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Sunday, June 26 - 2011
15:00-20:00	Pre-Conference Workshop on The Economics, Technology, and Sustainability of the Wine and Beer Economy Location: Salone degli Svizzeri *Carlo CALTAGIRONE, Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, Sara SAVASTANO, and Massimiliano OLIVERI,* Fondazione Santa Lucia and University of Rome Tor Vergata Rational versus Emotional Behavioral Responses in Wine Tasting: a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Experiment Julian ALSTON, University of California Davis High and Rising Alcohol Content of Wine and Climate Change David ZILBERMAN, University of California Berkeley The Economics of Fermentation: Wine & Beer Technology BOOK LAUNCH Johan F.M. SWINNEN, LICOS - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven The Economics of Beer, 2011, Oxford University Press 18:00-20:00 Wine, Beer, and Italian Regional Gourmet Tasting Location: Portico del Vasanzio

Monday, June 27 - 2011
08.30:10:00	Welcome Address Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Carl PRAY, Rutgers University - ICABR President Pasquale L. SCANDIZZO, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Director CEIS Keynote Speech Chair: David ZILBERMAN - University of California at Berkeley Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Madhu KHANNA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cellulosic Biofuels: Land Use and Economic Implications

10:00-10:15	Coffee Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

10:30-12.00	Session A1: GMOs I Chair: Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Papers Revisiting the Cotton Problem. A Comparative Analysis of Cotton Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa Claire DELPEUCH, Johan SWINNEN, Anneleen VANDEPLAS* Genetically Modified Crops and Midwestern Farm Production: Evidence at the State Level over 1960-2004 Jessica SCHURING, Wallace HUFFMAN, Xing FAN Impact of Bt Cotton on Pesticide Poisoning in India: a Panel Data Analysis Shahzad KOUSER, Matin QAIM Session A2: Biofuel and Energy Chair: Stuart SMYTH Location: Sala Verde Papers The Potential for Ethanol as a Sustainable Household Cooking Energy Option in Africa - A Review Ewa SOBCZYNSKA, Wei ZHANG, Siwa MSANGI Biomass and Carbon Neutrality: A Zero Sum Game? Roger SEDJO GHG Mitigation with Scarce Land. Should N Input Be Increased to Yield Additional Land for Energy cropping? Andreas MEYER-AURICH, Olesen JORGEN E., Annette PROCHNOW, Reiner BRUNSCH Modeling Economic Performance of an Agroforestry System under Yield and Price Risk Markus GANDORFER, Karin ECKSTEIN, Helmut HOFFMANN

12:00-13:30	Session B1: Stakeholders Chair: Peter WB PHILLIPS Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Papers The Compact: a Voluntary Contractual Compensation Mechanism Dominic MUYLDERMANS* A Global Stakeholder Survey on the Potential of Biotechnology to Address the Challenges of Global Climate Change Philipp AERNI, David ERMEN The View of Stakeholders on GMOs in Brazil: Where We Are Now? Deise M M CAPALBO, Paulo Ricardo S OLIVEIRA, Olivia M N ARANTES, Jose Maria F.J. DA SILVEIRA, Izaias C BORGES, Alexandre GORI MAIA Barriers to Biofuels in Canada: Results of an Expert Delphi Survey Simona LUBIENIECHI, Stuart SMYTH Session B2: Communication Chair: Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA* Location: Sala Verde Papers Using Socio-Economic Considerations in the Decision Making Process Concerning Living Modified Organisms Paul THOMASSIN* Designing Marketing Campaign to Increase the Acceptance Genetically Modified Amir HEIMAN* Food-Versus -Fuel in the Media: the Emergence of a Public Storyline Edna EINSIEDEL*

13:30-14:30	Lunch Break and Poster Session Location: Portico del Vasanzio Does Economic Research Meets Policy Needs for the Bioeconomy? A Review of Expressed Needs and Economic Literature, Davide VIAGGI* - University of Bologna Incorporating CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change in Productivity Measurement in Central America and the Caribbean, Ayako EBATA* - University of Nebraska *Policy Challenges for Development of Biofuels, Green Chemicals and Bioplastics, David BATTEN - CSIRO *Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Food: Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia Case Study, Giovanna SACCHI , Cesare ZANASI, Maurizio CANAVARI - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

