The 2017 EU Agricultural Outlook conference

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Programme

1. 18 Dec 2017, 08:00 - 09:00 (CET)

   Day 1: Session 1 – Opening session

   Moderator: Peter Baader, Senior Expert, Resources, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

   Introduction: Jerzy Plewa, Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

   • Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development - Why do we need a new CAP? - See recording
   • Marion Guillou, President, Agreenium - A holistic approach to EU agriculture - See recording
2. 10:00 - 10:30 (CET)

   Coffee break

3. 10:30 - 12:30 (CET)

   Session 2 – Research and innovation

   Moderator: Peter Baader, Senior Expert, Resources, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

   • Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General, DG Research and Innovation EC - Deepening synergies between agriculture, the bio-economy and research - See recording
   • Juergen Voegele, Senior Director, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank - See recording

   Panel discussion

   • Jeroen Dewulf, Professor, University of Ghent - Reducing antibiotic use in pig farming - See recording
   • Felix Wäckers, Director, R&D Biobest - Increase biodiversity and profitability - See recording
   • Rachel Creamer, Professor, Wageningen University - Soil quality, LANDMARK project - See recording
   • Baiba Rivza, Professor, Latvian University of Agriculture - Data Driven Dairy Decisions for Farmers - See recording
   • Javier Brañas, Director, Fertiberia - Nutrient recovery from bio-based waste for fertiliser production - See recording
4. 12:30 - 14:00 (CET)

   Lunch break

5. 14:00 - 15:30 (CET)

   Session 3 – Farm resilience

   Moderator: Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin

   • Alba Castañeda-Vera, Researcher, Madrid University (UPM) - Setting-the-scene: Which is the best risk management tool? - See recording
   • Jannes Maes, President, European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)- Farmers and risk - See recording

   Panel discussion

   • Marine Raffray, Research Analyst, French Agricultural Chambers (APCA) - Creating savings - See recording
   • Paola Grossi, Director-General, ASNACODI - Mutual funds, IPM and maize production in Italy - See recording
   • Fernando de Antonio, Director, Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de España - 3 examples of cooperatives adding value to farmers’ production - See recording
   • Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Press Office Manager, THESgala Cooperative - Short food supply chain, milk distributors in Greece - See recording
   • Jef Colruyt, CEO, Colruyt Group - Adding value from retail to farmers - See recording
6. 15:30 - 16:00 (CET)

   Coffee break

7. 16:00 - 18:00 (CET)

   Session 4 – Enhancing the performance of EU policy and farming

   Moderator: Charlina Vitcheva, Deputy Director-General, Joint Research Centre, EC

   Panel Discussion

   • Tassos Haniotis, Director, Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis,DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - Common monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP: lessons and challenges - See recording
   • Hans Bruyninckx, Director, European Environment Agency (EEA) - Challenges of assessing actual results of policy action - See recording
   • Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General (acting), DG Eurostat, EC - Changing CAP, changing statistics - See recording
   • Thia Hennessy, Professor, Cork University Business School - How technology and big data can help - See recording
   • Poul Henning Petersen, Senior Specialist Crop Innovation, Seges - The role of independent advice - See recording
   • Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources - Budget focus on results - See recording
8. 19 Dec 2017, 08:00 - 09:10 (CET)

   Day 2

   08:00 Registration and welcome coffee

   09:00 Introduction by Rudi Mögele, Deputy Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

9. 09:10 - 10:10 (CET)

   Session 5 – Climate change and the EU agricultural outlook

   Moderator: Yvon Slingenberg, Director, International and Mainstreaming and Policy Coordination, DG Climate Action, EC

   • Tassos Haniotis, Director, Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - Climate change and EU agriculture adaptation - See recording
   • Eberhard Faust, Executive Research Expert, Munich RE Reinsurance Company - See recording
   • Tassos Haniotis, Director, Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - See recording
   • Robert Johansson, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Farm Production and Conservation, & Chief Economist, USDA - See recording
   • Brunella Morandi, Assistant Professor, Arboriculture and Fruit Tree Physiology, University of Bologna - See recording
10. 10:10 - 10:40 (CET)

