Pozvánka: "CIAA Congress 2010", 18 - 19. 11. 2010
http://www.ciaacongress2010.eu/?id=2
Draft Programme
The Congress will be divided into four panel sessions over two half days during which a host of high level speakers from international organisations, European institutions, representatives from the Belgian Presidency of the EU, academia, consumer groups, NGOs, members of the press and industry representatives will address issues which are ‘top of mind’ for Europe’s food and drink industry in the context of its vision for 2020.
| THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER |
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| 14:00 – 14:15 |
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Opening and welcome speech by CIAA President, Jesús Serafín Pérez
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| 14:15 – 16:00 |
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Session 1: Food for the future
- What does the future hold in terms of global food supply and demand?
- How can manufacturers increase their ability to develop high quality, safe, value-added products for Europe and other parts of the globe?
- What sort of EU and international regulatory environment is needed to generate a more outwardreaching, competitive European food and drink industry?
- How can industry, policy-makers and other interested stakeholders address the innovation challenge? Is there a role for new and emerging technologies?
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| 16:00 – 16:30 |
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Coffee break
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| 16:30 – 18:00 |
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Session 2: Health and wellbeing
- How are regulators, food manufacturers and other key stakeholders working together to address diet and lifestyle challenges without reducing consumers’ freedom of choice?
- How can the industry address the many challenges that are increasingly facing Europe’s population, including obesity, food allergies and intolerances?
- How can the industry, together with other stakeholders, encourage consumers to lead less sedentary lifestyles, eat a balanced diet based on informed food choices and engage in physical activity?
- In the area of food safety and product development, how is industry responding to consumer demand and increasing consumer choice?
- What is needed to bring about the systemic change required at a grassroots level encouraging consumers to foster healthier lifestyles?
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| 20:00 – 23:00 |
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Gala Dinner
“Delivering the ‘Innovation Union’: An integral pillar of the EU 2020 Strategy”
Keynote speech: High-level representative from the European Commission, DG Research
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| FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER |
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| 09:00 – 10:30 |
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Session 3: Planet and environmental sustainability
- How is the European agri-food industry promoting leadership in the area of sustainability by improving its environmental performance along the food chain?
- Are consumer preferences increasingly driven by environmental concerns? How can manufacturers communicate their efforts to improve the environmental sustainability of their products, to consumers, in a consistent, effective way?
- What opportunities does ‘greening’ the food chain present for Europe’s food and drink industry?
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
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Coffee break
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| 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Session 4: Wrap-up discussion
- Conclusions based on discussions from previous sessions with a focus on the European food and drink industry’s vision for 2020.
- The importance of trust: an underlying factor in the industry’s capacity to satisfy consumer demand and work with other stakeholders in order to meet the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.
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| 12:45 – 13:00 |
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Closing remarks: Jesús Serafín Pérez, CIAA President
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| 13:00 – 14:00 |
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Buffet lunch
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