14:30-16:00	Session C1: Innovation I Chair: David CASTLE Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Papers The Impact of Knowledge Spillovers on Venture Funding of Biotechnology Startups Christos KOLYMPIRIS, Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES, Douglas MILLER Beyond Transgenics: State of the Art and Commercial Status of New Plant Breeding Technologies Maria LUSSER, Claudia PARISI, Emilio RODRIGUEZ CEREZO Developing Improved Tools for the Economic Analysis of Innovations in the Bioeconomy: Towards an LC-SWOT Concept? Davide VIAGGI* Impact of Environmental Regulation on Mechanization and Labor Welfare in the Sugar and Ethanol Industries in Brazil Marcia MORAES, Fabiola Cristina OLIVEIRA, Margarida G. FIGUEIREDO Session C2: Trade Chair: Justus WESSELER* Location: Sala Verde Papers Managing Trade in Products of Biotechnology; Which Alternative to Choose: Science or Politics? Stuart SMYTH, William KERR, Peter WB PHILLIPS* The Impact of Regulation on GM Crops Trade: a Constant Market Share Analysis Paulo Ricardo S OLIVEIRA, Jose Maria F.J. DA SILVEIRA, Izaias C BORGES International Trade in Biofuels: Legal and Economic Issues Jeremy DE BEER, Stuart SMYTH

16:00-16:15	Coffee Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

16:15-17:30	Policy Roundtable Socio-Economic Considerations, Biosafety, Biotechnology and Decision Making Chair: Peter WB PHILLIPS - University of Saskatchewan Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Janet CARPENTER, Consultant, USA David CASTLE, University of Edinburgh Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA, IFPRI Eric SACHS, Monsanto Justus WESSELER, Technische Universität München Jose YOROBE Jr., University of the Philippines – Los Baños

18:00-19:00	Santaniello Lecture Chair: Luigi PAGANETTO - University of Rome Tor Vergata Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Carlo CARRARO, President, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, and Vice-Chair, IPCC Working Group III

19:00-20:00	Cocktail offered by CEIS Location: Portico del Vasanzio

Tuesday, June 28 - 2011
09:00-10:30	FAO SESSION I Chair: David ZILBERMAN - University of California at Berkeley Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Building Resilience to Climate Change in Smallholder Agricultural Systems: Economic Approaches to Assessing Adaptation to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Organizer: Leslie LIPPER, Agricultural Development Economics Division - FAO *Farmer Adaptation to Climate?Induced Information Disruption: Experiments in Ambiguity Aversion in African Countries* Timothy J. DALTON, Kansas State University Social Safety Nets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Developments and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Benjamin DAVIS, FAO *Assessing agricultural and environmental impacts from changes in smallholder production systems: methods and empirical results from Senegal* Romina CAVATASSI, FAO Session D2: Agriculture Biotechnology in Africa Chair: Julian ALSTON Location: Sala Verde Papers An Update on Developments in Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Jennifer A. THOMSON* Balancing Agricultural Development Resources: Are GM and Organic Agriculture in Opposition in Africa? Ari NOVY, Samuel LEDERMANN, Carl PRAY, Latha NAGARAJAN Dynamics of Biotechnology Regulation and Opportunities for Biotechnology Innovation in Africa: Exploring Regulatory Policy Brokering Ann KINGIRI

10:30-11:30	Plenary III Chair: Carl PRAY - Rutgers University Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Hans BINSWANGER, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, Tshwane, South Africa The Role of Biotechnology in the Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa

11:30-11:45	Coffee Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

11:45-13:30	Policy Panel Chair: Robert PAARLBERG - Wellesley College Location: Sala degli Svizzeri AGRICULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION Emile FRISON, Bioversity Geoffrey Oscar LIVINGSTON, IFAD Kostas STAMOULIS, FAO Gero CARLETTO, The World Bank Discussion animated by Academics

13:30-14:30	Lunch Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

14:30-16:00	Session E2 Location: Sala Verde FAO SESSION II Chair: Julian ALSTON, University of California Davis Capturing Synergies between Adaptation, Mitigation and Food Security in Smallholder Agricultural Transformations Organizer: Leslie LIPPER, FAO Climate Smart Agricultural Growth Strategies: a Cross-Country Analysis of Recent Experience andLlessons for the Future Nancy McCARTY, Lead Analytics Modeling Institutional Effects on Technology Adoption and Implications for Adaptation and Mitigation Jeronim CAPALDO, FAO *Impact of Sustainable Land Management Technologies on Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation: a Synthesis of the Evidence Base* Giacomo BRANCA, FAO Session E1: Agriculture in Senegal Chair: Ambassador Papa Cheikh SAADIBOU FALL Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Papers Developing Policies for Smallholder Agriculture Transition Andrea WOOLVERTON* Developing Sustainable Rice Value Chains in Senegal: The Role of Policy Sequencing Matty DEMONT, Amy C. RIZZOTTO Toward the Sustainable Practice of Agricultural Biotechnology: The case of AfricaRice Nicelma KING Rich Consumers and Poor Producers: Quality and Rent Distribution in Global Value Chains Johan SWINNEN, Anneleen VANDEPLAS*

