2025 Regional Event Denmark

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 Tuesday, June 3, 2025 we organised an event in Copenhagen, in relation to the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. Jeppe Bruus, Minister for the Green Transition opened the event with a ministerial address.

The agenda below includes the outcomes of the discussion held during the annual conference (April 1, Brussels), with a special focus on “Financing the Transition” issues in relation to the priorities of the Polish and Danish Presidencies. The event included discussions on, among others, the benchmarking system, use of public money, unlocking private incentives, leveraging and de-risking finance, sharing case studies and collaboration between private-public sectors.

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2025 Regional Denmark – Introduction and Minister Jeppe Bruus

Mark Titterington, Jeppe Bruus

2025 Regional Denmark – Panel 1

Oskar Björling, Anne-Sophie Gamborg, Niels Peter Nørring, Hanne Søndergaard, Mark Titterington

2025 Regional Denmark – Panel 2

Martin van Driel, Simone Højte, Kiki Kuiper, Blaž Kurnik, Jurgen Tack, Mark Titterington

Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order)

Oskar Björling

Portfolio Manager, Syngenta Nordics

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Oskar Björling

Portfolio Manager, Syngenta Nordics

Oskar Björling holds an MSc in Agronomy from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics. He is a farmer's son that brings over a decade of hands-on experience in the development and marketing of innovative products and solutions designed to make farmers' lives easier and their operations more productive, profitable, and sustainable with the ultimate goal of contributing to healthy, affordable and sustainable food for everyone.

With sustainability becoming an increasingly important driver in agriculture, Oskar is dedicated to contribute towards fulfilling Syngenta's aspiration to become a trusted partner that can offer concrete and viable solutions to limit climate emissions and create a better environment. Right now this means developing and shaping the emerging market for biostimulants based on nitrogen fixing bacteria across a broad range of crops, for example grassland where it has been shown to profitably increase yields by 6.4% while simultaneously reducing carbon footprint per unit of feed by 5.7% in Nordic field trials over the past three years.

Jeppe Bruus

Minister for the Green Transition, Denmark

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Jeppe Bruus

Minister for the Green Transition, Denmark

Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in the greater constituency of Copenhagen from 5 June 2019.
Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in the greater constituency of Copenhagen, 1 January 2014 – 18 June 2015.
Temporary Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in the Greater Constituency of Copenhagen (deputy for Mogens Lykketoft), 4 July 2015 – 30 September 2016.
Temporary Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in the Greater Constituency of Copenhagen (deputy for Sophie Hæstorp Andersen), 5 November 2013 – 3 December 2013.
Candidate for the Social Democrats in the Middelfart constituency from 2025.

Martin van Driel

Policy Officer, Unit “Policy Perspectives, DG AGRI, European Commission

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Martin van Driel

Policy Officer, Unit “Policy Perspectives, DG AGRI, European Commission

Martin has worked at the European Commission - DG AGRI since 2004. First in dairy policy with a short period in the cabinet of Danish commissioner Fisher Boel. After working in the enlargement unit, he started as team leader sugar, starch and fibres in the arable products unit. Following the end of the sugar quotas he moved to the budget unit of DG AGRI and since 2018 as deputy head of unit. Since 2023 he works in the unit policy perspectives, the unit responsible for the Vision for Agriculture and Food and the preparations for the future CAP.

Martin has a degree in agricultural economics from the Agricultural university in Wageningen.

Andrii Dykun

Chairman, Ukrainian Agri Council

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Andrii Dykun

Chairman, Ukrainian Agri Council

Andrii Dykun heads up the “Ukrainian Agri Council” Public Union (“UAC” Public Union), which is a voluntary, non-governmental organization which was found in June, 2014. The Union was established on the basis of common interests and is aimed to realize rights and freedoms, protect legitimate social and economic interests of its members. The Union members’ total land area is 2,100,000 ha.

Andrii is also the President of the Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine that comprises of 150 member farms that produce 40% of raw milk processed in Ukraine and the former Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Ukraine holding the position in 2014-2015 before embarking on his current roles.

