Agenda
Introduction
5
minutes
Dr. Shelby Fleischer
Department of Entomology
501 ASI Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
(voice) 814-863-7788
(FAX) 814-865-3048
sjf4@psu.edu
Part I: Crops and traits
Rise
and fall of biotech potatoes: why and where next?
15 minutes
Dr. George Kennedy
Department of Entomology
Box 7630
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-1655
FAX: 919-515-3748
george_kennedy@ncsu.edu
Slow, uncertain, but steady rise of biotech sweet corn
15
minutes
Doug Plaisted
Sweet Corn Research Director
Syngenta Seeds / Rogers Brand
Syngenta Seeds NAFTA
6338 Highway 20 and 26
Nampa, Idaho 83687
Phone: 208-465-8569
doug.plaisted@syngenta.com
Potential of Bt brassica vegetables
15
minutes
Dr. Anthony Shelton
New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
Cornell University
Geneva, NY 14456
(voice) 315-787-2352
(FAX) 315-787-2326
ams5@cornell.edu
Shedding light on biotech mushrooms for pest management
15
minutes
Dr. Charles Peter Romaine
Professor
211 Buckhout Laboratory
Department of Plant Pathology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Phone: 814-865-7132
cpr2@psu.edu
Controlling aphid-transmitted viruses through biotechnology
15
minutes
Dr. Dennis Gonsalves
Center Director
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
99 Aupuni St., Suite 204
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: 808-932-2100
Fax: 808-969-6967
Email: dgonsalves@pbarc.ars.usda.gov
What's in the pipeline: the next generation of molecules
15
minutes
Dr. Graham P. Head
Monsanto Company
700 Chesterfield Parkway N
St. Louis, Missouri 63198
Phone: 314-694-7311
Fax: 314-737-6567
graham.p.head@monsanto.com
Development and commercialization of biotech vegetables outside
the US
15
minutes
Dr. Peter Gregory
Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project
II
International Programs
Cornell University
P.O.BOX 4005
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone:
607 255 9855
Fax: 607 254 7252
Email: pg46@cornell.edu
Dr. Orlando de Ponti
Nunza BV
6080 AA Haelen, The Netherlands
Phone: 31 475 599237
Fax: 31 475 599223
Email: O.deponti@nunhems.com
Rob
Potter
International Programs
Cornell University
P.O.BOX 4005
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone:
607 254 1908
FAX:
607 254 7252
Email: rp86@cornell.edu
BREAK 15
minutes
Part II. Biotech vegetables in the
food system: economics and buyer preferences
Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural
Biotechnology: A Market Experiment with Conventional and Biotech
Sweet Corn
15 minutes
Dr. Jennifer Jones (lead author),
Shelby Fleischer, Dave Johnson,
Bradley Schwab, John Lord, Anthony Resh, Michael Villa, and Jo
Anna Hebberger
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
201 Armsby Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814 863 3278
Jjames@psu.edu
Biotech vegetables: world market implications
15
minutes
Mr. Tom Facer
Birdseye Foods
90 Linden Oaks
Rochester, NY 14625
Phone: (585) 383 2418
tfacer@birdseyefoods.com
Part III. Regulatory and Public
Policy Issues
Food safety of vegetables
engineered for insect management
15 minutes
Dr. Bruce Chassy
Inst. of Food Information Council
Assistant Dean, Biotechnology Research & Outreach
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 244-7291
Fax: (217) 333-5816
b-chassy@uiuc.edu
Regulatory history and future for biotech vegetables
15
minutes
Dr. Sharlene Matten
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-605-0514
matten.sharlene@epa.gov
Presently on leave from EPA and working with CAST
contact: smatten@cast-science.org
Consumer advocates’ perspective on biotech vegetables
15
minutes
Mr. Greg Jaffe
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: (202) 332-9110
FAX: (202) 265-4954
cspi@cspinet.org
How will biotech vegetables affect insecticide use patterns?
15
minutes
Leonard Gianessi
National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
1616 P Street NW, First Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-328-5048
Fax: 202-328-5133
gianessi@ncfap.org
PANEL DISCUSSION: all speakers and Business meeting of the
Vegetable Entomology Working Group
15
minutes
Anthony M. Shelton
New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
Cornell University
Geneva, NY 14456
(voice)
315-787-2352
(FAX) 315-787-2326
ams5@cornell.edu
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