PROGRAMME

Workshop 1
Day 1

Farmers’ Cooperatives: A beacon for Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture through Innovation

23rd October
10:00 - 12:30

Registration

09:00

start

10:00

end

Opening Words

Florentin Bercu

Cogeca Vice-President

10:00

start

10:05

end

Welcome and Introduction

Moderator:
Dr. Fotis Filippopoulos

10:05

start

10:10

end

Keynote Speaker

Stefan Top

Managing Director AVR, CEMA Board Member

César González

Manager Public Affairs, Euroseeds

10:10

start

10:50

end

Panel Discussion

Stefan Top

Managing Director AVR, CEMA Board Member

César González

Manager Public Affairs, Euroseeds

Marzia Di Pastina

Managing Partner, San Lidano Group

Gunilla Aschan

Board member of Lantmännen

Konstantinos Giannopoulos

Director General EASTH

Closing Remarks

Florentin Bercu

Cogeca Vice-President

12:20

start

12:30

end

LUNCH

12:30

start

14:00

end

Workshop 2
Day 1

Sustainable Practices for a Sustainable Future

23rd OCTOBER
13:00 - 18:00

Registration

13:00

start

14:00

end

Opening words by Copa Vice-President

14:00

start

14:05

end

Introduction by the Moderator (Panel 1)

Andrea Rubini

Director, Water Europe

14:05

start

14:10

end

Keynote Speaker

Adriano Battilani

General Secretary, Irrigants d’Europe

14:10

start

14:25

end

Panel 1: Water: Cultivating Resilience in Agricultural Water Management

Adriano Battilani

General Secretary, Irrigants d’Europe

Claudia Olazabal

Head of Unit, DG ENVI, Sustainable Freshwater Management

Maira Dzelzkaleja-Burmistre

Vice-Chairwoman of the Farmers Parliament

Rafael Casielles

R&D Senior Project Manager, BIOAZUL SL.

14:25

start

15:45

end

Conclusions by the Moderator

Andrea Rubini

Director, Water Europe

15:45

start

15:50

end

Coffee break

15:50

start

16:10

end

Introduction by the Moderator (Panel 2)

Tessa Avermaete

Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager at KU Leuven

16:10

start

16:15

end

Keynote Speaker

Enda Buckley

Director of Sustainability at Carbery Group Dairy Co-operative ( ICOS)

16:15

start

16:30

end

Panel 2: Circular bioeconomy – concrete solutions to increase the added value of farming production

Enda Buckley

Director of Sustainability at Carbery Group Dairy Co-operative ( ICOS)

Pedro Luis Cordero Castillo

President, FEFAC

Iulia Sima

Vice-president Agroplant, UNCSV

Virginia Puzzolo

Head of Programme, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

16:30

start

17:50

end

Conclusions by the Moderator

Tessa Avermaete

Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager at KU Leuven

17:50

start

17:55

end

Closing remarks by Copa Vice-President

17:55

start

18:00

end

Welcoming Dinner at “Caru’ cu bere”

19:30

start

23:00

end

Plenary Session
Day 2

24th October

Coffee and Registration

08:00

start

08:30

end

Moderator

Damien O'Reilly

ICOS

08:30

start

08:45

end

Welcoming address

Representatives of the Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation (AAC), Romania

08:45

start

09:00

end

Opening speech by President of Cogeca Mr Lennart Nilsson

09:00

start

09:10

end

Institutional Addresses

Marcel Ciolacu

Prime Minister of Romania

Florin-Ionuţ Barbu

Minister of Agriculture of Romania

István Nagy

President in office of the EU Agricultural Council (Hungarian Minister of Agriculture)

09:10

start

09:55

end

Panel Session 1: After the EU elections what priorities for the EU?

Agnieszka Maliszewska

First Vice-President of COGECA, Director of the Polish Chamber of Milk

Geneviève Pons

Director General Europe Jacques Delors

Peter Strohschneider

Prof. Dr. phil. Peter Strohschneider Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Olivier de Matos

Director General CropLife Europe

09:55

start

11:10

end

Coffee break

11:10

start

11:35

end

Panel Session 2: Challenges and opportunities for European agriculture

Copa Vice-President

Wolfgang Burtscher

Director General, DG Agri

Viorel Gutu

Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Prof. Dr. Stefan Schepers

Executive Director High Level Group on EU Policy Innovation

11:30

start

13:00

end

Lunch

13:00

start

14:30

end

Presentation of the main outcomes of the workshops

Copa Vice-President

Cogeca Vice-President

14:30

start

14:45

end

Panel Session 3: Agri-food trade and the geo-political context

Christian Høeg-Andersen

Cogeca Vice-President

Doaa Abdel-Motaal

Senior Counsellor at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agriculture and Commodities Division

Sébastien Abis

Director, Club DEMETER

Flavio Coturni

Head of Unit, Trade.D.3, Agriculture, Food and Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures

14:45

start

16:15

end

Coffee Break

16:15

start

16:45

end

Panel Session 4: What agricultural policy does the EU need?

Copa Vice-President

Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle

Director of Directorate A – Strategy and Policy Analysis in DG Agriculture and Rural Development

Peter Meedendorp

President CEJA

Antoine Hoxha

Director General of Fertilizers Europe

16:45

start

17:45

end


Closing speech by President of Copa

17:45

start

18:00

end

Gala Dinner

Restaurant Hanu’lui Manuc Str. Franceză 62-64, București 030106, Romania https://hanumanucrestaurant.ro/en/

20:30

start

23:00

end



Technical Visits
Day 3

25th October

8h00 - 15h30 Visits organised by the Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation

*The visits will take place near Bucharest. Details and further information will be provided in the upcoming weeks.
**A maximum of 140 people per location can be accommodated on a first come, first served basis.
*** The visits cost 50 € per person and will be included in the registration fee.

TECHNICAL VISIT 1. INTEGRATED FARM

The farmland is used for the vegetable sector and is partially irrigated. Cattle is also reared here for beef and dairy. Investments have been made in biogas. Farm-reared cattle is also served in the farm restaurant. Lunch will be served using products produced on the farm.

08:00

start

15:30

end

TECHNICAL VISIT 2 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE

The Agricultural Cooperative brings together approx. 44 farmers of large crops and it owns storage space with a capacity of over 40,000 tonnes. Traditional food will be served for lunch at a local restaurant.

08:00

start

15:30

end

TECHNICAL VISIT 3. HORTICULTURAL FARM

Farm that grows fruit trees and shrubs. Tasting sessions and lunch will be available nearby.

08:00

start

15:30

end