2012 Annual Conference

Opening Statement

Franz FISCHLER, Chair FFA 2012, Chairman RISE Foundation

Keynote: Improving Food Security: Geo-technology and Global Governance

Parag KHANNA, Director, Hybrid Reality Institute

Responses:

• Christopher DELGADO, Strategy and Policy Adviser for Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
• Frans VAN DAELE, Chief of Staff to the President of the European Council

Moderator: Stephen SACKUR, Reporter

Session 1: Brazil’s global agricultural strategy for food and the environment

Opening Address: Maurício Antônio LOPES, Executive Director R&D, EMBRAPA

Responses:

• Tony LONG, Director, WWF European Policy Office
• Didier NEDELEC, Director for Grain Markets, InVivo Union
• Pekka PESONEN, Secretary General, COPA-COGECA
• José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ, Director General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Q & A and Voting system
Moderator: Memona HINTERMANN, Reporter

COFFEE BREAK

Session II: For a more innovative EU agriculture and food sector

Opening address: Rudolf STROHMEIER, Deputy Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Responses:

• John ATKIN, Chief Operating Officer, Syngenta
• Francesco CAROZZA, Vice Chairman, Same Deutz-Frahr
• Allen HERSHKOWITZ, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources DefenseCouncil (NRDC)

Q&A and Voting system
Moderator: Stephen SACKUR, Reporter

LUNCH

Session III: Key issues and challenges for the CAP Reform

Keynote Opening: European Commissioner Dacian CIOLOş
for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Speakers:

• Simon COVENEY, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food
• Paolo DE CASTRO, Chair of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament

Moderator: Stephen SACKUR, Reporter

Session IV: Reconciling productive agriculture with the environment: closing the loop

Opening address: European Commissioner Janez POTOČNIK
for the Environment, European Commission

Responses:

• Friedrich BARTH, Vice Chairman, European Water Partnership
• Stefano BOCCHI, Professor in Agronomy and Cropping Systems, University of Milan
• Ariel BRUNNER, Head of EU Policy, Birdlife Europe
• Egil HOGNA, Senior Vice President, Head of Downstream, Yara International ASA

Q&A and Voting System

Moderator: Memona HINTERMANN, Reporter

Session V: The Future For Agriculture

Franz FISCHLER, Chair FFA2012, Chairman RISE Foundation

• Slavina GEORGIEVA, PHD Candidate, Thought for Food
• Louise KNOPS, Research Assistant, European Greens
• Gabriele SACCHETTINI, PHD Candidate, OPERA Research Center
• Frederik VAN EVERDINGEN, Farmer, Young Friends of the Countryside

Q&A and Voting System
Moderator: Memona HINTERMANN, Reporter

Final CONCLUSION

Franz FISCHLER, Chair FFA2012, Chairman RISE Foundation