All lectures will be in English and scheduled at CET time.
Wednesday, September 4th
8.30-9.50 a.m. Registration & Exhibition Area
9.50-10.00 Welcome & Congress Introduction
PLENARY 1 – SUSTAINABILITY & DECARBONIZATION ACROSS HIGH OLEIC VALUE CHAIN
10.00-10.30 Achieving Food Security and Sustainability Challenge in the Oilseeds Agriculture
David Laborde, Director of Agrifood Economics Division (FAO, Italy)
10.30-10.50 The Role of Sustainability Schemes in the Changing Legislative Landscape: Compliance vs Certification
Emese van Maanen, Managing Director (The ProTerra Foundation, NL)
10.50-11.20 Opportunities Offered by Identity Preserved Supply Chains for GHG Savings and Certification
Luis Carlos Alonso, Owner (Bioalazor Innovaciones S.L. , Spain)
11.20-11.40 Monitoring and Predicting Soil Moisture Stress in Commodity Crops using Satellite Data and AI
Mary Grace Gasco, CEO (SpaceCrop Technologies, Hungary)
11.40-12.00 NO SHOW
Vincent Walsh, Head of Innovation (RegenFarmCo, UK)
12.00-1.00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Climate Change – What Can the Vegetable Oil and Related Industries Do About It?
Panelists:
David Laborde, Director of Agrifood Economics Division (FAO, Italy)
Luis Carlos Alonso, Owner (Bioalazor Innovaciones S.L. , Spain)
Emese van Maanen, Managing Director (The ProTerra Foundation, NL)
Mary Grace Gasco, CEO (SpaceCrop Technologies, Hungary)
Moderator:
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)
1.00-2.20 Lunch
PLENARY 2 – HIGH OLEIC MARKET UPDATE
2.20-2.40 The Chaos Caused by our World at War
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)
2.40-3.00 Manage an HO Sunflower Seed Plan in a Turbulent World
Gilles Gree, Sunflower Portfolio Manager EAME (Syngenta, France)
3.00-3.20 Encouraging Sustainable Consumer Choices by Eco-Labelling
Klaus Grunert, Professor (Aarhus University, Denmark)
3.20-3.40 Consumer Expectations for Premium Culinary Oils: Taste, Health, and Sustainability
Eelco Blum, Co-Founder & General Manager (Thrive Nutrition Sciences, Inc., USA)
3.40-4.00 Can consumers understand that there is more to palm oil than deforestation?
Sophie-Dorothe Lieke, Researcher (University of Göttingen, Germany)
4.00-5.00 Panel Discussion: What Consumers Want: towards Transparency, Traceability and Clean Labels
Panelists:
Sophie-Dorothe Lieke, Researcher (University of Göttingen, Germany)
Klaus Grunert, Professor (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Eelco Blum, Co-Founder & General Manager (Thrive Nutrition Sciences, Inc., USA)
Luis Carlos Alonso, Owner (Bioalazor Innovaciones S.L. , Spain)
Moderator:
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)
5.00-6.30 Networking & Exhibition Area
6.30-8.00 Reception
Thursday, September 5th
8.30-10.00 Networking & Exhibition Area
PLENARY 3 – HIGH OLEIC MARKET OUTLOOK
10.00-10.30 Current and Future Production of HOLL Soybeans and Soybean Oil
David Tegeder, Principal (Tegeder Consulting, USA)
10.30-11.00 Economic Analysis of HOLL Soybeans in Dairy Rations
Charles Nicholson, Agricultural Economist (University of Wisconsin, USA)
11.00-11.20 HOLL Rapeseed Production and Demand in Nordics
Lars Ipsen, Key Account Manager (Bayer Crop Science, Denmark)
11.20-11.40 Determinants of High Oleic Sunflower Production in Argentina
Hernan Carrasco, Managing Director (Gente de la Pampa, Argentina)
11.40-12.00 What does Russian Invasion of Ukraine mean for HO Sunflower Farming?
Dmytro Neroda, Oilseeds Crop Head (LIDEA Seeds, Ukraine)
12.00-1.00 p.m. Panel Opinion: Crystal Ball – What will High Oleic Industry look like in 2030?
Panelists:
Hernan Carrasco, Managing Director (Gente de la Pampa, Argentina)
David Tegeder, Principal (Tegeder Consulting, USA)
Lars Ipsen, Key Account Manager (Bayer Crop Science, Denmark)
Jean Luc Dubois, Principal Scientist (Trinseo/Altuglas International France)
Moderator:
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)
1.00 -2.30 Lunch
2.30-4.00 Networking & Exhibition Area