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HORIZON SCANNING SUB GROUP

For the AEBC horizon scanning study click here. It was used to inform the revised AEBC Work Plan proposals and was made available alongside those on 17 April 2002. For the Work Plan proposals click here. AEBC is keen to receive updates on the information in the study. For contact details see below.

The members of the Horizon Scanning sub-group were:

Ed Dart
John Gilliland
Julie Hill (Convenor)
ChiChi Iweajunwa
Derek Langslow CBE
Roger Turner

The sub-group's terms of reference were:

To keep the AEBC well informed about current and future national and international developments that are relevant to fulfilling its strategic remit. This will include information on:

- trends in biotechnologies, in agricultural practice and policy, and in environmental issues;

- trends in other technologies, where these may interact with biotechnologies;

- relevant social, economic, legal and political trends i.e. those that will have a bearing on how biotechnology is shaped and how it is received by society.

The work of the sub-group will take into account the work of other bodies with a horizon-scanning role.

The sub group will make regular reports to the full AEBC.

The sub-group's meetings:

The horizon-scanning sub-group met on 13 November 2000, 22 January, 16 March, 24 April, 9 May, 11 June, 3 September and 31 October 2000, and 22 January 2002, 19 February and 23 March 2002.

The sub-group consulted on possible scenarios for the uptake of GM in agriculture. For the consultation note of June 2001 click here.

The group's meetings were deliberative and were minuted but not held in public. For meeting details, please click here.

To contact us, the secretary to the sub-group is Anne Packer: anne.packer@dti.gsi.gov.uk

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