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Pre-Conference Workshop on "Technology and Innovation in the Grape and Wine Industries" organized jointly with the AAWE in Sorbo Serpico (Avellino)

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Saturday, June 23 - 2012
09:00 - 23:00	Joint AAWE-ICABR Workshop on TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE WINE INDUSTRY Arrival in Naples Airport/Train Station Transfer to the Hotel Civita in Atripada 6.30 pm: Meeting with the Participants at the Lobby of the Hotel and Transfer to Feudi di San Gregorio 7.00 pm: Drink in the Wine Cellar followed by Dinner at Restaurant Marenna'

Sunday, June 24 - 2012
09:00-16:00	ICABR - AAWE Pre-Conference Workshop: Technology and Innovation in the Grape and Wine Industries Location: Feudi di San Gregorio - Localita' Cerza Grossa 83050 - Sorbo Serpico (AV) Welcome Address Carl PRAY - Rutgers University and Julian M. ALSTON - University of California, Davis Morning Session Chair: Julian M. ALSTON - University of California,Davis Location: Feudi di San Gregorio Winery Papers: *Rootstock Base d Management Systems in Vineyard Crops* Abhaya DANDEKAR - University of California Davis *Adapting Agriculture to Climatic Challenges* Alan L. OLMSTEAD - University of California Davis *Effects of Climate Change on the Wine Industry* Karl STORCHMANN - New York University GENERAL DISCUSSION Afternoon Session Chair : Franco PERACCHI - CEIS - University of Rome Tor Vergata Location: Feudi di San Gregorio Winery Papers: *Is Georgia the Next-New-Wine-Exporting Country? The Roles of Traditional Versus New Technologies and Trade Alliances* Kym ANDERSON - University of Adelaide and Australian National University *The Economics of Fermentation* David ZILBERMAN - University of California, Berkeley GENERAL DISCUSSION Visit of the Vinery Feudi di San Gregorio Departure for Ravello

19:00-23:00	Welcome Drink Location: Hotel Bonadies - Piazza Fontana Moresca 5, Ravello

Monday, June 25 - 2012
08:30-09:00	Opening Location: Auditorium Paolo VILLEUMIER, Mayor of Ravello Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, Director CEIS Carl PRAY, President ICABR

09:00-10:00	Session 1: Keynote Speech Chair: David ZILBERMAN Location: Auditorium Papers Costs and Benefits of Biofuel: US and EU Perspectives Harry DE GORTER*

10:00-10:15	Coffee Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

10:15-11:45	Session A1: GMO Approval Processes Chair: Eric SACHS Location: Auditorium Papers How Regulation of GM Crops in Europe and the UN Cartagena Protocol Went Wrong, Possible Solutions Klaus AMMANN* The Costs for GMO Product Development and Regulation are Prohibitive for Public Good. Ingo POTRYKUS* Approval Processes: Comparing Canada, the EU, South Africa and the US Justus WESSELER* The Politics behind South Africa's Biotechnology Policy and Regulatory Approval Process Jennifer THOMSON* Session A2: GMO Trade and Regulation Chair: Peter W. B. PHILLIPS Location: Ravello Room Papers Developing a Policy for Low Level Presence (LLP): a Canadian Case Study Janice TRANBERG* Genetically Modified Organisms and their Impact on International Agricultural Trade: a Case Study on Soy Paulo Ricardo OLIVEIRA, Jose' Maria FERREIRA JARDIM DA SILVEIRA The Approval Process of GMOs: the Japanese Case Ayako EBATA, Maarten PUNT, Justus WESSELER Should Global Agricultural Trade End? How to -Fence-out- Europe in the Trade of GM Products William KERR, Peter W. B. PHILLIPS, Stuart SMYTH Session A3: Networks and Exchange in the Bioeconomy Chair: Maria Ester DAL-POZ* Location: Niemeyer Room Papers Bioproduct Regulation: an Analysis of Governance Complexity Lisa F. CLARK, Peter W. B. PHILLIPS Networks Analysis: a Focus on Genetic Networks. Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO Innovation Networks: Emerging Technological Trajectories on Ethanol Fermentation Processes Maria Ester DAL-POZ*, José Maria Jardim DA SILVEIRA, Fabio Kenji MASAGO

