GM Food: Innovation in a Biotechnology Industry

10th September 2002

 

10.30 - 11.30	Recent Research in the Economics of GM Food Background Paper Linda Fulponi (OECD)
11.30 - 12.30	The Patentability of Genetically Engineered Plants in Europe: Where Are We Now? Peter Stone (University of Essex)
13.30 – 14.30	Cumulative Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights: Lessons for the GM Food Industry Etienne Pfister (Université Paris 1)
14.30 – 15.30	International Diffusion of Gains from Biotechnology and the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy Hans Van Meijl (Agricultural Economics Research Institute LEI) Frank van Tongeren (Agricultural Economics Research Institute LEI)
15.30 – 16:30	Innovation And Competitiveness: How to Build Innovation Capacity in Biotechnology Reinhilde Veugelers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Organizers:	Pierre Régibeau (University of Essex and CEPR) Katharine Rockett (University of Essex and CEPR)