Share your view and learn about experiences from all over Europe and beyond at the European Organic Congress!
Innovation and technology: how organic improves, inspires & delivers agricultural policies
Time
12:00
13:00
Petre Daea – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania
Jan Plagge - President, IFOAM EU
13:20
The revision of the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is ongoing. Can the CAP’s new Green Architecture work for the benefit of farmers consumers and rural communities? How can organic farmers contribute towards the CAP objectives under the policy’s New Delivery Model? Can Europe do more with less budget to support its farmers and what can be done about it? Join the high-level discussion with national ministries, European Commission officials, representatives of civil society and farmers
Petre Daea – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania
Pierre Bascou - Director Sustainability and Income Support, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Aard Mulders – Senior Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands
Jan Plagge – President, IFOAM EU
Luc Bas – Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature
Joachim Rukwied – President, COPA
Tiberiu Cazacioc – Member of Expert Group on CAP, Slow Food
Aina Calafat – SEAE
15:00
15:30
During this session we’d like to explore the possibility for a new organic action plan for 2020-2027, how it could contribute to the priorities of the next Commission, as well as the linkages needed between the EU, the national, the regional and the city level, in order for this action plan to be easily implementable and efficient, forward-looking in terms of the development of organics in Europe, as well as making the most of the benefits of organic farming for the environment and fairer food systems
Ioana Dragos - North-West Regional Development Agency
Peter Defranceschi - Head of Brussels Office, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Paul Holmbeck – Political Director, Organic Denmark
16:45
17:15
The speech will examine different issues and assess how the ongoing work on the secondary legislation should aim at strengthening the sustainable development of the organic sector, keeping in mind that the consumer’s willingness to pay more for an organic product remains the primary condition
Nicolas Verlet – Head of Unit, Organics, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
17:30
Antoine Faure - EOCC
Marian Blom - Project Manager, Bionext & Board Member, IFOAM EU
18:00
19:00
Innovation and technology: by organic, for organic
Time
09:00
Prof. Dr Arni Janssen, Farm Technology, Wageningen University
Prof. Dr Rogier Schulte, Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University
10:30
11:00
Technological revolution is unfolding in front of our eyes. Will Internet of things, big data analytics and artificial intelligence disrupt our food and farming systems? What are the costs and benefits for organic actors? How do we avoid a digital divide? Take part in finding answers and shaping the best strategy for dealing with the brave new world
11:35
Oskar Marko – Researcher, BioSense
Mute Schimpf - Food Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Europe
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13:00
14:30
We invite you to an official launch of 12-minute film produced by IFOAM – Organics International that offers a window into the lives of two organic farmers and the reasons they join the yearly ‘We are Fed-Up’ demonstration in Germany. Along with hundreds of other farmers, they drive their tractors into the heart of Berlin where they unite with thousands of citizens calling for a better food and farming system for all.
15:00
What is innovation? The morning sessions explore opportunities of digital technologies for the organic sector. Yet, innovation involves a much wider range of interventions than simply the use of new technologies. Innovation is a creative, often bottom-up process. The organic sector takes a systems approach to innovation. Join the panel debate with organic farmers, processors and retailers and discuss how innovation can be strengthened at all levels of the organic value chain
Alfred Grand – Vermigrand
Agnes Papone – Farmer, Lavancia
Evelyne Alcazar Marin - International Manager, Ecovalia
16:00
Flavie Tiret - Retail and Export manager, in charge of Bio Sud Ouest France brand development, Interbio Nouvelle-Aquitaine
16:50
Jan Plagge - President, IFOAM EU
17:00
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