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25-28 October 2003
- Conference Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PROGRAM (Preliminary)
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25 October 2003 |
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1500-2100H
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Registration
and Reception
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26 October 2003 |
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0830H |
Opening Blessing,
Algonquin Elder |
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Plenary |
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Reg
Crowshoe |
Indigenous Knowledge of medicinal plants |
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Maurice Strong |
Sustainable use of biodiversity |
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Medicinal Biodiversity and Conservation
Chair: Nancy Turner (University of Victoria)
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Robin Marles: |
Boreal Ethnobotany
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Sonja Lagos Witte |
Tramil Network, Dominican Republic
confirmed |
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Catherine Potvin |
Community use of plant resources in Panama |
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Herwasono Soedjito |
Community use and conservation of forest resources
in Indonesia |
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Ernie Small |
Canadian medicinal plant biodiversity: Priority issues
confirmed |
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Nancy Turner |
Discussion |
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Reception and Posters |
19:00-21:00 |
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27 October 2003 |
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Research & Commercialization of
Medicinal Plants |
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Chair: Francois Gasengayire,
IDRC
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Barbara Timmerman:
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Medicinal phytomedicines of the Southern cone of South
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America
confirmed |
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Rachel Mata |
Medicinal natural products in Mexican phytomedicines
confirmed
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Pablo N. Solis |
Pharmacognosy research in Panama
confirmed |
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Jim Hudson: |
Antivirals from tropical plants
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Francois Gasengayire |
Discussion |
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Chair: Tim Johns, McGill University
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Lon Ball |
International trade in organic botanicals |
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Francois Gbeassor: |
Developing a phytomedicine industry in Africa
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Philippe Rasoanaivo |
Traditional Medicine Program Madagascar
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Tim Johns |
Discussion |
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Dinner Speaker
- Len Good (to be
confirmed) |
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28 October 2003 |
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Research to Policy |
Chair: David Hoe, Health Canada
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Joana Rosario: |
National Institutes
of Health:
Fostering research in medicinal plants |
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Jock Langford |
Environment Canada: Intellectual property (IP) rights
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Kelly Bannister |
University of Victoria: Conflicts between research eithics and
IP guidelines.
confirmed |
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John Herity: |
Biodiversity Convention Office,
Environment Canada, Canadian biodiversity policy
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Philip Waddington: |
Natural Health Products Directorate, Health
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Canada: Regulation of natural health products |
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David Hoe |
Discussion |
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Round Table and Recommendations |
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Chair: Maureen O’Neil,President, IDRC (to be confirmed) |
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Closing Blessing |
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Algonquin Elder |
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