Opening – Wednesday, 10th June 2015
Opening reception
Speaker/topic
Time
Welcome reception and registration
19.00
Day I – Thursday, 11th June 2015
Policies for green growth? - Using the new organic regulation and CAP to generate organic development
Speaker/topic
Time
Welcome coffee and registration
08.30
Opening Plenary Building the future of organic into today’s policy framework
09.30
Jānis Dūklavs, Latvian Minister for Agriculture
Fernand Etgen, Luxembourgish Minister of Agriculture(tbc)
Martin Häusling, MEP & rapporteur for the legislative proposal for a new organic regulation
Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (tbc)
Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU President
Coffee break and press conference
10.45
Workshops: The new Organic Regulation & CAP
Workshop I: Organic regulation: towards the final agreement?
11:15
Inese Pastare Irbe, Permanent representation of Latvia to the EU (tbc)
Monique Faber-Decker, Ministry of Agriculture of Luxembourg, Viticulture and Consumer protection
Martin Häusling, MEP rapporteur on Commission proposal
NN, Organics, DG for Agriculture and Rural development, European Commission
Jan Plagge, Bioland, IFOAM EU board member
Workshop II: Intentions and new aspects of the future EU organic regulation
11:15
Alex Beck, AöL
Joelle Katto Andrighetto, IFOAM
Juliette Leroux, FNAB
NN, Organics, DG for Agriculture and Rural development, European Commission
Chris Atkinson, Soil Association
Workshop III: CAP towards 2020: Developments and Prospects
11:15
Stephan Dabbert, University of Hohenheim (tbc)
Kaley Hart, IEEP (tbc)
Aurélie Trouvé, AgroParisTech (tbc)
Workshop IV: The role of organic farming in global food and nutrition security
11:15
Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU/Steering Committee TP Organics
Franz Fischler, Chair of Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for EXPO 2015 (tbc)
Urs Niggli, Director FiBL / Steering committee TP Organics
Niels Gøtke, Chair Governing Board FACCE-JPI
Moderator: Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU / Steering Committee TP Organics
Lunch
13.15
Reports from workshops
15.00
Moderator: Minou Menzel, SöL (tbc)
Supporting the development of organic now: Round table discussion
15.30
Eric Andrieu, MEP & shadow rapporteur
Aivars Lapins, Latvian Council Presidency & deputy state secretary LV ministry
Diego Canga Fano, Director of DG AGRI Directorate B - Multilateral relations, quality policy, European Commission
Hester Maij, Committee of Regions (CoR) Member, Member of the Executive Council of the Province of Overijssel
Thomas Fertl, IFOAM EU Vice President
Moderator: Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU
Coffee break
16.45
Launch – Vision for organic food and farming to 2030
17.15
Prof. Raffaele Zanoli, University Ancona Vision for the organic movement to 2030 and future role for organic as an EU agriculture leader
Klaus Arntz, EVP Marketing, Quality and R&D, Wessanen
Urs Niggli, Director Fibl (tbc)
Kurt Sannen, Bioforum (tbc)
Closing of the day
18.15
Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU
Bus ride to dinner venue
19:00
Networking dinner and cultural programme
20:15
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