RTC events for Saturday June 5

Saturday, June 5th

Morning Panel, 10 – 11:30 AM at the Women's Building:
Biotech Barriers to Medical Justice

Marcy Darnovsky (Center for Genetics and Society)
Gregor Wolbring (International Centre for Bioethics, Culture and Disability, University of Calgary)
Anne-christine d'Adesky (Health Gap)
Le’a Kanehe (Indigenous People’s Council on Biocolonialism)
Jesse Reynolds (Center for Genetics and Society), moderator

Noontime Workshops, 12 noon – 1:30 PM (Women’s Building, New College)
Workshops will be organized in ‘tracks,’ roughly corresponding to the subject areas of the main panels, but with an effort to maximize cross-collaboration as well.

Afternoon Workshops A, 2 – 3:30 PM (Women’s Building, New College — see below)

Afternoon Workshops B, 4 – 5:30 PM (Women’s Building, New College — see below)

Saturday evening:
Resistance and Alternatives to Genetic Engineering and Corporate Control
Unitarian Hall, 7:30 PM:

Keynote: Vandana Shiva (Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India)

Panel:
Cathrine Sneed (The Garden Project)
Van Jones (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights)
Jaime Castillo (UNORCA/Via Campesina, Mexico)
Luke Anderson (Genetic Engineering Action Network)

Evening emcee: Antonia Juhasz (International Forum on Globalization)