16:00 - 16:15	Coffee Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

16:15-17:45	Session F1: Bt Cotton in India Chair: Anneleen VANDEPLAS Location: Sala degli Svizzeri Papers Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Technological Development Anchal ARORA, Sangeeta BANSAL Are the Economic Benefits of Bt Cotton Sustainable? Evidence from Indian Panel Data Jonas KATHAGE, Matin QAIM Technical Efficiency of Bt Cotton and Non-Bt Cotton Farmers in North India: A Stochastic Frontier Approach Puran MAL, Arahalli Venkataronappa MANJUNATHA, Siegfried BAUER Session F2: Small Farms and Technology Adoption in Africa Chair: Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO* Location: Sala Verde Papers Fact or Artefact: the Impact of Measurement Errors on the Farm Size - Productivity Relationship Gero CARLETTO, Sara SAVASTANO, Alberto ZEZZA* Determinants of Adopting Agricultural Technologies in Developing Countries: More Food with Imazapyr-Resistant Maize in Western Kenya Djana Babatima MIGNOUNA, K.D.S MUTABAZI, E.M. SENKONDO, V.M. MANYONG Determinants of Economic Gains from Crop Production in Africa: The Case of Smallholder Group Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo Dennis Otieno OCHIENG, George OWUOR, Eliud BIRACHI, Robin BURUCHARA, Justus OCHIENG, Sylvain MAPATANO Farmers Heterogeneity and Technology Adoption in Rural Kenya Sara SAVASTANO*, Gustavo ANRIQUEZ, Federica ALFANI, Adriana PAOLANTONIO

20:00-24:00	Conference Dinner Location: Villa Tuscolana (Frascati)

Wednesday, June 29 - 2011
09:00-10:00	Keynote Speech Chair: Justus WESSELER - Technische University Munchen Location: Sala del Consiglio - University of Rome Tor Vergata Em. Prof. Marc Baron VAN MONTAGU, President of the European Federation of Biotechnology The Contribution of Agriculture Biotechnology to Sustainable Agribusiness

10:00-11:30	Session G1: Climate Change Chair: Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO Location: Sala del Consiglio - University of Rome Tor Vergata Papers Methane, Animal Breeding and Beef and Sheep Farmers Readiness for Uptake Elizabeth Ann BRUCE* A Proper Methodology to Measure Carbon Leakages from Indirect Output Use Change (iOUC) due to Alternative Biofuel Policies Harry DE GORTER, Drabik DUSAN* Behavioral Determinants of Adaptation to Climate Change: Selection of Drought Tolerant Maize Seed Using Framed Field Experiments in Three African Countries Timothy DALTON* US Maize Yield Growth Implications for Ethanol and Greenhouse Gas Emissions John MIRANOWSKI, Alicia ROSBURG, Jittinan AUKAYANAGUL* Session G2: R&D Chair: Eric SACHS Location: Aula C - University of Rome Tor Vergata Papers Assessing Private Sector Agriculture Research and Innovation in South Africa Choolwe HAANKUKU* The Role of Government Policies in the Growth of R&D by the Agricultural Biotech Industry in India Carl PRAY, Latha NAGARAJAN Comparing R&D Efforts and Deployment Incentives for Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies in the United States: the Outlook for the Cost-Efficient Development of Sustainable Biobased Industries Elien VULSTEKE Impact of Private R&D Returns and Productivity to Hybrid Rice in India Anwar NASEEM, David SPIELMAN*, Carl PRAY, Latha NAGARAJAN

11:30-11:45	Coffee Break Location: Edificio B - 2nd Floor

11:45-13:15	Session H1: Mitigation Chair: Anwar NASEEM Location: Sala del Consiglio - University of Rome Tor Vergata Papers An Economic Evaluation of US Biofuel Expansion Using the Biofuel Breakeven Model of Feedstock Production and Conversion with GHG Accounting John MIRANOWSKI, Alicia ROSBURG The Potential of Biotechnology to Help Rice Farmers in Asia to Adapt to Climate Change. Li LUPING, Carl PRAY, Latha NAGARAJAN, Ora NAPASINTUWONG, Selvaraj NANJUNDIAH KATTERY Impact of Uncertainties on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential and Mitigation Costs of Biogas Production from Agricultural Resources Lukas SCHOLZ, Andreas MEYER-AURICH, Dieter KIRSCHKE Session H2: Innovation II Chair: Carl PRAY* Location: Aula C - University of Rome Tor Vergata Papers BioPat: an Investigation Tool for the Analysis of Industry Evolution, Technological Paths and Policy Impact in the Field of Bioenergies. Valeria COSTANTINI, Francesco CRESPI, Ylenia CURCI Bio Energy Brazilian Program (BIOEN) Innovation Networks Maria Ester DAL-POZ, Jose Maria F.J. DA SILVEIRA, Fabio MASSAGO Impact of Plant Patents and Plant Variety Protection on the Incentive to Introduce Novel Germplasm into the Corn Genome Sergio LENCE, Susana GOGGI, Dermot HAYES* Is Biopharming Living Up to its Promise? Latest Trends and Implications for the Agricultural Sector Genti KOSTANDINI*, Bradford MILLS, Lauren HESTERMAN

