4^th EPSO Conference “Plants for Life” Science and society session, 23 June 2008 Toulon (Côte d'Azur), France, 22-26 June 2008

Session “Science and society: The challenges for tomorrow's agriculture” Chair: Mike Gale, UK
1. Tim Lang, Centre for Food Policy, University College London, UK A food system which ticks all the policy boxes: Can it be done? What would it look like? Is anyone pushing for it?		2. Matin Qaim, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Göttingen University, DE Economic consequences of Golden Rice
3. Joachim Schiemann, Julius Kuhn Institute, Federal research centre for cultivated plants, DE Regulation and risk assessment of transgenic plants at European level
The presentations were followed by lively discussions among the participants	Matin Qaim, Tim Lang and Joachim Schiemann		Helene Lucas, Karin Metzlaff, Chiara Tonelli