BIO Hosts Media Luncheon at 2010 BIO International Convention

WHAT:

“When Politics Impedes Progress to Combat Hunger,” a media luncheon on the need for increased food security and the role that technology can play.
Speakers will address:

·         Political and regulatory hurdles that prevent acceptance of agricultural technologies and prevent certain populations from accessing biotechnology’s benefits;

·         The role of biotechnology in helping to achieve global food security, a priority of the Obama Administration;

·         The role of  science and technology in helping producers around the world to grow food more sustainably;  and

·         Products that resist diseases and pests are resilient to drought and freezing temperatures and/or are fortified with more healthful nutrients.

WHO:

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will present a panel of speakers including:

·         Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash, Plant Molecular Geneticist and Director of the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research, Tuskegee University

·         Pam Ronald, Professor of Plant Pathology and Chair of the Plant Genomics Program at the University of California, Davis, and author of the book, Tomorrow’s Table

·         Michael Specter, Staff writer at The New Yorker, and author of the book, Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

·         Margaret Zeigler, Deputy Director, Congressional Hunger Center

WHEN:

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. CST

WHERE:

Media Center, Room S106B - McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.

BIO International Convention