Agenda
Welcome:	Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Fellow, RIS, New Delhi
Chair:	Mr. B. S. Parsheera, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India
Remarks:	Dr. Balakrisna Pisupati, UNEP, Nairobi
Launch of Special Issue:	B. S. Parsheera, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India
Panel Discussion on ABS:	Dr. Jorge M Cabrera, Legal Adviser, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), San José, Costa Rica Mr. Sumida Seizo, Director General, Japan Bioindustry Association Prof. Doris Schroeder, University of Central Lancashire, England
First Copy to be Received by:	Bakary Kante, Director, UNEP Division for Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC)
Open Discussion