2023 Regional Event Spain

Madrid, Spain

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

10:00 - 14:30 (CET)

Throughout the year, the Forum for the Future of Agriculture organises regional conferences and online events to discuss agriculture and the environment at a national level across Europe. On Wednesday, May 31, 2023 we visited Madrid, Spain for our first regional event of the year to be held at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The meeting was in-person and videos will be available online afterwards.

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Videos from this event

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2023 Regional Spain – Introduction (English)

Elisa Plumed, Elena Cartea González

2023 Regional Spain – Video message (English)

Hugo Morán Fernández

2023 Regional Spain – Setting the scene (English)

Gabriel Lodares

Summaries from this event

Articles/News

2023 Regional Event Spain event summary

Jul 18, 2023

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Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order)

Ana Rengifo Abbad

Islas de Corcho Natural

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Ernesto Igartua Arregui

Coordinator for the subarea of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, CSIC

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Bruno Capuzzi

Policy Officer, ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency)

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Samuel Juárez Casado

Advisory Member of the General Secretariat for Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Agriculture, Spain

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Daniel Calleja Crespo

Director-General, Legal Service, European Commission

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Mónica Andrés Enríquez

EVP, Europe, Yara

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María Cruz Vaca Escribano

Director of Economic Affairs, ANGED

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Hugo Morán Fernández

Secretary of State for the Environment, Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Kingdom of...

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Pedro Gallardo

Vice President, COPA COGECA and Vice President, ALAS (Alianza Agricultura Sostenible)

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Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle

Director Strategy and Policy Analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission

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Elena Cartea González

Vice President, Scientific and Technical Areas, CSIC (The Spanish National Research Council)

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Alfonso Chico de Guzmán

Farm operations manager, La Junquera

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Gabriel Lodares

Vice President, European Landowners' Organization

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Janez Potočnik

Chair ForumforAg and Chairman RISE Foundation

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Robert Renwick

Head of Business Sustainability EAME, Syngenta Crop Protection

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Alberto Arroyo Schnell

Head of Policy and Programme, IUCN European Regional Office

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Mark Titterington

Co-Founder & Director, Forum for the Future of Agriculture

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Rosa Vañó

Founding Partner, Castillo de Canena Olive Juice

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Confirmed Moderators (in alphabetical order)

Elisa Plumed

Agricultural Journalist

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Agenda

May 31, 2023

10:00 - 14:30 (CET)

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

09:15 - 10:00 (CET)

Arrivals and registration

10:00 - 10:15 (CET)

Words of welcome

Opening of the conference

Elisa Plumed, Agricultural Journalist

Words of welcome

Elena Cartea González, Vice President, Scientific and Technical Areas, CSIC, The Spanish National Research Council

10:15 - 11:20 (CET)

Opening session

Video message

Hugo Morán Fernández, Secretary of State for the Environment, Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

Setting the scene

Gabriel Lodares, Vice President, European Landowners’ Organization

Special online intervention

Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Director Strategy and Policy Analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission

Special video message

Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director-General, DG Legal Service, European Commission

Message from the Forum Chairman

Janez Potočnik, Chair ForumforAg, Chairman RISE Foundation and Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

11:20 - 12:30 (CET)

Session 1 - Sustainable production increases trade?

Panel discussion (in alphabetical order)

Bruno Capuzzi, Policy Officer, ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency)
Samuel Juárez Casado, Advisory Member of the General Secretariat for Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Agriculture
Maria Cruz Vaca Escribano, Director of Economic Affairs, ANGED (Asociación Nacional Grandes Empresas de Distribución)
Pedro Gallardo, Vice President, COPA COGECA & Vice President, ALAS (Alianza Agricultura Sostenible)
Rosa Vañó, Founding Partner, Castillo de Canena Olive Juice
Moderator: Elisa Plumed, Agricultural Journalist

12:30 - 13:15 (CET)

Networking coffee break with snacks

13:15 - 14:30 (CET)

Session 2 - Improving biodiversity & water resilience & soil through farming - What role for regenerative agriculture?

Panel discussion (in alphabetical order)

Ernesto Igartua Arregui, Coordinator for the subarea of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, CSIC
Ana Rengifo Abbad, Islas de Corcho Natural
Mónica Andrés Enríquez, EVP Europe, YARA
Alfonso Chico de Guzmán, Farm operations manager, La Junquera
Robert Renwick, Head Business Sustainability EAME, Syngenta Crop Protection
Moderator: Elisa Plumed, Agricultural Journalist

Closing conclusions

Alberto Arroyo, Head of Policy and Programme, IUCN European Regional Office
Mark Titterington, Senior Adviser, Strategy & Partnerships, Forum for the Future of Agriculture

Founding partners