The Symposium consisted of eight sessions of oral presentations as well as various workshops and poster sessions. This report reviews the presentations in the following sessions and discusses the main conclusions and issues arising from each session:
Session 1: Biosafety – experience and results
Session 2: Introgression, invasion and fitness
Session 3: Biotic and abiotic stress resistance
Session 4: GM animals
Session 5: Effects of GM crops on soil ecosystems
Session 7: Biocontainment methods
Session 8: Post market environmental monitoring
Abstracts of the presentations in these sessions are available at: http://www.isbgmo.info/assets_/isbgmo_symposium_handbook.pdf