Under the title “Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange – Challenges of the Organic Sector“, the Science Day at Biofach 2019, World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, will take place from 10am to 3pm on February 15 in Room Oslo, NCC Ost. Participation in the Science Day, this year organised by TP Organics, is free, but registration for lunch is required. Register here until 8 February. Below, you find the preliminary programme of TP Organics’ Science Day.
10.00-10.10 Welcome & introduction
Eduardo Cuoco, Head of Secretariat, TP Organics
10.10-10.20 Diversified farming systems based on ecological approaches
Lizzie Melby, Chapter coordinator of the TP Organics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
10.20-10.30 Redesign of food and agricultural policies from local to EU level
Karin Ulmer, Chapter coordinator of the TP Organics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
10.30-11.30 Parallel workshops
11.30-11.40 Coffee break
11.40-11.50 Sustainable food systems for sustainable consumption
Raffaele Zanoli, Chapter coordinator of the TP Organics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
11.50-12.00 Research & Innovation in the light of the new organic regulation
Miguel de Porras, Chapter coordinator of the TP Organics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
12:00 – 12:10 Organics and emerging technologies
Marco Schlüter, Contributing author the TP Organics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
12.10-13.10 Parallel workshops
13.10-14.00 Networking lunch (Please register here before 8 February 2019!)
14.00-14.15 Launch of the Organic Farmknowledge platform
Helga Willer, Group lead Dissemination & Outreach, FiBL
14.15-15.00 Policy debate: Promoting innovation and knowledge exchange between researchers, farmers and food SMEs
- Moderator: Bram Moeskops, Senior Scientific Coordinator, TP Organics
- Magdalena Mach, Policy Officer, Research & Innovation Unit, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
- Hanns-Christoph Eiden, President Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
- Marco Schlüter, Naturland
Find here the programme as PDF.
