General programme

Tuesday 10 October 2023

19:00 - 22:00

IMS Market Outlook Meeting (for IMS members only)

Presentation by GIRA team

Wednesday 11 October 2023

07:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:30 - 12:30

Opening ceremony
Welcoming by:

Guillaume Roue, President of IMS
Laurens Hoedemaker, President of COV

Plenary session - The Contribution of Meat Production to Society
Session chair: Bert Urlings, VION Food Group Director Quality Assurance and Public Affairs

Healthiness of meat in our contemporary diets
Prof. Luc van Loon, Maastricht University
The Sustainable Livestock Transition
Thanawat Tiensin, Director Animal Production and Health Division FAO

03 April 2023, Rome, Italy - Staff portraits. Thanawat Tiensin (Director of the Animal Production and Health Division), FAO.

Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch (on site)

13:30 - 15:00

Plenary session - World meat market outlook and geopolitical developments
Session chair: Erin Borror, USMEF Vice President Economic Analysis
Key presentation: Mr. Chen Wei, Secretary General and Vice President of China Meat Association

Three panelists presenting the view of:

Karl Skold, JBS Head of Agricultural Economics
Ignasi Pons, Secretary General FECIC
Prof. Peer Ederer, Global food system scientist

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee break (on site)

15:30 - 17:00

Central stage debate - The political landscape for the production and consumption of meat
Session chair: Thanawat Tiensin, Director Animal Production and Health Division FAO

EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski (tbc)
Minister for Agriculture of the Netherlands Piet Adema (tbc)
Danish minister (tbc)
French minister (tbc)

17:00

Press moment

17:00 - 18:30

Welcome reception (on site)

Free evening

Thursday 12 October 2023

08:00 - 08:30

Registration

08:30 - 09:15

Plenary session - Trends in consumer behavior
Session chair: tbc
Mr. Michael Uetz,Owner / President of Midan Marketing

09:15 - 09:30

Plenary session - Meat Business Women global gender report
Laura Ryan, Meat Business Women

09:30 - 11:00

Parallel session 1 - Diversification of the meat market - Organic meats and alternatives
Session chair: tbc

Nordic/Scandinavian perspective
Isabel Moretti, CEO Swedish Meat
Mediterranean/Italian perspective with focus on GI products
Davide Calderone, Director of ASSICA

Parallel session 2 - Addressing the animal welfare challenges – What society expects, how the industry reacts
Session chair: Hans van den Heuvel, Director LTO

Gemma Willemsen, Nederlandse Dierenbescherming
Ronan Loftus, MSD Animal Health (Co-founder of Identigen)
Leopoldo Stuardo Escobar, Scientific Coordinator Animal welfare World Organisation for Animal Health
Estelle Rabourdin, Director Quality and Environment MoyparkFood France

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break (on site)

11:30 - 13:00

Parallel session 3 - Animal stewardship – responsible care of animals and data processing
Session chair: tbc

Academic presentation on importance of monitoring and use parameters
Mr Nils Toft, Director Iqinabox
More technical presentation about implementation
tbc

Parallel session 4 - Cultivated Meat – legal and market challenges
Session chair: tbc

Maarten Bosch, CEO Mosa Meat
Niyati Gupta, CEO Fork&Good

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch (on site)

14:00 - 15:30

Plenary session - The Carbon footprint of meat: challenges and solutions
Session chair: Julie Anna Pots, President and CEO NAMI
Key presentation: Jason Clay, WWF Vice President

Three panelists presenting perspective of industry:

Ivan Ivanov, Global Sustainable Protein Advisory Lead IFC
Martijn Bouwknegt, R&D Manager Vion Food Group
Sam McIver, CEO Beef and Lamb New Zealand

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break (on site)

16:00 - 17:00

Plenary session - Global animal health situation and outlook
Session chair: tbc

Dr. Jenny Hutchison, Head of WOAH World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department
Dr. Dietrich Rassow, Chief Veterinary Officer Germany
Chinese CVO (tba)