GEOFF TANSEY

WRITER AND CONSULTANT

West Yorkshire Slow Food and The Saltaire Bookshop host a launch event

 

E-mail: geoff.tansey@jrct.org.uk
Events

January 2008

Editors Tasmin Rajotte and Geoff Tansey
launch the book in Geneva

An excellent resource for those mapping the increasing control of our food chain by international players.

Suman Sahai,
Director, Gene Campaign, India

An excellent collection of guideposts for perplexed students and scholars and a handbook for the seasoned diplomat seeking to make the world a better place.

Professor Calestous Juma,
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

I recommend it to all who play a role in the formulation of relevant international norms in whatever capacity, and regardless of the interests they may represent.

Leo Palma,
Deputy Director, Advisory Centre on WTO Law

This book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, and various other international bodies. The final part discusses civil society responses to relevant changes and developments in these issues, how they affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.

BOOK RELATED EVENTS

February 2008

The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security is also now freely available online in HTML and XML formats on IDRC’s website.

IP-Watch Inside Views: Intellectual Property Watch spoke briefly with Geoff Tansey about the project during a recent negotiation on access and benefit sharing under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Listen to the interview

Monday 11th February 2008, 1.30pm – 5:00pm

UK Food Group meeting

FUTURE CONTROL OF FOOD

Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT


The launch was followed by a discussion on Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Partnership Agreements. For more information contact: geraldine@ukfg.org.uk

Thursday 14 February, 17.00

Sussex Development Lectures

Global Rules, Patent Power, and the Future Control of Food
Geoff Tansey

All welcome
Chichester Lecture Theatre
(University of Sussex)

For a report and podcast of the lecture

Details of the series

Monday 18 February, 13.00-14.15

An ODI and Earthscan event

'The Future Control of Food'
A book launch and discussion with
Geoff Tansey

Discussant: Steve Wiggins, Research Fellow, Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth (PLAG) programme, ODI
Chair: Andrew Shepherd, Director of Programmes, Rural Policy and Governance Group (RPGG), ODI

For a report and webcast of the meeting

Tuesday 26 February, 17:30 - 19:30

SOAS Food Studies Centre

'Global rules, patent power and the future control of food'
A talk by Geoff Tansey

Brunei Gallery Suite (formerly the cafe) SOAS
(Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square)

For further details please contact soasfoodstudies@soas.ac.uk

March 2008

March 3rd 2008

Toronto, Canada, noon-3pm

A seminar and launch of The Future Control of Food

The Munk Centre, University of Toronto

Co-sponsored by Development Seminar, Masters in International Relations, Toronto Food Policy Council, and Ryerson Centre for the Studies in Food Security. For details contact cis.general@utoronto.ca

March 6th 2008,

Ottawa, Canada 1 – 3 pm

A seminar and launch of The Future Control of Food

Organised by idrc, by invitation
For details contact jwoo@idrc.ca

Wednesday 12th March, 2008

Geoff is keynote speaker at

Green Feast: Exploring the Multiple Meanings of Sustainable Food

The Living Rainforest, Berkshire

Programme details and location