International Business Panel

Saturday, 19th January 2013, 15:00 - 18:30 hrs,
Deutsche Telekom Building

 

Investing in Food Security: Growing Needs and Opportunities

(by personal invitation only)

 

Organiser: Global Forum for Food and Agriculture Berlin e. V.

 

Wecome Address

 

Joachim Rukwied
DBV President

 

Panel I

The role of the agriculture and food business

 

Opening Statements

 

Prof. Matin Qaim
Georg-August-University Göttingen

 

Jervis Zimba
Vice President of the World Farmers´ Organisation

 

Panelists

 

Dr. Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina (to be confirmed)
Minister of Agriculture, Nigeria

 

Dr. Hermann Gabers
Director, CLAAS

 

Cornelia Richter
Member of the board, GIZ

 

German Vegarra
Associate Director, Global Agribusiness Department, IFC

 

Panel II

The political and economic framework

 

Opening Statement


Liam Condon
CEO, Bayer CropScience

 

Panelists

 

Gerhard Berssenbrügge
CEO, Nestlé Deutschland

 

Klaus Deininger
Lead Economist in the Development Research Group, World Bank

 

Mark van Driel
General Manager Frankfurt Branch, Rabobank International


Rapporteurs from the GFFA Working Meetings

 

José Graziano da Silva (to be confirmed)
Director-General, FAO

 

Ken Ash (to be confirmed)
Director Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

 

Representative of the African Union

 

Closing

 

Klaus Ridderbusch
Managing Director, Unilever Food Solutions Deutschland/ United against Waste

 

Faciliator

 

Dr. Amrita Cheema
Anchor & Journalist, English Department, DW

Conference language: English
Simultaneous interpretation: German