You are
cordially invited to attend the First International IFAS Conference on
Nanotechnology
What
Can Nano Learn from Bio?
Lessons
from the Debate over Agrifood Biotechnology and
GMOs
October 26-27,
2005
Kellogg Hotel and
What can
scientists, engineers, technology developers, policy makers and research
administrators in the emerging fields of nanotechnology learn from the
international controversy over the use of recombinant DNA techniques in
agriculture and the food system? A conference dedicated to answering this
question will feature participants in this controversy from industry, regulatory
and non-governmental organizations, as well as scholars who have conducted
research on the debate over transgenic crops, animal biotechnology and GMOs from
a number of different perspectives. Save the date in October
2005.
Please feel free to
share this information with your colleagues who are interested in this topic and
post it on the events calendar of your organization?s web site. For more
information and on-line registration: http://www.carrs.msu.edu/nanoconference/.
See the web site for
new information about the program and speakers.
IFAS is The Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards
John V. Stone, Ph.D.
Applied Anthropologist
Institute for Food and Agricultural
Standards
Berkey Hall, #425-A
Michigan State University
East Lansing,
MI 48824
517-355-2384 (Office); 517-432-2856
(FAX)
jvstone@msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/user/ifas/
