Il World Food Forum a Parma per Cibus

La Regione Emilia-Romagna promuove il World Food Research and Innovation Forum (Forum mondiale per la ricerca e l’innovazione alimentare), prosecuzione ideale e concreta dell’Esposizione Universale milanese e dei principi sanciti dalla Carta di Milano. Un'iniziativa di lunga durata, che sarà organizzata con cadenza biennale in collaborazione con Aster, consorzio regionale per l’innovazione e la ricerche. Il prossimo appuntamento è fissato per il 9-10 maggio 2016 (CENTRO CONGRESSI AUDITORIUM "NICCOLO' PAGANINI”) nell’ambito di Cibus, il Salone dell’Alimentazione di Parma. L’obiettivo è favorire il dialogo e la condivisione di ricerche, risultati e saperi sulla sicurezza alimentare e la nutrizione, intesa in termini di safety e security e favorire l’attuazione di politiche integrate per lo sviluppo e la cooperazione glocale. Sono stati chiamati a raccolta, durante Expo, una trentina di studiosi ed esperti internazionali provenienti da diversi paesi (Italia, Germania, Paesi Bassi, Austria, Canada, Stati Uniti, Nigeria, Caraibi).

PROGRAMME
May 9 • Morning Session
8.00 - 9.30 Registration
10.00 Opening Ceremony
Federico Pizzarotti, Mayor of Parma
Stefano Bonaccini, President of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of World Food
Research & Innovation Forum International Steering Committee
Luigi Scordamaglia, President of Federalimentare
Giovanni Luppi, Co-President Alliance of Italian Cooperatives
Special Guests address
Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture
(video message)
Quôc Doanh Lê, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),
Government of Vietnam
Maurizio Martina, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Italian Government
11.30 Keynote speeches
• Food Technology Transfer in UE and emerging Countries Hugo de Vries, Director, UMR IATE-Unité Mixte de Recherches Ingénierie
 des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes, INRA & CIRAD
• Global Food Security: Challenges and Possibilities Sanjaya Rajaram, President Resource Seeds International
 and 2014 World Food Prize Laureate
12.45 Conclusions
Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of World Food
Research & Innovation Forum International Steering Committee
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
May 9 • Afternoon Session
14.30 - 16.00 Thematic Sessions
I. Session: The strategic European Food Research Agenda:
Innovation, Agribusiness, Global Dimension
Chair: Fabio Fava, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna and Italian
Representative for Bioeconomy in Horizon 2020 Committees, European Commission
• Iman Boot, Deputy Head of Unit in the DG Agriculture and Rural Development
European Commission
• Luca Montanarella, Senior Expert Land Resources Management Joint Research
Centre (JRC). European Commission
• Stefano Fontana, Head of Unit Partnerships Management, European Institute
of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
• Bernhard Url, Executive Director, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• Patrizio Bianchi, Minister European political development, school, university,
research and work, Emilia-Romagna Region
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16.00 - 17.30
II. Session: Global Innovation
Chair: Samuel Godefroy, Full professor, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Systems,
Department of Food Sciences, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF),
University Laval, Québec, QC, Canada & Global Institute for Food Security,
Queens University of Belfast, United Kingdom
• Palma Costi, Minister for Productive activities, energy plan, green economy,
Emilia-Romagna Region
• Filippo M. Bassi, Senior Durum Breeder - International Center for the Agriculture
Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Consultative Group for International Agriculture
Research (CGIAR)
• Mei Xurong, Director General, Department of Research Management,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
• Riccardo Valentini, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
and Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN), Professor
• Rudolf Krska, Head, Center for Analytical Chemistry,
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU
• Vittorio Zambrini, Quality Innovation Security and Environment Director,
Granarolo SpA
• Michiel Bakker, Director, Global Food Services Google
17.30 Conclusions
Fabio Fava, Member of International Steering Committee
Samuel Godefroy, Member of International Steering Committee
May 10 • Morning Session
8.00 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 11.00 Thematic Sessions
III. Session: Food Finance: Investing in Agribusiness and Food as Vector
for Human and Economic Development
Chair: Simona Caselli, Minister of Agriculture of Emilia-Romagna Region
• Enrica Gentile, Ceo, Arete’ Research & Consulting in Economics
• Hans-Harald Jahn, Head of Division Agribusiness and Rural Development
European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development,
DG DEVCO European Commission
• Sergio Lugaresi, Head of Rome Office, World Bank Group
• Adolfo Brizzi, Director, Policy & Technical Advisory Division Iternational
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Gerardo Patacconi, Acting Director, Agri-Business Developmnet Branch (UNIDO)
• Mebrahtu Meles, State Minister, Ministry of Industry, Ethiopia
11.00 - 12.45 Final Round Table
Global food system. The 2030 agenda for sustainable development,
Climate Change: a time for action. The multistakeholder engagement
Chair: Christian Patermann, Former Director EU Commission and Advisor
German Government for Bioeconomy
• Livia Pomodoro, President, Milan Center for Food Law and Policy
• Andrea Sonnino, Special Advisor AGDR - Food and Agriculture Organization
of the UN (FAO)
• Donald A. Prater, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Stef Bronzwaer, Head of Advisory Forum and Scientific Cooperation Unit,
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• Robert Jam Hamer, Vice-President R&D Discover Foods and Director Unilever R&D
Vlaardingen, President FoodNexus
• Victoria Spadaro Grant, Chief R&D and Quality Officer at Barilla Group
• Massimo Ferro, Corporate Strategy Director, Nestlè Italia
12.45 - 13.00 Kick - Off Permanent Platform
Fabio Fava, Member of International Steering Committee
Samuel Godefroy, Member of International Steering Committee
13.00 Conclusion and future perspective
Stefano Bonaccini, President of the Emilia-Romagna Region
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch