The conference will feature speakers from both the developed and developing country. Speakers so far confirmed include:

Keynote addresses by:

Dr. Hans Herren, co-chair of the International Assessment on Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development.

Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, Director of the Environmental Protection Authority in Ethiopia.


Featured speakers:

Prof. Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies at CSEC and at the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen) at Lancaster University.

Dr. Rene Van Acker, Professor and Chair of the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph.

Dr. Rosa Binimelis, PhD on Ecological Economics (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Institute for Ecological Economics and Political Ecology.

Dr. Paul Gepts Professor at the University of California, Davis.

Dr. Gery Allan, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Director, Environmental Genetics & Genomics (EnGGen) Laboratory, Northern Arizona University, USA.

Dr Kaare Nielsen, Professor of pharmaceutical microbiology at the Department of Pharmacy, the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Dr. Jack Heinemann is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and adjunct professor of gene ecology at GenØk - Centre for Biosafety in Tromsø, Norway.

Dr. Terje Traavik is Scientific Director of GenØk - Centre for Biosafety and Professor in Gene Ecology at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Dr. David Quist is a senior scientist at the GenØk - Centre for Biosafety in Tromsø, Norway.

The conference will open with a key note speaker in the evening on Sunday 23 August and finish at lunchtime on Wednesday 26 August.