11:45-13:15	Session B1: Biotechnology and R&D - I Chair: Anwar NASEEM Location: Auditorium Papers Investment, Regulation and Uncertainty: Managing New Plant Breeding Techniques Jill MCDONALD, Stuart SMYTH* Assessing the Canola Industry Derek BREWIN, Stavroula MALLA Economical Possibilities to Utilize Potato By-Products Hanna HUITU, Jussi TUOMISTO Session B2: Climate Change Chair: Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO Location: Ravello Room Papers The Impact of Technology Progress and Climate Change on Supply Responses in Yemen Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, Daniele CUFARI* Commodification of the Climate Michael BLAKENEY* Multicriteria Comparison of Fuel Policies: Renewable Fuel Mandate, Clean Fuel Standards, and Fuel Carbon Tax Gal HOCHMAN, Deepak RAJAGOPAL, David ZILBERMAN Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Rural Farmers in Ethiopia Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, Sara SAVASTANO, Adriana PAOLANTONIO Session B3: Consumers and GMOs Chair: Anneleen VANDEPLAS Location: Niemeyer Room Papers Valuing Environmental, Social, and Ethical Benefits Using Choice Modeling: a Comparison of the Implicit Price of Food Attributes for Rural and Urban Consumers Paul THOMASSIN* Catching Up or Falling Behind? University-Based Policy Development and Issues Management in the Bioeconomy Camille RYAN, Kari DOERKSEN* Voluntary Labels for GMO-Free Animal Products in Germany: Market Development and Market Structure Justus WESSELER, Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES, Thomas VENUS* Consumers Willingness to Purchase Genetically Modified Products with Superior Benefit when the Conventional Alternative is Risky and its Relationships with GM Food Amir HEIMAN*

13:15-14:30	Lunch Break Location: Terrace Auditorium POSTER SESSION **Chair: Justus WESSELER, TU Munchen Social Networks and Small Cotton Producers in Brazil: Analysis of Two Alternatives in the Semi-Arid Region** Viegas Isabel (IE/Unicamp), Vieira Adriana (UNESC), Lima Divina (UEG), Myamoto Bruno (IE/Unicamp), Ferreira Jardim da Silveira Jose Maria (University of Campinas) Monitoring of Agricultural Land Use in San Paulo State - Brazil using Geotecnology Approach Victoria Daniel de Castro (EMBRAPA), Koga-Vicente Andrea (CEPAGRI - UNICAMP), Loebmann Daniel Gomes dos Santos Wendriner (EMBRAPA), Vicente Luiz Eduardo (EMBRAPA) How to Achieve Crop Resistance through Cooperation of Farmers and the Seed Industry: a Political Economy Bargain Model Nuppenau Ernst (University of Giessen) The Economic Growth Impacts of Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil: an Inter-Regional Analysis Deuss Annelies (Carnegie Mellon University) Distributive effect and food security implications of biofuels investment in Ethiopia: a CGE analysis Gebreegziabher Zenebe (Ethiopian Development Research Institute) The Expansion of Sugar Cane in Sao Paulo State (Brazil) and its Impacts on Concentration and Food Supply Belik Walter (University of Campinas) How Costly is the Social Opposition to the Development of Solid Biomass Plants? De Meo Emilio (University of Foggia - Dept. PrIME), Lopolito Antonio (University of Foggia - Dept. PrIME), Prosperi Maurizio (University of Foggia, Dept. PrIME), Giannoccaro Giacomo (University of Cordoba) Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds and Investments in Land and Water in Sub Saharan Africa Countries Bertini Raffaele (University of Florence) Scenarios for Sugar Cane Expansion Considering Public Policies in Sao Paulo sSate - Brazil Koga-Vicente Andrea (CEPAGRI - UNICAMP), Zullo Junior Jurandir (CEPAGRI - UNICAMP) Voter Behavior and the Efficiency of the Provision of Environmental Public Goods: Application of a Linked Ecological-Political Economy Equilibrium Model Henning Christian (University of Kiel), Ernst Albrecht (University of Kiel), Friedhelm Taube (Unviersity of Kiel)

