AGENDA
Day 1 - November 19
08:00 - 09:00 Accreditation & welcome coffee
09:00 - 09:15 Opening ceremony
Lieven Callewaert, RTRS President
09:15 - 10:45 Session 01
The emerging regulatory landscape for soy
19 & 20 November Oude Vismijn (Old Fishmine) in Ghent, Belgium
Objective: Convene several stakeholders, the UK and China to foster a discussion on how new directives will affect the soy sector.
Firestarter and Moderator: Melanie Faithfull Kent. CEO at Team Farner
Speakers: Duncan Brack. Environmental policy analyst expert
Antonie Fountain. Founder and Director at Voice Network
Bernhard Frey. Senior Sustainability Reporting Manager at EFRAG
Karin Kreider. Executive Director at ISEAL Alliance.
Si Wei. Dean of the College of Economics and Management at China Agricultural University and Vice President of the Chinese Society of Agro-technical Economics.
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:30 ACT Group sponsor presentation
11:30 - 12:45 Session 02
Sectoral initiatives for systems change
Objective: Explore what major sectoral initiatives are emerging, in the wake of EUDR compliance, looking into the whys, whats and how others can learn from them and join.
Moderator: Petra Tanos. Expert in sustainable agriculture supply chains and food systems
Speakers: Katrien D’hooghe. Managing Director at Belgian Feed Association (BFA)
Róisín Mortimer. Global Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Cofco International. Olyn San Miguel. Business Development at GMP+ International
Wei Peng. Global Head of Sustainability, Grains & Oilseeds; Land Management at Louis Dreyfus Company Luiz Poletti Bier. APROSOJA-MT Vice-president
12:45 - 13:00 SLC AgrÍcola sponsor presentation
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speech
John Elkington
How market leaders are regenerating the future
He will address the role of leadership in advancing sustainability and how regeneration has become central to the sustainability agenda. Expect an inspiring speech that motivates action towards a regenerative future.
14:45 - 15:00 FAPCEN Sponsor presentation
15:00 - 16:10 Session 03
Regenerative agriculture: views from the fields
Objective: Share the views of producers and research on what a regenerative future can look like, with a practical approach.
Firestarter: Sebastián Malizia. Global Food Value Chain Partnership lead at ProYungas
Moderator: Ana Laura Andreani. RTRS Technical Unit Manager
Speakers: Roberto Acauan. Sales Director & New Business at SLC Agrícola Marcelo Belgrán. Researcher at Soil Institute of INTA Castelar.
João Carlos Moraes Sá. Senior Associate Researcher at CFAES - Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University
16:10 - 16:40 Coffee break
16:40 - 17:15 Participants workshop
17:15 - 17:20 BUNGE sponsor presentation
17:20 - 18:30 Session 04
Regenerative agriculture: corporate action
Objective: From the leading corporations in the sector, we will hear their approach for regenerative agriculture, understanding how it is different from previous programmes, their key lessons learnt in their journey so far, and what is needed for a bigger shift towards regenerative systems.
Firestarter: Gerhard Adam. Global Food Value Chain Partnership lead at Bayer
Moderator:
Lieven Callewaert, RTRS President
Speakers: Rachel Bianchi. Soy Procurement Management at Unilever Gustavo Ranzani Herrmann. Commercial Director South America at Koppert Michel Santos. Senior Director, Global Sustainability at Bunge
18:30 -19:30 Social gathering
