIUS Workshop 3. Crop Composition as a Component of Food and Feed Safety Assessment and Hands on with the ILSI Crop Composition Database Organizers: Andrew Roberts and Bhavneet Bajaj, ILSI Research Foundation, USA ROOM MEDUSA Workshop 4. Real-world Biosafety Communication and Engagement Organizers: Jill Kuehnert, Seed Stories, USA and Hennie Groenewald, Biosafety SouthAfrica, South Africa ROOM MINERVA Workshop 5. Access to Crop Biotech Innovations: Exchange and Learnings from GM Cultivation in the EU, South Asia, and Africa Organizers: Sarah Davidson Evanega, Cornell Alliance for Science; Coen Frederiks and Petra Kostolaniova,The European Association for Bio-Industries (EuropaBio) ROOM ISIS Workshop 6. Biosafety of RNAi Applications for Plant Protection Organizers: Salvatore Arpaia, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Italy, Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter, Julius Kuehn-Institut, Germany and Jeremy Sweet, JTEC Ltd., United Kingdom 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
Evening
17:30	AUDITORIUM EUTYCHES PECHA KUCHA II
18:30	POSTER SESSION II
19:30	PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION (MEMBERS ONLY)