PROGRAMME
10.45 Welcome and opening remarks
• Ms Chantal Bruetschy – Head of Unit, Innovation and Sustainability, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
11.00 Keynote speeches
- Mr Vytenis Andriukaitis – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
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Ms Eugenia Serova – Director, Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
11.20 Institutional Perspectives
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Mr Fernand Etgen – Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Consumer Protection, Luxembourg
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Mr Paolo de Castro MEP – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
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Mr James Lomax – Food and Agriculture Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
12.00 Panel discussion: Role of public authorities in tackling food waste
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Mr Ladislav Miko – Deputy Director General, DG Health and Food Safety, European Commission
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Dr Martijn Weijtens – Deputy Director, Plant Supply Chain and Food Quality Department, DG Agro and Nature, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands
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Mr Jonathan Tillson – Deputy Director for Sustainable Business, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
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Ms Linda Martisson – Operations manager, Hospital food service, Västra Götaland region, Sweden
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Ms Pilar Chiva Rodríguez – Director of prevention and recycling area, Catalan Waste Agency, Spain
13.30 Lunch (organised by Slow Food, Slow Food Pavilion)
15.30 Keynote speech: «How will food waste preventiva strengthen global food security?»
• Professor Olivier De Schutter – University of Louvain (UCL); Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2008-2014)
15.45 «A behaviourally-informed approach to tackling food waste»
• Ms. Despina Spanou – Director for Consumers, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
16.00 Panel discussion: Taking action to prevent and reduce food waste from farm to fork
- Dr Piet Vanthemsche – President, Belgian Farmers’ Union (Boerenbond)
- Mr Pascal Gréverath – Global Head of Environmental Sustainability, Nestlé
- Mr Jef Colruyt – CEO Colruyt
- Dr Ursula Hudson – President, Slow Food, Germany
- Dr Richard Swannell – Director, Sustainable Food Systems, WRAP, United Kingdom
- Ms Isabel Jonet – President, European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA)
- Mr Toine Timmermans, Co-ordinator, FP7 project FUSIONS
17.15 Wrap-up and concluding remarks
• Mr Ladislav Miko –Deputy Director General, DG Health and Food Safety, European Commission
17.30 End