Programme

Thursday 18 October 2007

 

 

 

 

 

09:00

09:15

Welcome address

Gerard Viatte, Conference President

09:15

09:30

Opening address

André van der Zande

Dutch Ministry of Agriculture

09:30

10:00

Food Economy at OECD

Loek Boonekamp

OECD

10:00

10:30

The State-of-the-Art in the Food Economy

Jan Blom

LEI

 

 

 

 

 

10:30

11:00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00

11:30

Food and agricultural policy in Canada

Tulay Yildirim

Canadian Ministry of Agriculture

11:30

12:00

Non-food applications of agricultural commodities: bio-fuels

Tom Hertel

Purdue University, USA

12:00

12:30

High-tech innovations in agri-food supply chains

Bruce Lee

CSIRO, Australia

12:30

13:00

Panel discussion followed by summary by the Conference President

 

 

 

13:00

14:00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value added creation and supply chain management in a globalising world

Towards a new food policy: supply chain developments and interactive policy making

Transparency and social responsibility in an international context

 

 

 

 

 

14:00

16:00

Workshop 1.1

Value added creation

 

This session studies what globalization and regionalization strategies food companies may follow in order to enhance valued added.

Workshop 2.1

Supply chain management

 

This session summarizes developments in consumer behaviour and environmental issues and consequences for corporate strategies.

Workshop 3.1

Societal concerns and the international policy framework

 

This session addresses the implications of societal concerns and supply chain developments for the international policy architecture.

 

 

 

 

 

16:00

16:30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:30

17:30

Plenary feedback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18:00

21:00

Reception and buffet

 

 

Friday 19 October 2007

 

09:00

09:30

Sustainability issues in livestock production

Henning Steinfeld

FAO, Italy 

09:30

11:30

Workshop 1.2

Regionalization

 

This workshop analyses globalization versus regionalization tendencies in the food supply chain at the macro-level.

Workshop 2.2

Food policy

 

This section gives an outline of what issues are addressed by future food policies.

Workshop 3.2

New trade concerns

 

This workshop discusses what role public and private initiatives play in addressing social concerns such as food safety in an international context.

 

 

 

 

 

11:30

12:00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00

12:30

Plenary feedback

12:30

13:00

Panel Discussion

13:00

13:30

Lunch

 

  
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