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Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig

Austrian State Secretary for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection

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​Taras Vysotskyi

Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture

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Keynote speech

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Dr Friedhelm von Mering

Team Lead Legal & Policy Affairs, BÖLW (German umbrella organisation of organic farmers, food processors, and retailers)

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Presentations​​

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New GMOs legal framework in the EU: State of play

​Dr Andreas Heissenberger

Unit Head, Team Landuse & Biosafety, Environment Agency Austria

09:50 - 10:05 Why New GMOs are not equivalent to conventional breeding

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Speaker: Dr Margret Engelhard

Head of Department GMO Regulation, Federal Agency for Nature conservation, Germany

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10:05 - 10:30 New GMOs Market Report 2026: Which crops are present in different markets and in development pipelines? 

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Speaker: Dr Eva Gelinsky

Freelance scientist, semnar, Switzerland

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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break​​

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11:00 - 12:30 How to exclude New GMOs in Non-GMO value chains?

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11:00 - 11:30 Adapting existing Non-GMO standards to exclude New GMOs and their derivates

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Speaker:

Kerstin Geißler

Head Quality Assurance, Association Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG), Germany

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Florian Faber

Managing Director, ARGE Gentechnik-frei, Austria

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11:30 - 11:45 Smart Seed Choices: Minimising GMO Contanimation Risk on Farm

Speaker:​ Dr Freya Schäfer

Senior Scientist, FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture), Germany 

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11:45 - 12:15 Excluding New GMOs in value chains: State of play in the development of detection methods

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Speaker: Dr Marie-Alice Fraiture
Senior scientist, Sciensano, Belgium (DARWIN Project)

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12:15 - 13:30 Lunch break

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13:30 - 14:30 Panel discussion: How will practitioners deal with a new EU legislation?​ 

Panelists:

Barbara Endraß

Organic farmer, Co-owner Biohof Endraß, Germany

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Martine Boon

Managing Director, GMP+ International, The Netherlands

Wolfgang Ahammer

General Manager, VFI Oils for Life, Austria

Yvonne Profanter

Head of Global Communication, Loacker AG, S.p.A., Italy

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14:30 - 15:00 What are the rules for coexistence with New GMOs?

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Speaker: Dr Georg Buchholz

Lawyer and partner in the Berlin law firm GGSC, Germany

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15:00 - 15:30 Market update: Worldwide supply and demand of Non-GMO soy 

Speaker:

Volodymyr Pugachov

Executive Director, Regional Director Eastern Europe, Donau Soja, Ukraine

Emese van Maanen

​Managing Director, ProTerra Foundation, The Netherlands

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15:30 - 16:00 Under new legislation: Exploring future potential for Non-GMO labelling

Speaker: Prof Dr Holger Buxel

​Professor, FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany

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16:00 - 16:15 Conclusion and Call to Action

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16:15 Finish with Coffee and Cake

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