Programm- Foundation of ISOFAR, June 20th, 2003
Friday, 20th June 2003
Launching ceremony
at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin-Mitte.
10:00 Music
Soloist: Martin Krause, student of the Academy of Music Hanns
Eisler, Berlin
Reception/Welcome
Dr. Urs Niggli, Director Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
(FiBL), Frick, Switzerland
Welcoming Speeches
Wolfgang Reimer
German Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
Nadia El-Hage Scialabba
Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Oranization of the United
Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Dr. Prabha Mahale:
Towards Strong Partnership between IFOAM and ISOFAR
Board member, International Federation of Organic Agriculturre,
Movements (IFOAM), India
Music
Presentation "Why
ISOFAR, why Berlin?"
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Köpke, Director Institute of Organic
Agriculture (IOL), Bonn, Germany
12:00 Music
12:15 Lunchbreak and Press conference
14:00 Plenum discussion
Election of Board and of Executive Board
Statutes
Proposals
17:00 End
Saturday 21st June 2003
Excursion in the Berlin Area
Excursion in the Berlin area: on the track of agricultural history, special places of work of different researcher personalities (e.g. Albrecht Thaer, Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt), visit of a bigger sized organic farm etc.
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09:30 Departure from Gendarmenmarkt (Academy building)
09:40 Schinkelplatz: Comments on the statues of Albrecht Thaer/Schinkel/Beuth
09:55 Walk along the Spree, Schloßbrücke, Zeughaus,
Neue Wache, Humboldt-University,
Statues of Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt, Equestrian Statue
of Frederic the Great
10:45 Departure towards Unter den Linden, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, Siegessäule, Bellevue Castle
11:40 Humboldt-Castle Tegel, walk in the park, Humboldt's Oak Tree, gravesite of the Humboldt family
12:40 Departure towards Chorin
14:00 Cistercian Monastery Chorin (guided tour)
15:00 Departure towards Temmen
15:40 Welcome on the Temmen estate, snack (canapés and refreshments)
16:15 Field excursion
18:30 Buffet in the old sheep pen, discussion, relaxation, music
21:00 Departure
22:30 Return to Berlin
