The regional conference took place at University of Life Sciences (SGGW) in Warsaw under the auspices of the Polish Minister of Agriculture Marek Sawicki and in collaboration with the Polish Federation of Union of Agricultural Employers-Tenants and Landowners and Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). The conference focused on the CAP reform from the perspective of the Central and Eastern EU member states.
Agenda
May 10, 2011
Registration & welcoming coffee
Welcoming
• Bogdan KLEPACKI, Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of SGGW
• Alojzy SZYMAŃSKI, Rector SGGW (tbc)
• Jarosław WOJTOWICZ, Deputy Minister, Polish Ministry of Agriculture
• Leszek DEREZINSKI, President of FPDiWR
• Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, ELO Secretary General
Session I: refocusing security on food and nature
Opening address:
Michael CHERTOFF, former Secretary of State of Homeland Security, US
Comments:
• Leszek KORZENIOWSKI, President AGRI Committee, Sejm (Polish Parliament)
• Pia BUCELLA, Director Nature, Biodiversity and Land Use in DG Environment, EC
• Jerzy PLEWA, Deputy Director General in DG Agriculture, EC
QA session, moderator: Theo JACHMANN, President, Syngenta Germany
Coffee Break
Session II: CAP in the spotlight
Keynote address:
Zofia KRZYŻANOWSKA, Counsellor General, Polish Ministry of Agriculture
Comments:
• Prof. Allan BUCKWELL, CLA, President of ELO Policy Group, UK
• Mindaugas KUKLIERIUS, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Lithuania
• Anders MIKKELSEN, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Denmark
QA session, moderator: Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, ELO
Lunch
Session III: Sustainability in farming: public and private point of view
Opening Address: Prof. Dr hab. Edward MAJEWSKI, SGGW
Respondents: public perspective
• Maive RUTE, Director Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food, DG Research& Innovation, EC
• Prof Walenty POCZTA, Poznan University of Life Sciences
• Dr Mirosław DRYGAS, Polish Academy of Sciences- PAN
Respondents: private perspective
• Dr Mariusz MACIEJCZAK, SGGW
• Mihail ORLOV, Ambika Group, Russia
• Federation of Union of Agricultural Employers-Tenants and Land Owners
QA session, moderator: Theo JACHMANN, President, Syngenta Germany
Final conclusions
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE
Cocktail
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