Ecological risks and prospects of transgenic plants, where do we go from here? A dialogue between biotech industry and science

Predicting the ecological impacts of transgenes for insect and virus resistance in natural and feral populations of Brassica species.- A multisite-cooperative research programme on risk assessment of transgenic crops.- Monitoring the environmental impact of transgenic sugar beet Beta vulgaris subspec. vulgaris altissima Doll - are we able to ask the right questions?.- The role of modelling in risk assessment for the release of genetically engineered plants.- odelling the spread of disease resistance gene in natural plant populations.- The wave of advancement of introduced genes in natural plant populations.- Short-term effects, long-term effects and standardisation of limits.- Elimination of agrobacteria from transgenic plants.- Assessment of long-term environmental impacts of transgenic trees: Norway spruce as a case study.- Long-term questions related to agroecological effects of transgenic Bt-crops.- Molecular markers for monitoring transgenic plants.- Biogeographical assay and natural gene flow.- Gene flow between selected swiss crops and related weeds: risk assessment for the field releases of GMO's in Switzerland.- How do the design of monitoring and control strategies affect the chance of detecting and containing transgenic weeds?.- Transgene movement via gene flow: recommendations for improved biosafety assessment.- Risk assessment of gene flow from a virus-resistant transgenic squash into a wild relative.- RNA recombination in transgenic virus resistant plants.- Transgenic plants and safety regulation.- Monitoring the impact of releases of genetically modified herbicide tolerant oilseed rape in the UK.- Views of non-governmental organizations on the risk evaluation of genetically modified organisms.- Risk assessment of transgenic plants - a comparison with pesticide regulation.- Methodological lacunas: the need for new research and methods in risk assessment.- Where do we come from, where do we go from here?.- From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation - contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture.- Transgenic plants and the management of virtual risks.- Dilemmas of risk-assessment research for transgenic crops.- Bern conference on gene flow: one scientist's reflections.- The concept of familiarity and its role in the commercialization of pest resistant genetically engineered plants.- Assessment and management of field testing of transgenic crop plants in east asian countries.- Mechanism of DNA integration into Agrobacterium genome-its relevance to horizontal gene transfer.- Gene flow in selected swiss crops and related weeds, risk assessment for the field release of GMO's in Switzerland: case of wheat and oilseed rape.- TA-project genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity.- Final summary of the conference.- Acknowledgements.- List of participants.