2nd International Workshop on Harmonisation of GMO Detection and Analysis for African Countries
Organised by European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in collaboration with Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANTE) under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ Programme
White River (South Africa)
7-8 February 2012
AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS
Day I : 7 February 2012
Chair: Maddalena Querci
Time | Title |
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9:00 | Participants registration |
10:00 |
Welcome address
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC |
10:15 | General approach for GMO detection in the EU Damien Plan, EC JRC |
10:50 | 2010-2011 progress in networking in GMO analysis and presentation of the ‘Compendium of validated reference methods’ Maddalena Querci, EC JRC |
11:30 | Coffee break |
12:00 | Update on networking and international collaboration in Africa Derick George, Botswana |
12:30 | Bather Kone, African Union Commission |
13:00 | Lunch |
15:00 | Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants |
15:30 | Coffee break |
16:00 | Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants |
17:00 | End of the 1st day |
Day II : 8 February 2012
Chair: Maddalena Querci
Time | Title |
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9:00 | EU legislation on Low Level Presence (LLP); definition and application in practice Damien Plan, EC JRC |
9:45 | Methods verification and transfer of validated methods into laboratories working routine Manuela Schulze, Germany |
10:45 | Coffee break |
11:15 | New approaches in GMO detection: Detection of Unapproved GMOs Cristina Aleixo, Portugal |
12:15 | The Chinese rice case: the adopted matrix based detection strategy Patrick Philippe, France |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:30 | Round table discussion on collaboration and capacity building and future collaboration with ENGL network
All participants |
15:30 | Coffee break |
15:45 | Round table discussion on collaboration and capacity building and future collaboration with ENGL network
All participants |
16:45 | Conclusion of the Workshop |
17:00 | End of the Workshop |
20:30 | Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers |