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The 2017 Global Food Forum will take place on the 20-21 October 2017, focusing on “EU food systems: building economic & environmental value chains”. Discussions will take place in Italy, in a rural village and vineyards around Susegana, close to Venice, and a report of the event will be presented later to EU decision-makers.
The Forum will start on the 19th of October at 19h00 with informal dinner among participants allowing an initial round of exchanges. On the 20th of October, the morning session will focus on the strategic approach to be developed for a shared ambition between EU food systems and EU society, while discussions among participants will be developed throughout the afternoon sessions around 6 World-café workshops held in parallel. On the 21st of October, building upon the work of the previous day, participants will have the chance to discuss with EU key political leaders on how to build resilient economic & environmental value chains for EU food systems via an ambitious EU policy.
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Confirmed speakers:
Jean Arthuis, Chair of the European Parliament Budget Committee
Dacian Cioloș, former Prime Minister of Romania, former Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
Maurizio Martina, Italian Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Minister for Environment
Michel Dantin, Member of the European Parliament
Paolo De Castro, First Vice President Comagri EP
Herbert Dorfmann, Member of the European Parliament
Angélique Delahaye, Member of the European Parliament
Pilar Ayuso, Member of the European Parliament
Rudolf Moegele, Deputy Director General at DG AGRI, European Commission
Pierre Bascou, Director at the European Commission
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, DG French Ministry for Agriculture
Fernando Miranda, DG Spanish Ministry for Agriculture
Andrea Gavinelli, Head of Unit in DG SANTE, European Commission
Christiane Lambert, President of the French Farmers Organisation (FNSEA)
Massimiliano Giansanti, President of Confagricoltura and the GFF 2017
Joachim Rukwied, President of the German Farmers Organisation (DBV)
Laurent Vallée, Secretary General of Carrefour Group
Ioannis Koufoudakis, CEO of Gaia Epicheirein
Meurig Raymond, President of National Farmers Union
Philippe Pinta, President of Unigrains
Arnaud Rousseau, President of Avril Group and Chair of the Oilseeds Working Group of COPA-COGECA
Claudia Michel, Director at Bayer
François Schmitt, President of Federation Groupama
Jan Dolezal, Secretary General AKCR
Eric Laine, President of CGB and First Vice-President of the International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE)
Piero Gattoni, President of Consorzio Italiano Biogas (CIB)
Pierre Olivier Drege, President of European Landowners Organization (ELO)
Daniel Coulonval, Farmer – FWA
Philippe Ruelle, Director General at UGPBAN/FRUIDOR
Carole Rocca, InVivo Group
Eddy Punch, Secretary General at ICSA (Ireland)
Bruno Dufayet, President of FNB
Jean Cordier, Professor at AgroCampus