Anne-Sophie Gamborg

Owner of Møllerup Gods, Djursland

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Anne-Sophie Gamborg

Owner of Møllerup Gods, Djursland

Owner of Møllerup Gods in Djursland, who operate 480 hectares of land, of which 370 hectares are agricultural and 110 hectares are forest. They cultivate the land on their fields and harvest hemp, red fescue grass seed, wheat and barley, of which hemp is their primary crop. The forest is planted with 60% deciduous trees and 40% conifers. They operate traditional forestry and also offer self-forestation.

Tassos Haniotis

Special Advisor for Sustainable Productivity, Forum for the Future of Agriculture; Senior Guest Research Scholar,...

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Tassos Haniotis

Special Advisor for Sustainable Productivity, Forum for the Future of Agriculture; Senior Guest Research Scholar, IIASA

Tassos Haniotis recently retired, after a 33-year career in the Commission, as the Director of Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis in the Directorate General for Agriculture of the European Commission. Tassos is Sustainable Productivity Adviser for the Forum for the Future of Agriculture and a Senior Guest Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. He previously held posts as Head of Unit in the Agricultural Policy Analysis and Perspectives unit and the Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis unit in the same Directorate General, as Member and subsequently Deputy Head of the Cabinet of former European Commissioner for Agriculture Franz Fischler (with respective responsibilities the preparation of the 2003 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the agricultural chapter of the Doha WTO Round and the EU-Mercosur negotiations), and as the Agricultural Counsellor of the European Commission’s Delegation in the United States. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia, USA, and a B.A. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business, in his native Greece. Before joining the European Commission, he spent six months as a visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Agricultural Studies, Wye College, University of London, focusing on EU-US agricultural trade relations in the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations. He hold a Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Thessaloniki. Active in the ag research community, he is a member of the International and European Associations of Ag Economics, the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, and the EU Nitrogen Expert Panel.

Simone Højte

Senior Analyst, CONCITO

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Simone Højte

Senior Analyst, CONCITO

Simone Højte is a senior analyst at the think tank CONCITO, where she leads initiatives to advance sustainable food systems and climate policies. Focused on the nexus between agriculture and climate, she brings experience in EU policy engagement, collaborating with leading think tanks to shape ambitious strategies for agri-food system transformation, grounded in a strategic understanding of the political economy. Her work bridges research and policy to drive systemic change, ensuring alignment with international frameworks.

Kiki Kuiper

Category Lead Sustainability Ruminants (Western Europe), Animal Nutrition & Health business, Cargill

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Kiki Kuiper

Category Lead Sustainability Ruminants (Western Europe), Animal Nutrition & Health business, Cargill

Kiki is Category Lead Sustainability Ruminants (Western Europe) for Cargill’s Animal Nutrition & Health business.

Blaž Kurnik

Head of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, European Environment Agency

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Blaž Kurnik

Head of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, European Environment Agency

Blaž Kurnik (1978) has worked at the European Environment Agency (EEA) since 2010 in various positions. He has been a coordinator of and contributor to various EEA reports on climate change impacts and adaptation, notably on climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and climate change impacts in Europe. Blaž is currently head of climate risk and resilience. He leads a team of around 20 experts working on various climate change adaptation topics.

Prior joining the EEA, Blaž worked at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and at the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO).

Blaž holds a PhD degree in climatology.

Tyler McCann

Managing Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

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Tyler McCann

Managing Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

Tyler McCann is the Managing Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. His career in agri-food policy includes working for federal ministers, farm groups, industry associations and agri-food businesses. Tyler operates a beef and goat farm with his wife and children in Western Quebec.

Niels Peter Nørring

Director of Climate and EU Policy, Danish Agriculture and Food Council

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Niels Peter Nørring

Director of Climate and EU Policy, Danish Agriculture and Food Council

Niels Peter Nørring has worked on European and global agriculture- and climate polices since 1985 – for the past 25 years as director in the Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC) that represents Danish farmers and some of Europe’s biggest farmers’ owned cooperatives in the dairy, pork, grains and seed sectors.

2024 DAFC became party to the historic ‘Tripartite Agreement’ between the Danish government, farmers, environmentalists, industry and labor union representatives that establishes the world’s first carbon tax on agriculture livestock emissions, and finances a voluntary, locally driven and inclusive process that is mandated and required to lead to the enactment of some 250.000 hectares of new forest in Denmark, completing the repurposing of some 15 percent of the country’s farm land.

The ‘Tripartite Agreement’ sprung from years of preparatory work. 2019 Nørring championed Danish agriculture’s vision to become climate neutral by 2050 – a first of its kind among farmers and cooperative organizations in the world. Subsequently, he has worked with changing Danish governments to help implement the country’s very ambitious 2030 target of 70% GHG emissions reductions compared to emissions in 1990, including a 55-65% sub-target for agriculture to reduce emissions. In this work his focus has been on increasing production of renewable energy and building solid foundations for carbon sequestration and Power to X industrial clusters, in a manner that does not threaten food production. Niels Peter Nørring has engaged in numerous dialogues and partnerships with governments and NGOs in Denmark and internationally; because high national ambitions only have real climate impact if solutions are shared globally.

Niels Peter Nørring is Climate Director at the Danish Agriculture and Food Council in Copenhagen, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Science from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark. Nørring previously served as Agriculture Attaché at the Danish EU Representation, and as Secretary to the Danish Minister of Agriculture.

Hanne Søndergaard

Executive Vice President / Chief Agriculture, Sustainability and Communications Officer, Arla Foods

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Hanne Søndergaard

Executive Vice President / Chief Agriculture, Sustainability and Communications Officer, Arla Foods

Hanne is EVP for Agriculture, Sustainability and Communication at Arla Foods. Hanne is the voice of Arla farmers across the world, championing their efforts to be evermore sustainable and driving Arla’s innovation in the space through science, research, and data.

Hanne is recognised as a driver of change within the dairy industry, transforming opportunities for more sustainable farming practices into long-term value for farmers, customers, and consumers alike, and she believes that a collaborative, multi stakeholder approach is essential to developing and taking the actions necessary to create sustainable food systems that are good for the planet and capable of feeding a growing global population.

Hanne has been at Arla Foods for more than three decades and in that time, she has worked across marketing, sales, and commercial teams, giving her an all-encompassing view of the cooperative. She is an active industry board member serving as the Deputy Chair at Global Dairy Platform, a board member of the Arla Foundation, the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, The Danish Climate Forest Fund and DTU - Technical University of Denmark.

Food and farming are not only a big part of Hanne’s professional life - she grew up on a dairy farm and is a self-confessed foodie who loves to spend hours in the kitchen trying out new recipes and is always on the look-out for new, exciting food experiences.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannesondergaard/

Twitter: @skivumbum

Jurgen Tack

Secretary General, European Landowners' Organization

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Jurgen Tack

Secretary General, European Landowners' Organization

Jurgen Tack studied biology (marine ecology) at Brussels Free University where he also obtained his PhD in Sciences. Within the Framework of the Kenya Belgium Project in Marine Sciences (Coastal Farms Kenya) he developed a number of oyster farms along the Kenyan coast. In 2000 he joined the team of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform (Belgian Science Policy Office) where he was responsible for European and international science policy in the field of biodiversity and biodiversity related research. In 2007 he became the CEO of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (a research organization under the umbrella of the Flemish Authority). In 2015 he became Secretary-General of the National Science Foundation (Flanders) In 2016 he took the position of Scientific Director at the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO), CEO at Landelijk Vlaanderen (Flemish Landowners’ Organisation) and CEO of the Aanspreekpunt Privaat Beheer Natuur en Bos (an advisory organ for private landowners on the management of nature and forest). In 2023 he became Secretary-General of the European Landowners Organisation (ELO). He coordinates several EU projects on private land conservation. On behalf of ELO he chairs the European Commission’s Large Carnivore Platform and acts as expert for the EU Biodiversity Platform and the EU Expert Group on Cultural Heritage.

