Venue: Science Park/University of Tromsø, Norway
Topics include:
- Holistic overview of pre-market risk assessment, from hazard identification to risk mitigation
- Introduction to and use of latest international guidance from Codex Alimentarius and the Cartagena Protocol
- How to use and interpret the latest molecular, human health, and ecological science for making robust, defensible and effective risk assessment and risk mitigation plans
- GMO sampling and tracing
- Economic and legal aspects of GE applications/GMOs, including liability and redress
- Socio-cultural, ethical, and political issues in GE applications/GMOs
- Policy and regulatory issues, including national biosafety implementation
- Future and emerging GE applications
- Gene ecology and alternatives to GE/GMO applications
- Evaluating risk assessment case studies under the guidance of the Biosafety Assessment Tool
- Laboratory sessions on different GMO detection methods
