North American Biotech Initiative Risk Communication Workshop

The workshop will engage Mexican government officials and scientists on principles of and experiences with risk communication for agricultural biotechnology.

Presentations will focus on basic theories of and strategies for general risk communication, public perceptions of risk, perceptions of agricultural biotechnology in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and will present case studies of biotech issues where risk communication was necessary and effective, and mechanisms in the United States and Canada for interactions between stakeholders and the government.

The objective of the workshop is to facilitate the ability of Mexican biotechnology regulators to discuss biotechnology issues with the Mexican public, to improve public understanding and acceptance of the technology thereby maintaining access for U.S. biotech agricultural products.