Workshop goals and structure David E. Schindel, CBOL Welcome and thanks Review contents of registration packets What products will the workshop generate? What impact will these products have? Structure and format of workshop Requests to participants Wednesday writing groups

Workshop Co-sponsors DFG, Germany Museum Koenig Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris Moorea Biocode Project International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) DIVERSITAS/bioGENESIS Project

Registration Packets Agenda ABS Decisions from COP-9 AHTEG Questions Participant list Discussion group assignments

Workshop Products Short workshop report by 5:00 Wednesday Other follow-on activities: –Articles –Perhaps an Editorial in Science or Nature; –Other meetings Shared understanding of non-commercial biodiversity research as a potentially distinct sector Appreciation for the different perspectives Clearer picture of points of disagreement and problems to be resolved.

Writing Goals A.Responses to AHTEG Questions (by discussion group rapporteurs) B.Introduction to workshop, process, participants, purpose (by organizers) C.Background on relevance of non- commercial research access to CBD goals (by organizers) D.Findings E.Possible Editorial for Science or Nature

Potential Workshop Impact Immediate consideration by AHTEG in Namibia Possible consideration by ABS WG meeting in Paris, April 2009 Possible influence on national delegations to ABS WG Raise consciousness of research community concerning ABS, International Regime, potential loss of access

Workshop Format Mostly Panel discussions to provide background and promote interactions A few Plenary discussions Break-out discussion groups at the end of Monday and Tuesday Rapporteur evening meetings to prepare consensus reports Rapporteur reports (with minority opinions) at the beginning of the next day

Requests to Participants Respect time limits on presentations Speak up, use microphones, make sure everyone can hear you Tell the speaker if you can’t hear him or her Keep interventions short and to the point Give presentations to the technician during the break before your session Respect time limits on coffee breaks, lunch

Wednesday Writing Groups C. Findings 1.Is non-commercial research a distinct sector? How can it be defined? (Sessions 3-4, 6, Writing Group Coordinator N. Davies) 2.What are the communities of practice (subsectors) within non-commercial research sector? (Sessions 3-4, 6; D. Schindel) 3.What are the possible benefits of non-commercial research and the possible costs of restricted access? (Sessions 3-4, 6; S. Martinez) 4.What different approaches to ABS agreements should be considered for non-commercial research? (Sessions 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12; C. Häuser)

Wednesday Writing Groups C. Findings (continued) 5.What are the risks and possible costs for provider countries associated with non- commercial research? (Sessions 5 and 6; M. Ribandeira Sarmiento) 6.How could changes of intent and use from non- commercial to commercial research be handled? (Sessions 5, 10, 11; K. Holm-Müller) 7.What voluntary and other compliance measures for non-commercial research could be envisaged? (sessions 11 and 12; C. Williams) D. Editorial for Science or Nature