‘IFOAM - ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL’ CONGRESS PROGRAM 2015
February 11-14, 2015 – Nuremberg Exihibition Centre
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2015
14.00 - 14.45
Room Istanbul
15.00-15.45
Room Kopenhagen
The World of Organic Agriculture –
Statistics and Emerging Trends
Organic 3.0: communicating best
practices to the consumer
Markus Arbenz - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Julia
David Gould - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Prof.
Lernoud - FiBL, Dr. Helga Willer - FiBL, Amarjit Sahota -
Dr. Ulrich Hamm - University Kassel, Volkert Engelsman -
Organic Monitor. Beate Huber - FiBL
EOSTA, Liesl Truscott - Textile Exchange
15.00 - 15.45
16.00-17.30
Room St. Petersburg
EU Policy Day: Registration closed.
How sustainability can be measured
and communicated
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2015
11.00 - 12:30
Room St. Petersburg
Dr. Ursula Weidenfeld - Journalist, Maria Fladl - European Commission DG Trade, Dr. Sophia Twarog - UNCTAD,
Shefali Sharma - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy,
Martin Häusling - Member of the European Parliament /
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Room Kopenhagen
Market or movement - who drives
organic?
Denise Godinho - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Konrad
Hauptfleisch - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Ronald
van Marlen - Stichting Eko-keumerk
14.00-15.30
Room Oslo
Controls in organic farming – from a
process based system to an end-product
approach?
Emanuele Busacca - IFOAM EU, Dr. Alexander Beck - AÖL,
Dr. Jürn Sanders - Johan Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Tom
Nizet - EOCC
David Gould - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Moritz
Teriete - Sustainable Food Systems GmbH, Norbert
TTIP – an opportunity or a threat to organic
business?
12.00-12.45
Room St. Petersburg
Holzer - Hochland SE, Paul Söbbeke - Molkerei Söbbeke,
Susanne Padel - The Organic Research Centre, Karin
Wegner - Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren Sascha
Damaschun - Bodan, Axel Kölle - Universität Witten/
Herdecke
16:00 -16:45
Room Prague
Equivalence: Who is winning? Who is
losing? How to balance the scale?
Diane Bowen - ‘IFOAM - Organics International’, Ulrich
Hoffmann, Patrik Aebi - Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture,
Maneul Prieto-Rossi - European Commission, Daniel
Miller - CFIA (Canada), Bob Anderson - Organic Trade
Association, Fernando Alsona de Oliveira - New Natives
(Brazil)
17.00-17.45
Room Prague
Roadmap to make Europe more organic–
The role of stakeholders in implementing
the European Organic Action Plan
Andrea Ferrante - Italian Association for Organic Farming,
Alina Ujupan - European Commission, Thomas Fertl BioAustria, VicePresident IFOAM EU Group
18.00-20.00
IFOAM Booth, Hall 1 - 447
13.00-14.00
Room Mailand
IFOAM Booth Party
Sustaingas dissemination event
Join us in our celebration of the organic movement world-
Eric Gall - Policy Manager, IFOAM EU, Marco Schlüter -
wide! Light snacks and drinks will be served. We thank our
Director, IFOAM EU
partners & supporters:
14.00-14.45
Room Kopenhagen
Who pays your cheap food?
Markus Arbenz -
‘IFOAM - Organics International’,
Helmy Abouleish - SEKEM, Alexander Müller - Institute
for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Patrick Holden Sustainable Food Trust, Renate Künast - Member of the
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2015
09:00 -17:00
Room Oslo
Science Day
10:00-11:30
Room Istanbul
Import regime – compliance versus
equivalence
Beate Huber - FIBL, Manuel Rossi Prieto - European
German Parliament / Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
14.00-14.45
Room Istanbul
New challenges for organic Processors
and traders
Erkki Pöytäniemi - Organic Finland, Dr. Alexander Beck
- AÖL, Charles Pernin - Synabio, Bavo Van den Idsert Bionext
15.00-15.45
Room Istanbul
Michel Reynaud - EOCC, Amos Ramsauer - Bioland Markt
Key opportunities for organics using rural
development policy
GmbH & Co.KG
Eric Gall - IFOAM EU Group, Nic Lampkin - Organic
Commission - Christopher Atkinson - Soil Association,
10:00-11:30
Room Oslo
TP Organics Science Day
Eduardo Cuoco - TP Organics, Alina Ujupan - European
Research Centre, Merit Mikk - Estonian Organic Farming
Foundation, Paul Holmbeck - Organic Denmark
15.00-15.45
Room Kopenhagen
DG Research and innovation, Bram Moeskops - TP
How to keep GMOs out of the supply
chain.
Organics, Cristina Micheloni - TP Organics
Ann-Kathrin Trappenberg - IFOAM EU, Alejandro Gil -
Commission, Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer - European Commission,
11:00-11:45
Room Kopenhagen
Earthworms for everyone! What can
the UN Year of Soils deliver for organic
agriculture?
Volkert Engelsman - EOSTA, Patrick Holden - Sustainable
Food Trust, Renate Künast - Member of the German Parliament / Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, Andre Leu - ‘IFOAM
- Organics International’
IFOAM EU, Bernadette Oehen - FiBL
16:00-17:30
Room Athen
Introduction to the Gosean Expo and
ways to participate
Vice-Governor of Chungbuk Province, Mayor of Goesan
County, President of ISOFAR, President of IFOAM, President
of IFOAM ASIA
*Program is subject to change