Mark Titterington

Director-General, SpiritsEUROPE, Co-founder and member of the Advisory Council, Forum for the Future of Agriculture

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Mark Titterington

Director-General, SpiritsEUROPE, Co-founder and member of the Advisory Council, Forum for the Future of Agriculture

Mark joined SpiritsEUROPE as their Director-General in September 2025, having enjoyed a long career in the agri-food sector, principally at Syngenta where he held several senior leadership and executive level positions in corporate affairs and business sustainability in the EAME region and globally. After leaving Syngenta in 2017, Mark became the CEO of EngineeringUK before joining Indigo Ag, where he held a variety of different roles before becoming Head of Corporate Affairs and a Member of the Executive Team in 2024. Mark is a Co-founder and a former Director of the Forum for the Future of Agriculture. He is now a Member of the Forum’s Advisory Council and a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Policy Network.

Brian Vinter

Vice Dean, Aarhus University

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Brian Vinter

Vice Dean, Aarhus University

Brian Vinter is a Vice Dean at Aarhus University since July 2020, overseeing research initiatives. Vinter also serves as a Board Member for DeiC and Center Denmark, and is a member of Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber. Previously, Vinter held the position of Head of the High-Performance Computing Center at Copenhagen University from April 2013 to July 2020, managing development and operations in high-performance computing and scalable storage. Vinter’s academic tenure includes professorships at the University of Copenhagen and Niels Bohr Institute, and leadership of the eScience Center at Copenhaven University. Vinter’s educational background includes a Dr. Scient in Computer Science from Tromsø University and an MS in Computer Science from Aalborg University.

Agenda

Jun 03, 2025

13:15 - 17:00 (CET)

Phoenix hotel, Frederik V room, Bredgade 37, 1260 Copenhagen

13:15 - 14:00 (CET)

Welcome and introduction

Welcome and introduction

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

Ministerial address

• Jeppe Bruus, Minister for the Green Transition, Denmark

14:00 - 14:50 (CET)

Panel session one: Driving agri-food system transformation in Denmark

Panel discussion: What has worked well, difficult, different?

• Hanne Søndergaard, Executive Vice President / Chief Agriculture, Sustainability and Communications Officer, Arla Foods
• Niels Peter Nørring, Climate Director, Danish Food Council
• Oskar Björling, Portfolio Manager, Syngenta Nordics
• Anne-Sophie Gamborg, Owner of Møllerup Gods, Djursland

Moderator:

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

14:50 - 15:10 (CET)

Networking coffee break

15:10 - 16:00 (CET)

Panel session two: Driving agri-food system transformation across the EU

Panel discussion: Where are we on the journey; reaction to the Vision of Agriculture; learnings from DK and other Member States; what do we need to focus on and prioritise?

• Martin van Driel, Policy Officer, Unit “Policy Perspectives, DG AGRI, European Commission
• Blaz Kurnik, European Environment Agency
• Kiki Kuiper, Category Lead Sustainability Ruminants (Western Europe), Animal Nutrition & Health business, Cargill
• Simone Højte, Senior Advisor, Concito
• Jurgen Tack, Secretary-General, European Landowners’ Organization

Moderator:

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

16:00 - 16:50 (CET)

Panel session three: Putting agri-food system transformation in the geo-political context

Panel discussion: Assessing agri-food system transformation against competing global priorities; how to maintain progress/momentum; what will get in the way / how to overcome?

• Tassos Haniotis, Special Advisor for Sustainable Productivity, Forum for the Future of Agriculture; Senior Guest Research Scholar, IIASA
• Andrii Dykun, Chairman, Ukrainian Agri Council
• Tyler McCann, CEO, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
• Brian Vinter, Vice Dean, Aarhus University

Moderator:

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

16:50 - 17:00 (CET)

Summary of key insights and closing address

• Hanne Søndergaard, Executive Vice President / Chief Agriculture, Sustainability and Communications Officer, Arla Foods
• Mark Titterington, Co-Founder & Director, Forum for the Future of Agriculture

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