14:30-16:00	Session C1: The Economics of Fermentation Chair: Julian M. ALSTON Location: Auditorium Papers Expert Opinion and Price Dispersion on the U.S. Wine Market Karl STORCHMANN* Geographical Indications and the International Trade in Australian Wines Michael BLAKENEY* The Influence of Government Policies on the Number of Breweries in the U.S. States Stephan GOHMANN* The Political Economy of Wine Regulations in Europe Giulia MELONI*, Jo SWINNEN

16:00-16:15	Coffee Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

16:15-17:15	Session 1: Santaniello Lecture Chair: Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO Location: Auditorium Papers Early Disease Detection and Management Systems for Orchard and Vineyard Crops Abhaya DANDEKAR*

18:00-20:00	ICABR Board Meeting Location: Terrace Auditorium

Tuesday, June 26 - 2012
09:00-10:00	Session 1: Keynote Speech Chair: Carl PRAY Location: Auditorium Papers Global Food Security: What Roles for Technology and Trade Policies? Kym ANDERSON*

10:00-10:15	Coffee Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

10:15-11:45	Session D1: Food-Fuel Linkages Chair: John MIRANOWSKI Location: Auditorium Papers Impact of Biofuel Demand on Acreage Allocation and its Implication on Land Use Dereje MEGERESSA* The Comovement of Grains Prices and Crude Oil Prices Christopher GILBERT, Harriet MUGERA* The Indirect Byproduct Effect of Biofuels Geoffrey BARROWS, Gal HOCHMAN, David ZILBERMAN* Long term Global Biofuel Projections and Agricultural Resource Use Implications under Different Oil Price Scenarios John MIRANOWSKI, Alicia ROSBURG Session D2: The Economic Implications of Biofuel Policies Chair: Seth MEYER* Location: Ravello Room Papers Dangers of Using Political Preference Functions in Political Economy Analysis: Examples from U.S. Ethanol Policy David BULLOCK, Flordeliza BORDEY Implications of Biofuel Support Policies in Europe - A Quantitative Analysis in an Open Economy Maria BLANCO, Shailesh SHRESTHA, Marcel ADENAEUER, Arno BECKER The Brazilian Ethanol Industry: the Impact of New Technologies, Biofuel Policies, and Land Expansion on Biofuel, Crop Production and Prices in Brazil Danielle TORRES, Jun YANG, Carl PRAY* The Role of Biofuel Policy in the Development of the Ethanol Industry in the United States Seth MEYER, Julian BINFIELD, Wyatt THOMPSON Session D3: Economic Consequences of GMOs Chair: David CASTLE* Location: Niemeyer Room Papers The Determinants of National GM Biotechnology Innovative Capacity and the Policy and Political Reality in Africa: a - State of Affairs - Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA, Judith CHAMBERS, Guillaume P. GRUERE, Patricia ZAMBRANO, Karen HOKASON, Dedbatta SENGUPTA Global Value of GM Rice Matty DEMONT, Alexander J. STEIN GMs in Europe: Reflections on the Economic Consequences. Julian PARK, Ian MCFARLANE The Size and Distribution of the Benefits from the Adoption of Biotech Soybean Varieties Julian M. ALSTON, Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES, John R. KRUSE

