Fight food waste, Feed the Planet! – Expo Milano 2015, 15/10/2015

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Schermata 2015-10-07 alle 10.17.45

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
  • Ms Eugenia Serova – Director, Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

11.20 Institutional Perspectives

  • Mr Fernand Etgen – Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Consumer Protection, Luxembourg

  • Mr Paolo de Castro MEP – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament

  • 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

  • Mr Ladislav Miko – Deputy Director General, DG Health and Food Safety, European Commission

  • Dr Martijn Weijtens – Deputy Director, Plant Supply Chain and Food Quality Department, DG Agro and Nature, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands

  • Mr Jonathan Tillson – Deputy Director for Sustainable Business, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

  • Ms Linda Martisson – Operations manager, Hospital food service, Västra Götaland region, Sweden

  • 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