Conference materials
Plenary session
- The role of science in addressing the challenges in area of food and agriculture
Prof. Maciej Banach, Ministry of Science and Higher Education - EU agricultural policy to secure high quality food supply for European consumers
Dr. Marek Sawicki, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - European Research for resilient and sustainable food chain
Dr. Maive Rute, Director, Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food European Commission - Bringing food safety and nutrition into perspective: Impact on human health
Prof. Elke Anklam, Director, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre - Major challenges to European agri-food industry
Dr. Michael E. Knowles, Chairman, European Technology Platform “Food for life” - Challenges for food security: creating just, healthy, sustainable food systems globally in a changing world
Geoff Tansey, Independent consultant, UK / Trustee, Food Ethics Council
- Reforms of the EU policies and their potential impact on competitiveness of European agri-food industry
Prof. Andrzej Babuchowski, Chairman of the Polish Food Technology Platform, Minister-counsellor for Agriculture and Fisheries at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union - Discussion
Session 1 Sustainability in the food chain
- Impact of global food market and climate change on food sovereignty
Prof. Mieke Uyttendaele, Ghent University, Belgium - Resource efficiency and bioeconomy
Prof. Gerhard Schiefer, University of Bonn, Germany - “Greening” the food industry
Dr. Ulf Sonesson, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, Gothenburg, Sweden - Report from the session
Session 2 Food quality and safety
- Climate change and food safety
Dr. Hans J.P. Marvin, Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen, the Netherlands - Genetically modified food
Prof. Tomasz Twardowski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland - Safe food products and safe packaging
Prof. Cristina Nerin, University of Zaragoza, Spain - Report from the session
Session 3 Nutrition and European population health and well-being
- Obesity and other diet-related disorders
Prof. Mike Gibney, Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin - Healthy diets and sustainable consumption
Prof. Erik Millstone, Science and Technology Policy Research, Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, England - Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics – are they the keys for healthy nutrition
Prof. Maria Koziołkiewcz, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland - Report from the session