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Co-organisation : CRIIGEN, Fondation Sciences Citoyennes and ENSSER (European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility)

With MEP Corinne Lepage, MEP Frédérique Ries and MEP Fiona Hall, députées européennes

Information about registration below.

9h. Opening
Corinne Lepage, Former Minister of Environment, MEP
Frédérique Ries, MEP
David Gee, European Environmental Agency
Catherine Bourgain, Président of Fondation Sciences Citoyennes

9h30. The example of a controversial industrial product : Bisphenol A
André Cicolella, Researcher on environmental health at INERIS (France)
Lisette Van Vliet, Toxic Policy Adviser at Health and Environment Alliance

10h30. Coffee break

10h45. MEP’s interventions 11h. The example of a drug : Neurontin
Pierre Chevalier, Researcher in medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven, (Belgium)
Elena Pasca, member of board of Fondation Sciences Citoyennes , (France)

12h. The example of GMOs producing insecticides (MON 863, MON 810)
Marcello Buiatti, Professor of Genetics, University of Florence, ENSSER (Italy)
Gilles-Eric Séralini, Molecular biologist, University of Caen, President of the scientific council of CRIIGEN for international publication on very recent signs of toxicity in mammals (France)
Christoph Then,Executive director of the NGO Testbiotech - Scouting-biotechnologie (Germany)

13h. Lunch

14h30. The example of a pesticide : Roundup
Gilles-Eric Séralini, CRIIGEN (France)
François Veillerette, President MDRGF - Mouvement pour les Droits et le Respect des Générations Futures (France)

15h15. Industry interest in the advisory bodies for EU health policy
Nina Holland et Yiorgos Vassalos, Corporate Europe Observatory
Responsible of European Commission (to be confirmed)

15h45. Debate and conclusions
Corinne Lepage, Former Minister of Environment, MEP
Frédérique Ries, MEP
David Gee, European Environmental Agency,
Catherine Bourgain, President of Fondation Sciences Citoyennes
Martin Rieussec, Président et porte-parole du Collectif Appel de la Jeunesse
Others politicians/officials

17h. End of meeting / Cocktail

Please register by sending an email (last name, first name, date of birth), before February 27th, to elissa.bensalah[at]europarl.europa.eu. The registration is needed to attend the seminar.