    Coffee break

11. 10:40 - 11:15 (CET)

    Session 6 – The EU agricultural outlook – agricultural income and labour

    Moderator: Josefine Loriz-Hoffmann, Director, Rural Development, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

    • Pierluigi Londero, Head of Unit, Analysis and Outlook, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - Main drivers of EU agricultural market outlook - See recording
    • Arnd Spahn, Agriculture Secretary, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) - The challenges of demographic change for agricultural employment - See recording
12. 11:15 - 12:15 (CET)

    Session 7 – The EU agricultural outlook for specialised crops

    Moderator: John F. Ryan, Director, Public Health, Country Knowledge, Crisis Management, DG Health and Food Safety, EC

    • Marijke Van Schagen, Unit Analysis and Outlook, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - EU agricultural outlook for wine, olive oil, apples and tomatoes - See recording
    • Pascale Hébel, Director of Consumer and Business, Research Centre for Study and Monitoring of Living Standards (CREDOC) - Consumption trends for fruit, vegetables and wine - See recording

    Panel discussion

    • Antonio Martinez, Director, Communication, Interprofessional Spanish Olive Oil - See recording
    • Valtierro Mazzotti, Director-General for Agriculture, Region Emilia Romagna - See recording
    • Rafael del Rey, Director General, Spanish Observatory for the Wine market (OEMV) - See recording
13. 12:15 - 13:45 (CET)

    Lunch break

14. 13:45 - 15:00 (CET)

    Session 8 - The EU agricultural outlook for meat and dairy

    Moderator: Fabien Santini, Adviser, Observatory of agricultural markets, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

    • Sophie Helaine, Deputy Head of Unit, Analysis and Outlook, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - EU outlook for meat and dairy - See recording
    • Marc Müller, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Livestock, climate and environment: Trends, challenges and alternative pathways - See recording

    Panel discussion

    • Arnaud Fossey, President, Isigny Saint Mère - See recording 1 - See recording 2
    • Verena Schütz, Head of Livestock and Meat Division, Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V. - See recording
    • Angus Woods, National Livestock Chairman, Irish Farmers Association - See recording
15. 15:00 - 16:30 (CET)

    Session 9 – The EU agricultural outlook for arable crops and biofuels

    Moderator: Jens Schaps, Director, Markets and Observatories, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC

    • Koen Mondelaers, Unit Analysis and Outlook, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EC - EU outlook for arable crops (including sugar) and biofuels - See recording
    • Plinio Nastari, President, DATAGRO and Representative of Civil Society at Brazil´s CNPE (National Council on Energy Policy) - The interaction between the sugar and biofuel industries - See recording

    Panel discussion

    • Bernhard Conzen, President, International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) - See recording
    • Benjamin Lammert,Secretary, French Federation of Oilseed and Protein Producers (FOP) - See recording
    • Raffaella Mellano, Biodynamic agricultural entrepreneur, Società Agricola Mellano S.S. - See recording
    • Stefan Vogel, Head of Agri Commodity Markets Research, Rabobank - See recording
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17. 16:30 - 18:30 (CET)

    Concluding remarks

    • Tassos Haniotis, Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Development - Concluding remarks

Practical information

Report

The third edition of the annual conference was opened by Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner, Phil Hogan.

Discussion on the first day focused on the modernisation and simplification of the common agricultural policy, while the following day the latest outlook report (2017-2030) was at the centre of an expert panel discussion. The report covers EU dairy, meat and crop markets over the next ten years and was produced with the support of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Participants came from EU institutions, governments and international organisations and participants involved in the food supply chain, market experts, academics, think tanks and civil society.

E-mail: agri-outlook-confec [dot] europa [dot] eu (agri-outlook-conf[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)