With innovations being a motor of the economy and a number of new products as well as advancements of existing ones their regulation becomes a crucial part of food and feed regulation and policy. Therefore, the regulation of innovations will be on the agenda of this year’s EFFL Conference on 6 and 7 October 2011 in Berlin.What does the regulation of GMOs look like? What are the EU legal requirements for innovative food additives? And what impact do consumer information requirements have on competitiveness and innovation? These are only some of the questions which will be raised during this one and a half day conference.In order to allow an insight into the topic from various angles the different subjects will be presented by speakers from European and national institutions, federations, the industry, universities, and private legal practice – amongst them Vittorio Silano, Chair of the Scientific Committee, EFSA, Evelyn Breitweg-Lehmann, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Isabel Ortiz, FoodDrinkEurope, Brussels, Caroline Herody, Adisseo, France, Lars Bracht Andersen, Aarhus University, and Nicole Coutrelis, Coutrelis & Associés, Brussels/Paris.