Study Group on Future Global Questions: Genetic Patenting
Under the headline „Access to nature and genetic patenting: conflicts at the 9th Conference on Biodiversity““, the group looked at one of the topics of the conference in May in Bonn. The delegates will work on a mandate for a new regime on Access/Benefit Sharing, to level out the complicated conflict on the patenting of natural genetic resources.
Dr. Berthold Rutz of the European Patent Office in Munich analysed the basic problems and offered scenaries on the patenting issue. René Röspel, MP from the Social Democratic Fraction discussed the conflicts of interest and sketched out the expectations of the governing parties in the Bundestag about the government’s policy at the conference. Dr. Ricardo Gent Managing Director of the German Association of the Biotechnology Industry named the problems in writing the rules of the regime and discussed the sometiomes contentious positions of the industry. Christine von Weizsäcker, President of the NGO Ecoropa, scrutinized positions and the power distribution in the policy field before the conference.
The Study Group is chaired by Dr. Reinhard Loske, Senator of the Environment in Bremen. Study group meetings are confidential; participation is by invitation only. Academic advisor to the Study Group is Dr. Henning Riecke.
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Religion and Politics in the U.S.
At the 4th Alumni Conference of the Round Table USA at Stanford University, from June 26-29, 2008, Josef Braml gave a presentation on “Religious Groups in the U.S. and Their Influence on Politics and (Foreign) Policy Making.” (29.06.2008)
Perspectives for Transatlantic Cooperation
At a conference featuring “Europe in the World,” in Cracow from June 19-20, 2008, which was jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the Institute for Strategic Studies, Josef Braml presented perspectives for transatlantic cooperation after the US elections. (20.06.2008)
Globally Sustainable Energy Security Policy
Accepting the invitation of State Secretary Michael Mertes, the State Representative of North Rhine-Westphalia’s “NRgy Lounge,” a energy policy roundtable, Josef Braml presented on June 11, 2008 the policy recommendations of DGAP’s yearbook featuring “Globally Sustainable Energy Security Policy.” (11.06.2008)
DGAP in the news
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Interview with Josef Braml
18.07.2008 | Financial Times Deutschland
Germany in the UN Security Council
Interview with Henning Riecke
15.07.2008 | Deutsche Welle TV, Tagesthema
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