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The conference will promote broad technical and scientific exchange between scientists worldwide on the status and challenges for traceability, detection and identification of GMOs, with an emphasis on the fast evolving DNA-based detection methods.

The conference will also contribute to capacity building for experts and laboratories involved in the detection and identification of GMOs and serves as platform of networking among regions as well as at global level.

Sessions:

Session 1 – Detection and identification of “classical” GMO and NGT products - Status and challenges
Session 2 – Detection of NGT products - Analytical methods
Session 3 – Requirements for the Identification of NGT products
Session 4 – Detection of “classical” GMOs - Analytical methods
Session 5 – Regional networks: experiences gained in various regions
Session 6 – Global information sharing
Session 7 – Alternative approaches for GMO traceability

Panel discussion – Future needs detection / identification / harmonisation / capacity building