2019 Ireland

Welcome

Welcome by Pierre-Olivier Drége, ELO President &
Patrick Perceval Blunden, Irish Landowners Organisation Board member

Panel 1: Climate change & agriculture production

Keynote speaker: Blaz Kurnik, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Expert, EEA &
Prof Emeritus Allan Buckwell, RISE Foundation

– Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, Director Strategy & Research, CIRAD
– Marta Zuluaga-ZiIbermann, Director Policy & Government Relations, Cargill, EMEA region
– James O’Reilly, Arable Farmer, ILO member
Moderator: Matthew Dempsey, Irish Farmers Journal

Panel 2: Green deal - EU new reality?

Keynote speaker: Prof. Peter Thome, Chair of ICARUS group, co-author of the IPCC &
Land Use report
– Radu Antohe, Secretary of State & Adviser of the Prime Minister, Romania
– Oonagh Duggan, Assistant Head of Policy and Advocacy, BirdWatch Ireland
– Stuart Green, Research Officer, Teagasc
– Pierre-Olivier Drége, ELO President

Moderator: Matthew Dempsey, Irish Farmers Journal

Panel 3: Innovation & science for agriculture

Keynote speaker: Professor Alexander McBratney, Director, Sydney Institute of
Agriculture, Professor of Digital Agriculture & Soil Science, University of Sydney, Australia
– Andrew Owen-Griffiths, Head of I-Jnit SANTE F3 (Plants and Organics), Europea Commission
– Dr John Gilliland, Director of Agriculture and Sustainability, Devenish
– Burke Corbett, Director of The Irish Timber Growers Association, Farmer & Innovator
– Xavier Leprince, Head Business Sustainability EAME, Syngenta
Moderator: Matthew Dempsey, Irish Farmers Journal