11:45-13:15	Session E1: Constraints to Technology Adoption Chair: Carl PRAY Location: Auditorium Papers Farming Systems, Agricultural Technology and Population Density: Evidence from Uganda Hans P. BINSWANGER-MKHIZE, Gero CARLETTO, Sara SAVASTANO, Alberto ZEZZA Technology Adoption, Happiness and Capabilites among Small Farm Producers in Rural Ethiopia Pasquale Lucio SCANDIZZO, Sara SAVASTANO, Federica ALFANI Buyer-Driven Endogenous Adoption of Improved Technologies Anneleen VANDEPLAS* Session E2: The Challenge of Co-Existence Chair: Ian MCFARLANE Location: Ravello Room Papers The Formation of GMO-Free or GMO Clubs Maarten PUNT* How Low Can You Go: the Consequences of Zero Tolerance Jill HOBBS, William KERR, Stuart SMYTH Economic Model of Transgenic Crop Adoption Graziano CEDDIA, Ian MCFARLANE, Julian PARK Session E3: The Welfare Effects of Biofuels in Africa Chair: Christine BOSCH Location: Niemeyer Room Papers Biofuels and Food Security: Micro-Evidence from Ethiopia Martha NEGASH, Jo SWINNEN Africa’s Bioenergy Potential: a New Resource Curse? Giorgia GIOVANNETTI, Elisa TICCI The Impacts of a Jatropha Plantation on Food Security and Income of Rural Households in Madagascar ? A Panel Data Analysis Christine BOSCH*, Manfred ZELLER

13:15-14:30	Lunch Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

14:30-16:00	Session F1: The Political Economy of GMOs Chair: Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA Location: Auditorium Papers Justin MABEYA* Pressure Group Competition and GMO Regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa – Insights from the Becker Model Hiroyuki TAKESHIMA, Guillaume P. GRUERE Determinants of the GM Cotton Adoption in Brazil: Evidences for Smallholders in Brazil Alexandre G. MAIA, Jose' Maria FERREIRA JARDIM DA SILVEIRA Session F2: R&D in the Bioeconomy - II Chair: Michele MASTROENI Location: Ravello Room Papers Long Term Dynamics of Firm R&D Investment in Plant Breeding under Plant Breeders Rights Mehdi ARZANDEH, Derek BREWIN Bits for Food: Information and Communication Technology for Agricultural Research and Innovation Rolf A.E. MUELLER Impact of Private Sector R&D on Cotton Productivity in India: Differentiating Gains from Bt and Hybrids Latha NAGARAJAN, Rohit SINGLA, Carl PRAY, Anwar NASEEM* Addressing the Food-Fuel Balance: Applying the Analysis of Life Science Innovation Systems Approach to the Agricultural Bioeconomy Michele MASTROENI, Joyce TAIT Session F3: Innovation and Regulation in the Bioeconomy Chair: Maria LUSSER* Location: Niemeyer Room Papers Lawns and Chestnut Trees: Game Changers in U.S. Plant Biotechnology Regulation? Ari NOVY, William BOLAND Innovation and Regulatory Adaptability Camille RYAN, Jill MCDONALD, Stuart SMYTH The Economic Impact of Increasing Corn Yields in Mexico Ethan KAPSTEIN, Rene KIM, Willem RUSTER Comparative Regulatory Approaches for New Plant Breeding Techniques Maria LUSSER, Emilio RODRIGUEZ-CEREZO

16:00-16:15	Coffee Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

16:15-17:45	Session G1: Opportunities for GM Crops in Africa Chair: Jenifer PIESSE Location: Auditorium Papers The Socio-Economic Impacts of GM Cotton in Burkina Faso: Results of Three Years of Field Surveys Jeffrey VITALE, Gaspard VOGNAN Impact of Genetically Modified Maize on Smallholder Risk in South Africa Greg REGIER, Timothy DALTON, Jeffery R. WILLIAMS Production of a Genetically Modified Subsistence Crop by Smallholder Farmers in South African - Making Sense of Eight Years of Research Marnus GOUSE, Johann KIRSTEN, Jenifer PIESSE, Colin THIRTLE Session G2: Research, Regulation & GMOs in South Asia Chair: Jock R ANDERSON* Location: Ravello Room Papers From Replication to Innovation: Paradigm Shift in Protection and Regulation of Technologies in India Chandra SEKHARA RAO* Welfare Effects of Non-Transgenic Herbicide-Tolerant Rice Adoption in Brazil: Implications for Intellectual Propert Rights in Private Research Fabrizio GALLI, Anwar NASEEM, Rohit SINGLA Role of Biotechnology in Stimulating Private Sector R&D Investment by the Indian Seed and Biotech Industry Latha NAGARAJAN, Anwar NASEEM, Carl PRAY Session G3: Bio-Energy Supply Chains Chair: Stefan HOELTINGER Location: Niemeyer Room Papers Production of Renewable Diesel from Domestic Feedstocks and Palm Oil in the EU: Market Equilibrium, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Biofuel Policy Liisa SAIKKONEN, Jussi LANKOSKI, Ollikainen MARKKU Cellulosic Biofuel Supply with Heterogeneous Biomass Suppliers: an Application to Switchgrass-Based Ethanol Alicia ROSBURG, John MIRANOWSKI, Jacobs KERI Optimal Supply Chain Design of Green Biorefineries in Austria: Assessment of Current and Potential Support Schemes Stefan HOELTINGER*, Johannes SCHMIDT, Martin SCHOENHART, Erwin SCHMID

20:00-23:00	Conference Dinner Location: Hotel Bonadies - Ravello

Wednesday, June 27 - 2012
09:30-10:30	Session 1: Keynote Speech Chair: Julian M. ALSTON Location: Auditorium Papers Historical Perspectives on the Opposition to Technological Change in Agriculture Alan L. OLMSTEAD*

10:30-10:45	Coffee Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

10:45-12:30	Policy Panel Chair: Giovanni ANANIA - University of Calabria and EAAE Location: Auditorium Franken-Policy? The Political Economy of Biotechnology in International Agricultural Agencies Jock ANDERSON - University of New England -, Regina BIRNER - University of Hohenheim Panel Discussion Terri RANEY, FAO Jose FALCK-ZEPEDA, IFPRI William J. MARTIN, World Bank Tassos HANIOTIS, European Union Marco FERRONI, Syngenta Foundation

12:30-14:00	Lunch Break Location: Terrace Auditorium

14:00-16:00	Session I1: Plenary: The Political Economy of the Bio-Economy Chair: Robert PAARLBERG Location: Auditorium Papers Many Players, Many Outcomes: Stakeholder Influence in GMO Regulation Kenneth ZAHRINGER, Nicholas KALAITZANDONAKES* The Political Economy of Biofuels David ZILBERMAN* The Political Economy of Biofuel Policies Harry DE GORTER*, Jo SWINNEN

16:00-16:30	Conference Closing Location: Auditorium

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Saturday, June 23 - 2012

Joint AAWE-ICABR Workshop on TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE WINE INDUSTRY

Sunday, June 24 - 2012

ICABR - AAWE Pre-Conference Workshop: Technology and Innovation in the Grape and Wine Industries

Welcome Drink

Monday, June 25 - 2012

Opening

Session 1: Keynote Speech

Coffee Break

Session A1: GMO Approval Processes

Session A2: GMO Trade and Regulation

Session A3: Networks and Exchange in the Bioeconomy

Session B1: Biotechnology and R&D - I

Session B2: Climate Change

Session B3: Consumers and GMOs

Lunch Break

Session C1: The Economics of Fermentation

Coffee Break

Session 1: Santaniello Lecture

ICABR Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 26 - 2012

Session 1: Keynote Speech

Coffee Break

Session D1: Food-Fuel Linkages

Session D2: The Economic Implications of Biofuel Policies

Session D3: Economic Consequences of GMOs

Session E1: Constraints to Technology Adoption

Session E2: The Challenge of Co-Existence

Session E3: The Welfare Effects of Biofuels in Africa

Lunch Break

Session F1: The Political Economy of GMOs

Session F2: R&D in the Bioeconomy - II

Session F3: Innovation and Regulation in the Bioeconomy

Coffee Break

Session G1: Opportunities for GM Crops in Africa

Session G2: Research, Regulation & GMOs in South Asia

Session G3: Bio-Energy Supply Chains

Conference Dinner

Wednesday, June 27 - 2012

Session 1: Keynote Speech

Coffee Break

Policy Panel

Lunch Break

Session I1: Plenary: The Political Economy of the Bio-Economy

Conference Closing

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