• Inaugural Address
  • Kainuma, K.
• Welcome Address
  • Miwa, E.
• Keynote Address
  • Harada, H.

Panel I New Research Techniques and Diagnostic Tools for Biosafety Evaluation

• Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants and Microorganisms:Recent Developments in Approaches to Evaluation of Allergenicity
  • Lehrer,S.B.and Reese,G.R.
• Allergenicity Forecast Using Immortalized Cells
  • Shinmoto,H .
• Field Release of Biologically Contained Soil Bacteria for Environmental Applications in Bioremediation
  • Ramos,C
• New Methods and Results in Monitoring Field Release of Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Schiemann,J .
• Use of Biosystematic Data, Including Molecular Phylogenies,for Biosafety Evaluation
  • Warwick,S.I.
• Panel I Summary
  • Keller,M. and Kurisaki,J .

Panel II Field Experience in Using Microorganisms as Bioindicators,Biosensors or Biomonitors

• Detection and Identification of Microorganisms in Soil and Natural Environment
  • Watanabe,K.
• Field Detection of Phytopathogenic Bacteria by Bioluminescence
  • Dane,F. and Shaw,J.J .
• Experiences in the Molecular Ecology of the Rhizosphere with Microbial Releases
  • Lohrke,S .
• Field Release of Genetically Modified Biofertilizers and Phytostimulators
  • Nuti,M.P
• Panel II Summary
  • Schechtman,M. and Lohrke, S .

Panel III Emerging Biosafety Capacity/Capabilities in Developing Countries

• International Activities on the Development and Transfer of Biotechnology for Developing Countries
  • Cohen,J.I. and Komen,J .
• Current Development of Field Tests of GMOs and Guidelines in China
  • JIA,S.R.
• Management of Field Testing of Transgenic Plants: Thailand Experience
  • Sriwatanapongse,S.
• Recent Development in Agricultural Biotechnology in Egypt
  • Madkour,M.A .
• Field Tests on Transgenic Potatoes in Mexico
  • Villalobos, VM. and Rivera,R.
• Current Activities on Field Tests and Safety Issues in South American Countries
  • Zimmermann, M.J.de 0 .
• Panel III Summary
  • Casper,R.and Minami,K.

Panel IV Agronomic and Food Products in the Marketplace - Lessons Learned

• International Marketing of Genetically Modified Carnations
  • Chandler,S.F. and Ashikari, T.
• Marketing AgrEvo's Genetically Modified Crop Plants Including Herbicide-Tolerant Corn and Canola
  • Van Wert,S .
• Benefits of Biotechnology --A United States Case Study
  • Debus,E.E.
• Marketing PGS' Genetically Modified Crop Plants including Rape Seed
  • Rüdelsheim,P.L.J .
• Panel IV Summary
  • Downey,R.K. and Chen,Z.L.

Panel V Defining Unique Science Issues in Biosafety Risk Assessment

• Developing Insect-Protected Crop Plants Through the Use of the Insect Control Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Stone,T.B .
• Development and Field Testing of Genetically Modified Baculovirus Insecticides
  • Wood,H.A.
• The Biological Properties of Recombinant CMV Strains Relevant to the Biosafety of Transgenic Virus-Resistant Plants
  • Salanki,K.
• Progress in Rice Genome Project and Cross-Species Implication (Synteny)
  • Sasaki,T.
• Developing Transgenic Tolerance to Environmental Stresses Including Drought in Plant
  • Yamaguchi-Shinozaki,K. and Shinozaki,K.
• Panel V Summary
  • Beringer,J.and Nuti,M.P

​​​​​​​Panel VI International Harmonization of Safety Issues

• Biosafety Activities in the Southern and Eastern African Community (SEAC)
  • Gopo,J.M .
• Current and Future Trends in Harmonization of Safety Issues in South American Countries
  • Vicién,C .
• Field Release and Biosafety Assessment of Transgenic Plants
  • Ming,X .
• Current and Future Trends in Harmonization in Europe and Internationally
  • Marquard,H.K.
• Development and Implementation of the Canadian Approach to Regulation of Plants with Novel Traits
  • Barber,S.J .
• Panel VI Summary
  • Medley,T.L. and Hayashi,K .

​​​​​​​Poster presentations

• Database and Evaluation of Risk Assessments for GMOs
  • Schütte,G .
• Biologically Contained Recombinant Bacteria That Degrade Chlorobenzoate
  • Fujii,T
• Evaluation of Possible Horizontal Gene Transfer from Transgenic Plants to the Soil Bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus BD413
  • Nielsen,K.
• Proposed Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment of Microorganisms under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)
  • Beardall,J .
• Emerging Biosafety Capabilities in Malaysia A Country Report
  • Pillai,V.
• Biosafety Guidelines for Deliberate Release of Agricultural Biotechnology Products Developed Using Recombinant DNA Technology
  • Herman,M .
• Biosafety Guidelines in the Philippines and Their Implementation
  • Halos,S.C .
• Introduction of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Plants in Switzerland: Possible Impacts on the Environment and Agriculture
  • Meisser,M .
• Field Performance of Ciba Seeds Maximizer Bt Hybrid Corn
  • Stein,J.
• Genetic Engineering of Pinus radiata for Production Forestry
  • Walter,C .
• Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Hybrids between Transgenic Sugar Beet and Related Beet Varieties
  • Dietz-Pfe ilstetter,A.
• Heteroencapsidation in Plant Virus Infection
  • Hull,R.
• Safety Assessment of Transgenic Tomato Plants Expressing a Coat Protein Gene of Cucumber Mosaic Virus
  • Sato,T.
• Gene Transfer by Cross-Pollination and Persistence of DNA in the Soil of Test Fields with Transgenic Oilseed Rape
  • Feldmann,R.C .
• Environmental Risk Evaluation of Transgenic Melon Plants with Introduced Coat Protein Gene of Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) in an Isolated Field
  • Tabei,Y.
• Gene Flow between Selected Swiss Crops and Related Weeds: Risk Assessment for the Field Releases of GMOs in Switzerland
  • Jacot,Y.
• Field Release Experiments with Two Genetically Modified Sinor hizobium Meliloti Strains
  • Keller,M.

• Closing Remarks
  • Kainuma,K.
• List of Participants