The 5th WFO General Assembly will be held in Milan, Italy on 24 - 27 June, 2015, in occasion of the EXPO 2015.
The venue will be "Politecnico of Milan".
Many experts and prominent professionals will take part to the event.
Consult the GA2015 website to catch all the information and consult the program of the event.
For more details please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
| Wednesday, June 24, 2015 | ||
| 16.00 - 18.00 | Registration and welcome coffee | |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | Opening Ceremony Mr Giovanni Azzone, Rector, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Mr Roberto Moncalvo, President, Coldiretti, Rome Mr Mario Guidi, President, Confagricoltura, Rome Mr Secondo Scanavino, President, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori, Rome Mr Aldo Mattia, Acting President, Unione Europea delle Cooperative UE COOP, Rome Ms Monique Eloit, Elected Director General, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE, Paris Mr Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC Dr Ren Wang, Assistant Director-General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO, Rome Mr Rasit Pertev, Secretary of International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, Rome Ms Ann Tutwiler, Secretary General, Bioversity International, Rome Dr Evelyn Nguleka, Acting President, World Farmers’ Organisation, WFO, Rome |
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| 20.00 | Social Dinner |
| Thursday, June 25, 2015 | ||
| 9.00 – 10.00 | ORDINARY SESSION Speech of the Acting President Dr Evelyn Nguleka, Acting President, WFO, Rome Report Dr Marco Marzano de Marinis, Executive Director, WFO, Rome Auditors’ Report Mr Settimio Desideri, Head of Auditors, WFO, Rome |
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| 10.00 - 11.30 |
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| 11.30 - 11.45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.45 - 13.30 | (contd.) ORDINARY SESSION
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| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 15.15 | EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
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| 15.15 - 15.30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15.30 - 18.30 | ORDINARY SESSION
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| 18.30 | Press Conference | |
| 19.00 | Social Dinner |
| Friday, June 26, 2015 FEEDING THE PLANET ENERGY FOR LIFE, THE FARMERS’ PERSPECTIVE |
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| 09.00 - 09.30 | Key Note Speech Mr. Maurizio Martina, Minister, Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Rome |
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| 09.30 - 11.00 | Session 1: Responding to the Nine Billions World Population with Sustainable, Equitable and inclusive Solutions Dr. Evelyne Nguleka, Acting President, WFO, Rome Mr. Roberto Moncalvo, President, Coldiretti, Rome Mr. Aggrey Mahanjana, Secretary General, AFASA, Johannesburg Mr. Toshiaki Tobita, Vice President, JA Zenchu, Tokyo Ms. Marcela Villareal, Director, OCP, FAO, Rome Mr. Carlo Lambro, Member of the’Executive Council of CNH Industrial and President, New Holland Agriculture, Turin, Italy Mr. Giorgio Calabrese, President, Italian Committee on Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Rome Mr. Xavier Beulin, President, Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles FNSEA, Paris Moderator Mr. Roberto Arditti, Journalist, Rome |
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| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.15 - 13.00 | Session 2: Smart Solutions for Facing Climate Evolution Mr. Ron Bonnett, President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture CFA, Ottawa Mr. Joachim Rukwied, President, Deutschen Bauernverbandes DBV, Berlin Mr. Riccardo Valentini, Nobel Prize Laureate, Rome Ms. Livia Pomodoro, President, Milan Center for Food Law and Policy, Milan Mr. François Pythoud, Head, International Sustainable Agriculture, Federal Office for Agriculture, Berne, Switzerland Ms. Charlotte Hebebrand, Secretary General, International Fertilizer Industry Association IFA, Paris Mr Sok Sotha, Managing Director, Cambodian Farmers Association Federation of Agricultural Producers CFAP, Phnompenh, Cambodia Moderator Ms. Joylene van Wyk, Journalist, Landbouweekblad, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 15.45 | Session 3: Meeting growing Agricultural Challenges with Innovative Solutions Mr. Mario Guidi, President, Confagricoltura, Rome Ms. Helena Jonsson, President, Swedish Farmers LRF, Stockholm Mr. Secondo Scanavino, President, CIA, Rome Mr. Mark Holderness, Secretary General, Global Forum on Agricultural Research GFAR, Rome Mr. Bernd Naaf, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer, Munich, Germany Mr. Kurt Weinberger, President, International Organisation of Agricultural Production Insurers AIAG, Vienna Ms. Gerda Verburg, Chair, Committee on World Food Security, Rome Dr. William Rolleston, Federated Farners of New Zealand, FFNZ, Wellington Moderator Mr. Jerry Hagstrom, Journalist, The Hagstrom Report, Washington D.C. |
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| 15.45 - 16.00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.00 - 17.45 | Session 4: From Farm to Market, responding to a Social Mandate from Agroprenaurial Perspective Mr. Piet Vanthemsche, President, Borenbord, Brussels Mr. Vladimir Plotnikov, President, Akkor, Moscov Mr. Hans Joehr, Head of Agriculture, Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland Mr. Matteo Bartolini, President, Conseil Européen des Jeunes Agriculteurs CEJA, Brussels Mr. Lucio Gomiero, CEO, Ferrero Hazelnut Company, Luxemburg Mr. Theo de Jager, President, Pan African Farmers’ Organization, PAFO, Nairobi Mr. Mildred Crawford, President, Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers, JNRWP, Kingston Moderator Ms. Mariangela Pira, Journalist, Milano Finanza, Milan, Italy |
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| 17.45 | Closing Ceremony | |
| 18.00 | Press Conference |
| Saturday, June 27, 2015 | ||
| 09.00 - 18.00 | Visit to the EXPO Milan |