13:15-14:30	Lunch Break Location: Edificio B - 2nd Floor

14:30-15:45	Session 1: GMOs II Chair: Matty DEMONT Location: Sala del Consiglio - University of Rome Tor Vergata Papers Is Productivity Driving the Product Life Cycles of Cotton Seed Varieties in India? Anwar NASEEM, Carl PRAY, Rohit SINGLA, Latha NAGARAJAN Economic Performance of Bt Maize in Spain: Current and Future Perspectives Laura RIESGO, Francisco AREAL, Emilio RODRIGUEZ CEREZO The Unions Challenge: on the Future EU GMO Policy Justus WESSELER*, Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES

15:45 - 16:00	Coffee Break Location: Portico del Vasanzio

16:00-18:00	JOINT SESSION ICABR-EAERE Location: Sala del Consiglio - University of Rome Tor Vergata 16-17: Contribution of biotechnology to sustainability Chairperson: Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, University of Rome Tor Vergata Presenters David ZILBERMAN, University of California Berkeley Peter PHILIPS, University of Saskatchewan 17-18: The Green Paradox of environmental regulations on biotechnology and biofuels Chairperson: Laura CASTELLUCCI, University of Rome Tor Vergata Presenters Justus WESSELER, Technische Universität München Robert PAARLBERG, Wellesley College Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA, IFPRI Dusan DRABIK, Cornell University Discussants: Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenborg, EAERE Members

Thursday, June 30 - 2011
08:00-09:00	Session 1: SSS Chair: Sergio LENCE Location: SSS Papers tba

List of the Conference Papers

A Role for Patent Offices in Facilitating Access to Climate Change Technology
Mike Adcock
A Global Stakeholder Survey on the Potential of Biotechnology to Address the Challenges of Global Climate Change
Philipp Aerni, David Ermen
Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Technological Development
Anchal Arora, Sangeeta Bansal
Diffusion of Bt Cotton In India: Impact of Seed Prices and Technological Development
Anchal Arora, Sangeeta Bansal
What Affects the Structure of Biosafety Regulatory Framework in Developing Countries?
Fusun Atik Boyar
Policy Challenges for Development of Biofuels, Green Chemicals and Bioplastics
David Batten
Methane, Animal Breeding and Beef and Sheep Farmers Readiness for Uptake
Elizabeth Ann Bruce
BioPat: an Investigation Tool for the Analysis of Industry Evolution, Technological Paths and Policy Impact in the Field of Bioenergies.
Valeria Costantini, Francesco Crespi, Ylenia Curci
Bio Energy Brazilian Program (BIOEN) Innovation Networks
Maria Ester Dal-Poz, Jose Maria F.J. da Silveira, Fabio Massago
The View of Stakeholders on GMOs in Brazil: Where We Are Now?
Deise M M Capalbo, Paulo Ricardo S Oliveira, Olivia M N Arantes, Jose Maria F.J. da Silveira, Izaias C Borges, Alexandre Gori Maia

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Program

Sunday, June 26 - 2011

Pre-Conference Workshop on The Economics, Technology, and Sustainability of the Wine and Beer Economy

Monday, June 27 - 2011

Welcome Address

Keynote Speech

Coffee Break

Session A1: GMOs I

Session A2: Biofuel and Energy

Session B1: Stakeholders

Session B2: Communication

Lunch Break and Poster Session

Session C1: Innovation I

Session C2: Trade

Coffee Break

Policy Roundtable Socio-Economic Considerations, Biosafety, Biotechnology and Decision Making

Santaniello Lecture

Cocktail offered by CEIS

Tuesday, June 28 - 2011

FAO SESSION I

Session D2: Agriculture Biotechnology in Africa

Plenary III

Coffee Break

Policy Panel

Lunch Break

Session E2

Session E1: Agriculture in Senegal

Coffee Break

Session F1: Bt Cotton in India

Session F2: Small Farms and Technology Adoption in Africa

Conference Dinner

Wednesday, June 29 - 2011

Keynote Speech

Session G1: Climate Change

Session G2: R&D

Coffee Break

Session H1: Mitigation

Session H2: Innovation II

Lunch Break

Session 1: GMOs II

Coffee Break

JOINT SESSION ICABR-EAERE

Thursday, June 30 - 2011

Session 1: SSS

List of the Conference Papers

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