09:30 - 10:15 Opening Session

• 9:30 - 9.45 EBIC President's Welcome
  • Arne Pingel, EBIC President
  • Carlos Rodriguez-Villa Förster, EBIC Vice-President
• 9:45 - 10.15 Opening Keynote: How do we break down silos and build bridges to deliver agrifood transformation?
  • Christine Tacon CBE, Member Director at the Co-op Group and the UK’s first Groceries Code Adjudicator

Session 1: Ensuring food security and quality in times of turbulence

• 10:15 - 10:35 Session 1 address on “Ensuring food security and quality in times of turbulence: Where farmer and food chain interests meet” 
  • Katharine Teague, Group ESG Director, ABF Sugar
• 10:35 – 11:20 Session 1 panel on “Working towards the common cause of robust agricultural and food supply chains”, moderated by Natasha Foote, independent Agri-Food Journalist
  • Bill Wirtz, Senior Policy Analyst, Consumer Choice Center
  • Will Surman, Deputy Director General, FoodDrinkEurope
  • Marc Billiet, Senior Adviser for Goods Transport, International Road Transport Union (IRU) 
  • Patrick Pagani, Deputy Secretary General, COPA-COGECA
  • Antonis Angeletakis, Co-Chair of EBIC’s Mid-Term Strategy Group

  Session 2: Supporting farmers in times of turbulence 

• 12:50 – 13:40 Parallel Session 2 roundtables: 
  • “Managing risk from climate”, moderated by Chris Hegadorn, Adjunct Professor in Global Food Politics, Science Po University
    • Pascal Forrer, President of AIAG (Crop Insurers Association) and former CEO of Schweizer Hagel
    • Ana Rocha, Director of EU’s Agri & forestry Related Policies at the European Landowners’ Organisation
    • Moshi Berenstein, European Irrigation Association (EIA), President & Managing Director of Netafim France
    • César González, Manager Public Affairs at Euroseeds
    • Mark Palmer, Co-Leader of EBICs Agronomy Project Team 
  • “Working together to enable farmers as agile entrepreneurs”, moderated by Natasha Foote, independent Agri-Food Journalist
    • Eduardo Cuoco, Director of IFOAM Organics Europe
    • Louis Gauthier, Co-managing Director & co-owner, Doriane (data valorisation for ag) and board member of ABBA France)
    • Glauco Bertoldo, Agricultural Attaché at the Mission of Brazil to the European Union.
    • Deirdre Wall, EBIC Member
• 13:40 - 14:00 Comfort break
• 14:00 – 14:20 Highlights from roundtables 
• 14:20 – 14:35 Session 2 address on “Helping the next generation of farmers thrive despite volatility”
  • Jesse Schevel, Head of Brussels Office, Glastuinbouw Nederland
• 14:20 – 14:50 Closing stakeholder dialogue: “Better cooperation to support farmers in times of turbulence.”, moderated by Natasha Foote, independent Agri-Food Journalist
  • European Young Farmers (CEJA)
    •     Representative TBD
  • Fabien Santini, Acting Head of Unit, Governance of the agri-food markets and secretariat of the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response mechanism (EFSCM) at DG AGRI, European Commission.
  • Jelte Wiersma, Secretary General of CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Association)
  • Marco Rosso, Working Member of EBIC’s Farm-to-Fork Project Team 
• 15:05 – 15:15 Closing remarks from EBIC leadership
  • Arne Pingel, EBIC President
  • Carlos Rodriguez-Villa Förster, EBIC Vice-President