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Overview
2 July	All day	Pre-congress excursion (for the full programme of the excursion please click here)

3 July	9.00	Opening plenary
	10.30	Press conference and coffee break
	11.00	Organic Regulation review
	12.30	Lunch and presentation of organic farming in Lithuanian Organic Farmers Association
	14.30	Workshops
	16.00	Coffee break
	16.30	Workshops
	18.15	Bus transfer
	19.00	Visit of Trakai Castle followed by a networking dinner Bus transfer back to Vilnius will be provided after the festivities

4 July	9.00	Launch of the dossier on organic wine!
	9.40	Reports from the workshops and discussion
	10.30	Coffee break
	11.00	Final Panel
	12.30	Closure of conference
	13.00	Lunch

Full Programme and Presentations
3 July	Time	Speaker / Topic

	8.00	Welcome coffee and registration
	9.00	Opening Plenary Moderator: Marco Schlüter, IFOAM EU Director Georg Häusler, Head of Cabinet of European Commission for Agricultural and Rural Development Review of Organic farming legislation and organics future role in the EU growth strategy Europe 2020 Rytis Šatkauskas, Lithuanian Vice Minister for Agriculture Public expectations, opportunities and obstacles for organic producers to deliver final products to consumers Frank Macken, Organic Unit of Department of Agriculture, Food & The Marine, Ireland Council opinion on the review of the organic farming legislation review Athanasios Tsautaris, Greek minister for Agriculture (tbc) Perspective of the Organic production regulation from the point of view of Trio Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU Group President Towards a European Organic Action Plan and consistent framework for organic production

	10.30	Press conference and coffee break

	11.00	Organic Regulation Review and the New European Action Plan. Setting the scene for improved organic farming legislation and policy Moderator: Jiri Mach, Czech Deputy Minister of Agriculture Andrea Ferrante, International Relations Manager, Associazione italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica - AIAB Towards a new European Organic Action Plan - Challenges and Needs (presentation) Michel Reynaud, European Organic Certifiers Council President Improving the efficiency to the control system (presentation) Jiri Urban, UKZUZ Institute for Supervising and Testing in the Agriculture and former agriculture vice-Minister of Czech Republic Develop Organic Sector and Regulation: Status quo and Development Needs in New Member States (presentation) Andre Leu, President IFOAM International Towards a Family of Equivalent Standards (presentation)

	12.30	Lunch Lunch and Presentation of organic farming in Lithuania (Organic Market in front of Town Hall) by the Lithuanian Organic Farmers Association

	14.30	Workshops A) International Organic Trade: New Import Regime and Equivalency Agreements Moderator: Cecile Lepers, Managing Director of Synabio Panellist: Andre Leu, President IFOAM Global Joao Onofre, Head of the Organic Farming Unit of the European Commission Outlook on equivalency agreements and needs for an improved import regime Fabian Breisinger, CEO All Organic Trading Does the new import regime facilitate imports without lowering integrity? B) The Contribution of the Organic Industry to Integrity Moderator: Elke Denys, coordinator of processing sector, Bioforum Vlaanderen Panellist: Alexander Beck, Chair of IFOAM EU Specialist Group in Organic Processing, Ari de Kimpe, CEO and General Director, ARIZA Norbert Kolb, Quality Director of the Wolree NaturProdukte Traceability management in the supply chain Thomas Breuzet, Director of Danival Success by establishing long-term relationships with suppliers (presentation) C) Developing Organic in the Baltic Sea Area Moderator: Anamarija Slabe, Technical Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development Key note speech: Saulius Jasius, Deputy Director of Agricultural Production and Food Industry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania Develop Organic in Baltic-Nordic Sea Area Short Statements: Merit Mikk, Estonian Organic Farming Foundation (presentation) Madara Mezviete, Executive Director of Association Latvian Organic Agriculture - ALOA (presentation) Michal Rzytki, Polish Ministry of Agriculture (presentation) Kjell Sjödahl Svensson, Quality Manager, KRAV (presentation)

	16.00	Coffee break

	16.30	Workshops D) Controls in Organic Farming: Audit or Investigation? Moderator: Evelyne Alcázar Marín, International Activities at Certification Services CAAE Panellist: Joao Onofre, Head of the Organic Farming Unit of the European Commission Alexander Beck, Chair of IFOAM EU Specialist Group in Organic Processing Is the control system taking the right direction? (presentation) Roberto Setti, Quality Manager at Consorzio per il Controllo dei Prodotti Biologici - CCPB Liability within the control system – clarify responsibilities between different actors (presentation) Bernd Winkler, Unit F4, Food and Veterinary Office, European Commission Update of the 2013 FVO visits to Member State's control systems (presentation) E) Regulation Review: Which direction to go? Bring your ideas! Facilitation: Niels Rump, AGRIDEA Open space workshop F)Towards a New Organic Action Plan for Europe Moderator: Lieve Vercauteren Director BioForum Vlaanderen Panellist: Thomas Fertl, Bio Austria Juern Sanders, German Thünen Institute EU Organic Action Plan: common strategic framework for organic sector development Paul Moore, Chair of the Organic Trade Board - OTB The Need for Organic Promotion in New Action Plan - Example of UK Edouard Rousseau - COPA-COGECA chair of Organic Farming working group Implement the new CAP: what is needed to boost the development of organic farming in Europe (presentation)

	18.15	Bus transfer

	19.00	Visit to Trakai Castle and organic gala dinner

4 July	Time	Speaker / Topic
	9.00	The New Areas: Organic Wine and Aquaculture Launch of the dossier on Organic Wine after first harvest under new rules and "Mind the CAP" campaign Moderator, Christopher Stopes, President IFOAM EU Group Cristina Micheloni, AIAB What did the new wine rules bring for organic (presentation) Stefan Bergleiter, Team leader aquaculture and fishery - Naturland Assessment of first four years with organic aquaculture rules (presentation)

	9.40	Report from workshops and discussion Moderation: John Portelli, Public Relations and Marketing Officer at Malta Organic and Agriculture Movement (MOAM) Kostas Dritsas, DIO- Greek Certification Body, workshops A & D Otto Schmid, FIBL workshops B & E Dorota Metera, President of BioEkspert, Workshop C & F

	10.30	Coffee break

	11.00	Final Panel - Towards an improved framework for organic food and farming in Europe Moderator: Antje Koelling, Policy Manager at IFOAM EU Group Joao Onofre, Head of the Organic Farming Unit, DG Agriculture Bavo van Idsert, IFOAM EU Vice President Frank Macken, Organic Unit of Department of Agriculture, Food & The Marine, Ireland Thomas Fertl, Bio Austria Camilla Udsen, European Consumer Organization - BEUC Salius Jasius, Deputy Director of Agricultural Production and Food Industry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania

	12.30 13:00	Closing Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU Group President Saulius Daniulis, Lithuanian Organic Farmers Association Rytis Šatkauskas, Lithuanian Vice Minister for Agriculture Networking organic lunch