10:15 – 11:30 Delivering Sustainability
Chair
Prof. Albert McGill, Associate Fellow, James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization, Oxford University, United Kingdom
‘Kernel to Kitchen’: The Challenge for Sustainable Development
• An overview of the drivers and challenges relating to sustainability
• Consumer awareness and industry trends
• The importance of sustainability and the value faced by the food industry today
Speaker
Chris Langley, European SHE-Q Manager, National Starch Food Innovation, United Kingdom
Sourcing Ingredients Sustainably
• Sourcing ingredients
• Fair trade
Speaker
Dr. Franziska Staubli, Project Manager, SIPPO, Switzerland
Ethical Traceability: Informed Food Choices
• The concept of ethical traceability: an update on the findings from the research report funded by the EU Sixth Framework program
• How can food ethical issues be developed and used within food producing companies and retailers to assure effective communication strategies and an informed choice by consumers
Speaker
Dr. Christian Coff, Research Director, Centre for Ethics & Law, Denmark
12:00 – 13:00 Climate Change
Chair
Polly Ericksen, Global Environmental Change and Food Systems Project, Environmental
Change Institute, Oxford University
Climate Change and Food Security
• The impact of climate change on food supply from field to fork
• Food security and food supply policies and climate change
• Implications of a changing food supply chain on ingredient suppliers and manufacturers
Speaker
David Barling, Senior Lecturer, City University & Council Member, Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming, United Kingdom
Food Climate Research Network
• Food Climate Research Network (FCRN): Reducing carbon dioxide emissions emanating from the UK's food chain
• Climate change and corporate social responsibility: What are manufacturers doing?
Speaker
Tara Garnett, FCRN co-ordinator and research fellow, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
13:30 – 14:30 Food Safety & Defence
Chair
Bob Salmon, Editor, Food Solutions
A Global Food Safety & Defence Roundtable
• An exchange on the hottest European food safety issues
• Risk assessment & crisis management
• Tackling food safety at an international level
• Insight into the recently published European Green Paper on Bio-preparedness and Food Defence (11 July 2007)
• Food defence strategies and initiatives from farm to table: Mitigating the terrorist threat to food supply
Speakers
Prof. Albert McGill, Associate Fellow, James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Steve Barrass, Security Advisor - Food, Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure, United Kingdom
Stefano Crea, Global Manager Food & Beverage, Det Norske Veritas, Italy
15:00 – 16:15 Nanotechnology
The Emergence of Food Nanotechnology
• Looking ahead: Trends and developments in the food nanotechnology market
• Future applications of nanotechnology in the food industry
• How can these new technologies enhance food quality and safety?
• Challenges: Consumer concerns, legal & ethical barriers and regulation
Speaker
Dr. Allan Syms, CEO, Eminate, United Kingdom
The State of Nanotechnology in Europe
• A European overview: Excellence in nanotechnology
• Interfacing between industry, governments and NGOs, scientists and the public
• Case Studies in Food & Agriculture
Speaker
Del Stark, CEO, European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance, United Kingdom
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