BIO and CBI to Host Media Breakfast at 2011 BIO International Convention on U.S. Agricultural Policies

News Stories — Tags: , , — CBI — June 28th, 2011

bio-convention-2011Don’t miss tomorrow’s media breakfast panel at the 2011 BIO International Convention. Former government leaders, scientists and a farmer will participate in a robust discussion on the political issues impacting agriculture production in the United States.

 

Speakers will address:

  • Advancing America’s global competitiveness through science-based decision-making and investments in agricultural biotechnology innovations;
  • Meeting farm productivity demands in the face of climate change and a rising global population;
  • Encouraging next-generation products such as biotech wheat and examining the obstacles for future research and development.
WHAT: A media breakfast panel at the 2011 BIO International Convention “WINNING THE FUTURE:  Does U.S. Ag Policy Support or Discourage Innovation?”   

 

WHO: Moderator: 

  • Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Principal Attorney, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC. and former U.S. Representative (D-SD)

 Panelists:

  • Roger Beachy, Ph. D., Former Director of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, and founding president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
  • Jack Bobo, Senior Advisor for Biotechnology in the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB) at the U.S. Department of State
  • Scott Swenson, Wheat Grower (Elbow Lake, Minnesota), Chairman, National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates Joint Biotechnology Committee
   
WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
8:00am - 9:15am ET
   
WHERE: Room 206 - Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.2011 BIO International Convention 

For more information about the Convention program, visit the event webpage.

 

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