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 Opening Lecture
David Laborde, Director of Agrifood Economics Division (FAO, Italy)

10.30-11.00 Seeds of Resilience: Opportunities to Advance Sustainability in Oilseed Breeding and Production
Kelly Racette, Sr. Sustainability Scientist (The Nature Conservancy, USA)

11.00-11.20 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 Building Complex Ecosystems
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)
Kelly Racette, Sr. Sustainability Scientist (The Nature Conservancy, USA)
Mary Grace Gasco, CEO (SpaceCrop Technologies, Hungary)
Vincent Walsh, Head of Innovation (RegenFarmCo, UK)
Moderator:
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)

1.00-2.30 Lunch

 

PLENARY 2 – HIGH OLEIC MARKET UPDATE

2.30-3.00 The Chaos Caused by our World at War
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)

3.00-3.20 Key Factors driving Prices and Volatility in High Oleic Market
Juan Andrés Baqué, Trader (LIPSA, Spain)

3.20-3.40 Encouraging Sustainable Consumer Choices by Eco-Labelling
Klaus Grunert, Professor (Aarhus University, Denmark)

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)
Juan Andrés Baqué, Trader (LIPSA, Spain)
Klaus Grunert, Professor (Aarhus University, Denmark)
TBC
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 Gold Sponsor Lecture
TBD

11.00-11.20 HOLL Rapeseed Production and Demand in Nordics
Lars Ipsen, Key Account Manager (Bayer Crop Science, Denmark)

11.20-11.40 What does Russian Invasion of Ukraine mean for HO Sunflower Farming?
Dmytro Neroda, Oilseeds Crop Head (LIDEA Seeds, Ukraine)

11.40-12.00 Determinants of High Oleic Sunflower Production in Argentina
Hernan Carrasco, Managing Director (Gente de la Pampa, Argentina)

12.00-1.00 p.m. Panel Opinion: Crystal Ball – What will High Oleic Industry look like in 2030?
Panelists:
Dmytro Neroda, Oilseeds Crop Head (LIDEA Seeds, Ukraine)
Hernan Carrasco, Managing Director (Gente de la Pampa, Argentina)
David Tegeder, Principal (Tegeder Consulting, USA)
Lars Ipsen, Key Account Manager (Bayer Crop Science, Denmark)
Moderator:
Fabrice Turon, Head of Research (FAT & Associés, France)

1.00 -2.30 Lunch

 

2.30-4.00 Networking & Exhibition Area