The 9th Eursafe Congress, that celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, is an invitation to reflect on the challenges of agriculture and food in the third millennium. Advances in the biosciences in relation to achieving global food security have raised interesting socio-ethical and legal questions that we must tackle from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Sustainability, Bioenergy and Animal welfare are topics that will be discussed, together with reflections on the goals and methods in agricultural and food ethics. The possible contribution these ethics may offer to political decision-making and the training of future bioscience graduates and post-graduates will also be covered at this international forum.
The Conference
2010 provides us with a privileged observatory for the 3rd Millenium challenges to agricultural sciences and biosciences. Ethical and legal issues related to the food security, animal welfare as well as the prevention of food born diseases are going to be, among others, the object of cross-disciplinary reflection and debate in the 9th EurSafe Congress.
Congress sub-topics
Oral and poster presentations
1. Climate change policies and food security
2. Sustainable agriculture and aquaculture for global food security
3. The role of local breeds and traditions in sustainable agriculture and aquaculture
4. Alleviating hunger and poverty: Role of agri-food research
5. The role of biotechnology in food security
6. Ethical and legal aspects of bioscience patenting
7. Eating, nutrition and health: Ethical and legal considerations
8. Food labelling and consumer protection
9. The role of ethical engagement and public participation in EU food governance
10. Ethics of bioenergy production
11. Ethical, welfare and legal status of farm and laboratory animals in the EU
12. Teaching ethics, animal welfare and law for the biosciences and agri-food sector
* Open call - Animal, Agriculture and Food Ethics
Abstracts should address one of the defined conference topics or a specific aspect in the ethical dimensions of food and agriculture. Call for abstracts is still open. If you wish to submit your abstract click here.
European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics
The Society, founded in 1999, is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and non-partisan organisation. Members of the society have interests that span a variety of interdisciplinary areas, such as food, animal, agricultural and environmental ethics. In particular, EurSafe aims to encourage academic education and research, and international debate on the ethical issues involved in agriculture and food supply.
For further information on EurSafe and membership details please visit:
www.eursafe.org
Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human Genome
Created in 1993, the Chair aims to be an Institution that fosters a rigurous and cross disciplinar analysis of the legal implications of the advances in Biosciences and Technologies while at the same time making available the benefits of its work for the University Comunity, professionals of different fields and society at large.
For further information, please visit:
www.catedraderechoygenomahumano.es
