2019 Romania

Regional Forum for the Future of Agriculture Bucharest - May 14, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

10:00 - 13:30 (CET)

Regional Forum for the Future of Agriculture Bucharest – May 14, 2019

The FFA partners, in association with ‘Liga Asociatiilor Producatorilor Agricoli din Romania’ hosted the regional conference of the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) held in Bucharest on May 14.

This regional event followed the main Forum held on April 9 in Brussels under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council and allowed us to continue that debate in Bucharest, focusing on topics deserving the equal attention of land managers, environmentalists and policy makers.

The Conference started with a high-level political session on climate change, followed by a debate on the agricultural and environmental priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council.

Agenda

May 14, 2019

10:00 - 13:30 (CET)

10:00 - 10:15 (CET)

Welcome

– Thierry de l’Escaille, ELO
– Gheorghe Albu, LAPAR
– Borna Duvnjak, SDF

10:15 - 11:15 (CET)

Panel 1: Food and Environmental Security in global context & climate change

Keynote speaker:
– Andrei Svoronos, Principal Banker, Agribusiness, EBRD

– Valeriu Steriu, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania
– Marta Zuluaga Zilbermann, Director Policy & Govemment Relations, Cargill
– Francesco Tramontin, Director, Global Public Affairs, Mondelez
Moderator: Mark Titterington, Senior Adviser, Strategy & Partnerships, ELO

11:15 - 12:15 (CET)

Panel 2: Challenges for the European Union after the EP elections

Keynote speaker
– Thierry de l’Escaille, ELO Secretary general

– Maria Gabriela Zoana, Vice-president, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
– Adrian Radulescu, President, Romanian Farmers Association
– Michal Kicihski, Agricultural Sustainability Manager, ECPA
Moderator: Mark Titterington, Senior Adviser, Strategy & Partnerships, ELO

12:15 - 13:30 (CET)

Panel 3: Focus on key priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU

Special intervention
– Daniel – Eugeniu Crungeanu, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

– Dr. Mihael Cristin Ichim, Romanian National Institute of Research and Development of Biological Sciences
– Camelia Ionescu, Coordinator of freshwater programme, WWF Romania
– Gheorghe Albus LAPAR President per interim
Moderator: Adrian Radulescu, President, Romanian Farmers Association

Conclusions: Dånut Päle, Vice-president, Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Industry and Specific Services, Parliament of Romania

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