Conference Agenda
Delta Hotel, 18 Queen St, Charlottetown, PEI
Day 1 – Tuesday September 12th
18:00 – 20:00
Welcome Reception
20:00 – 22:00
Spirits Canada Hospitality Suite
Day 2 – Wednesday September 13th
8:00 – 8:30
Registration
10:00 – 14:00
Pre-registration required
8:30 – 9:30
Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Remarks
9:30 – 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30
Room 2
Session 1: Current Global Challenges
Session Details
With farmers and agri-cooperatives around the world confronted by unprecedented pressures from climate change, soaring energy prices, labour shortages and the specter of scarcity (availability and affordability) in farm inputs, this panel will examine how this increased volatility and inflated expenses affect farm profitability and competitiveness.
Speakers
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Dr. Manuel Otero Director General, IICA As Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) since 2017, Dr. Otero has focused his administration on consolidating the modernization of the agency of the Inter-American System, while ensuring that it fulfills its mission to promote the agricultural and rural development of its 34 Member States, through the provision of technical cooperation of excellence. |
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Tiina Linnainmaa Tiina is an experienced dairy farmer from Finland. She is also a very active member in the agriculture and agri-cooperative world, both nationally and internationally. She is a Vice Chairman of cooperative service organisation Pellervo, First Vice Chairman of the Federation of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners MTK and is one of the Vice-Presidents of the European umbrella organisation for agricultural cooperatives Cogeca. |
11:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Room 2
Session 2: Agriculture and Trade in a Global Context
Session Details
This panel will (building up on the global challenges presented in the previous session) examines the multilateral trade implications alongside with emerging opportunities and the necessary tools for agriculture in global agri-food markets.
Moderator
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Stefanie Beck Deputy Minister, AAFC Stefanie has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) since February 20, 2023. She was previously Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Deputy High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom. |
Speaker
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Joseph Glauber Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Joe Glauber is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC where his areas of interest are price volatility, global grain reserves, crop insurance and trade. Prior to joining IFPRI, Glauber spent over 30 years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture including as Chief Economist from 2008 to 2014. As Chief Economist, he was responsible for the Department’s agricultural forecasts and projections, oversaw climate, energy and regulatory issues, and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. |
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Massimiliano Giansanti Born in Rome, Massimiliano is an agricultural entrepreneur that actively supports progress and innovation in farming, and promotes growth and innovation in the agricultural field. He is the President of Agricola Giansanti and CEO of the Agricultural Group Di Muzio, present in the provinces of Rome, Viterbo and Parma. The companies, specialized in the production of cereals, kiwis, milk and animal products, are active both in the agro-industrial and agro-energetic fields, through the production of photovoltaic electric energy. |
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Room 2
Session 3: Sustainability and Innovation
Session Details
This panel will explore current sustainability initiatives and policies across North America and the EU, looking at how they reconcile environment, social and economic sustainability. Examples include the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy and potential prohibitions on the use of inputs including glyphosate, GMOs, and pesticides.
19:00 – 22:00
Gala Dinner
Day 3 – Thursday September 14th
8:30 – 10:00
Room 2
Session 4: Responding to Market and Consumer Trends
Session Details
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00
Room 2
Session 5: Food Security and Resilience in Agricultural Systems
Session Details
Following the disruptions introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chain disruptions continue to drive mounting global food security crises, the need for greater food supply chain resilience and crisis preparedness will be explored.
Speaker
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Maximo Torero Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Maximo joined the organization in January 2019 as Assistant Director-General for the Economic and Social Development Department. His major research work lies mostly in analyzing poverty, inequality, importance of geography and assets (private or public) in explaining poverty, and in policies oriented towards poverty alleviation based on the role played by infrastructure, institutions, and on how technological breakthroughs (or discontinuities) can improve the welfare of households and small farmers. |
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Palle Borgström Palle’s interest for farming started early as well as his engagement in agricultural cooperatives and interest organisations. Among many other missions, Palle has been a member of the board of Arla Foods (2008-2017) and deeply engaged in issues regarding dairy market development and payment for farmers. He was elected to the board of Federation of Swedish farmers, LRF in 2010 and was elected as president in 2017. |
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Zippy Duval. President of the American Farm Bureau Federation since January 2016, Zippy Duvall is a third-generation farmer from Georgia. In addition to a 400-head beef cow herd for which he grows his own hay, Duvall and his wife, Bonnie, also grow more than 750,000 broilers per year. In December 2017, Duvall was appointed to the White House Advisory Committee for Trade |
12:00 – 12:45
Lunch
12:45 – 18:00
Agriculture Tours and Technical Visits
Pre-registration required