The third meeting of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity was held 2-3 October, 2013 in Montreal, Canada. The event was well received with over 180 participants, there were about 60 speakers in total and over 25 countries represented. Nine concurrent sessions (presented bolew) were well attended and the final discussion groups provided some excellent ideas and recommendations regarding business and biodiveristy.
Simplified Agenda
Day 1 (Oct. 2nd, 2013)
- Opening Plenary - Mr. Luc Robitaille, Mr. Jung Jun Park, Mr. Braulio de Souza Dias, Mr. Roger Ménard, Mr. Robert McLean, Mr. David Steuerman, Mr. Jon K. Grant
- Panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing - Mr. Tim Hodges, Mr. Suhel al-Janabi, Mr. George Greene, Ms. Elisa Romano, Mr. Claude Fromageot
- Panel on Safeguards and Mechanisms - Ms. Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Ms. Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Ms. Maria Yolanda Teran Maigua, Mr. Aurélien Guingand, Mr. Joël Houdet
- Panel on Supply Chain Management - Mr. Rajendra Dobriyal, Mr. Julien Chupin, Dr. René Gómez-García Palao, Mr. Ward Griffin, Ms. Libby Bernick
- Business and Biodiversity from a Conservation Perspective - Mr. Jonathan Stacey
- Panel on Agrifood - Mr. Emilio Oyarzabal, Mr. Peter G. Kevan, Mr. Marcel Groleau, Mr. Paul Short
- Panel on Extractive Industries - Mr. Dennis Wilson, Mr. Armand Mackenzie, Mr. Luc Robitaille, Mr. Chris Fordham, Mr. Chris McDonell
- Panel on Retail/Consumer Goods - Mr. David Smith, Mr. Eduardo Escobedo, Mr. David Hircock, Mr. Timothy A. Bent, Mr. Rik Kutsch Lojenga
Day 2 (Oct. 3rd, 2013)
- Plenary Session - Mr. Gerard Bos
- Panel on Standards - Melissa Tolley, Lori Anna Conzo, Mr. Andrew de Vries, Mr. Aran O'Carroll, Mr. Benoit Limoges
- Panel on Sustainable Public Procurement - Ms. Maria Luisa del Rio, Ms. Margaret Bailey, Dr. Jean-Pierre Revéret, Mr. Philipp Tepper, Mr. Kiruben Naicker
- Panel on Engagement of Stakeholders - Mr. Yoshiharu Tachibana, Ms. Sally Maria Ollech, Ms. Barbara Reuber, Mr. Daan Wensing, Ms. Wang Aihua
- Closing Session: Recommendations for COP 12 and Further Engagement - Mr. Hem Pande, Mr. Ravi Sharma, Mr. Braulio de Souza Dias
