Programme details

Tuesday 21 June 2011 - Evening

17:00 hrs Conference registration opens
19:00 hrs Meet & Greet including buffet meal

 

Wednesday 22 June 2011

Moderator for the conference: Mrs Nisha Pillai

Session 1: The way forward
08.00 - 08.45 Welcome/Opening Mr Wout Dekker
Chief Executive Officer, Nutreco
08.45 - 09.30

Food security: sustainable intensification with respect for farming and environment

 Ms Louise Fresco
Professor, University of Amsterdam
09.30 - 10.15 Growing food demand in globalised agriculture: The rise of rural entrepreneurs Mr Berry Marttin
Member of the Executive Board, Rabobank Nederland
10.15 - 10.45 Break  
10.45 - 11.45 Unlocking the Potential in Emerging Markets Mr Tarun Khanna
Professor, Harvard Business School
11.45 - 12.30 Accelerating Agriculture - Role of Private Sector Mr Raoul Oberman
Director, McKinsey & Company
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch  

Session 2: Looking beyond
14.00 - 14.10 Conclusions from the morning and introduction to the afternoon Mrs Nisha Pillai
14.10 - 14.30 What is Nature’s Economic Value?

Mr Andrew Seidl
Head - Global Economics and the Environment Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
14.30 - 14.50 Biodiversity: How Big Companies can make the Difference Mr Johan van de Gronden
Chief Executive Officer, WWF Netherlands
14.50 - 15.00 Q&A with Mr Andrew Seidl and Mr Johan van de Gronden

 		  
15.00 - 15.45 Break  
15.45 - 16.30 Connections without Boundaries: Social Media transforming our World Mr Sam Graham-Felsen
Media Specialist - Chief Blogger Obama Campaign
16.30 - 17.00 In the spotlight: A Social Media Strategy - Entering a New Era Mr Martin Jager
Senior Vice President, Head of Animal Nutrition business, BASF SE
17.00 - 17.10 Q&A with Mr Sam Graham-Felsen and
Mr Martin Jager
 		  
17.10 - 18.00 Determination can feed 9 Billion People

Mr Robert Swan, OBE
Polar Explorer and Environmental Leader

18.00 - 18.10 Conclusions and information for the evening programme Mrs Nisha Pillai
19.00 Social evening programme  

Thursday 23 June 2011

Session 3: Truly inspired
08.30 - 08.45 Opening of session  Mrs Nisha Pillai
08.45 - 09.30

Food Security in a Changing Climate: A perspective from industry

 Mr Gavin Neath
Senior Vice President Sustainability, Unilever
09.30 - 10.00 The Miracle of the Cerrado: Brazil’s Farming Revolution

Mr Pedro Arcuri
LabEx Programme Coordinator, Embrapa
10.00 - 10.45 Break  
10.45 - 11.15 Blue Revolution: Growth with Sustainability opens Oceans of Opportunity Mr Knut Nesse
Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture, Nutreco
11.15 - 11.45 Turning a Trickle into Food and Business Mr John Roberts
President, John Deere Water
11.45 - 12.00 Closing observations Mr Jerry Vergeer
Chief Operating Officer Animal Nutrition, Nutreco
12.00 - 14.00

Lunch
End of the conference

  


The presentations will be held in English. Simultaneous translation will be arranged from English into the Chinese (Mandarin), French, Portuguese and Spanish language.

Indication of time is Central European Time (CET)

Dress code: business casual