Griffith University

Law and the Future of Food Conference

9am-4pm, Friday 30 March 2012
National Library of Australia, Canberra

This one-day conference, organised by the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) and the Griffith Law School, brought together international and national speakers to look at the important role that the law is able to play in improving and enhancing global food security.

Program:

• Law and the Future of Food Conference Program (PDF 16kb)

To view the individual speakers presentations please click on the presentation titles below.

Speakers:

• Dr Nick Austin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (opening address)
• Mr Geoff Burton, Principal Consultant, Genetic Resources & Management International Co-operation, Jean Shannon & Associates Pty Ltd - The Nagoya Protocol: Opportunities for Australian Research
  
• Ms Kaitlin Y Cordes, Human Rights Lawyer (New York) and Editor of Accounting for Hunger - The Right to Food in the Era of Globalisation (2011) - The Role of Human Rights Law in Improving Global Good Security
  
• Prof Carlos Correa, Director of the Centre for interdisciplinary Studies on Industrial Property and Economics Law, University of Buenos Aires - From genes to food: what are the limits of patent protection?
  
• Prof Robert Henry, Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland - DNA analysis to support food production
  
• Ms Elise Perset, Consortium Legal Counsel, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers - The Management of Intellectual Assets in the CGIAR
  
• Dr Daniel Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of New South Wales - Variation in Plant Variety Protection Laws in Asia: A Response to Food Security Concerns?
• Dr Paul Smith, Head of the Seed Conservation Department at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Head of the Millennium Seed Bank - Is access to plant genetic resources the greatest threat to global food security?
• Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization - TRIPS and Food: A Balanced Diet?
  

Conference Details:

This conference is funded by the Australian Research Council through the ARC Discovery project Promoting Plant Innovation in Australia: maximising the benefits of intellectual property for Australian agriculture.