Program Agenda

Day One: April 18, 2018

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Breakfast and Registration


8:30 AM-8:40 AM

Opening Remarks

Sebastian Teunissen

Managing Director
Solidaridad North America

8:40 AM-9:45 AM

Supply Chains - Why They Matter (Key Concepts)

David Zilberman

Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

9:45 AM-10:00 AM

Break


10:00 AM-11:40 AM

Economic Innovation through Value Addition

John Scharffenberger

Co-Founder
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker

Rod Cook

President
Ag-View Consulting, Inc.

Dennis Hoover

Former Senior Vice President
Costco Wholesale

Erica Welton

Co-Founder
The Organic Coup

11:40 AM-1:00 PM

Lunch and Presentation: Future of Canadian Agrifood Industry

Paul Uys

Director, External
Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Social Innovation in Supply Chains - Challenges and Solutions

Paul Rice

President and CEO
Fair Trade USA

Nico Roozen

Executive Director
Solidaridad Network

Avishay Braverman

Former President
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

2:30 PM-2:45 PM

Break


2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Potential for Implementing the Dry Chain

Felicia Wu

John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Michigan State University

Kent Bradford

Interim Director
World Food Center, UC Davis

3:45 PM-4:00 PM

Break


4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Transition of Agriculture in Developing Countries

Thomas Reardon

Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

5:00 PM-5:15 PM

Summary of Day 1

David Zilberman

Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Thomas Reardon

Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

Sebastian Teunissen

Managing Director
Solidaridad North America

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

Reception


6:15 PM-7:30 PM

Dinner and Keynote Presentation: Beyond Certification to Sector-wide Transformation

Nico Roozen

Executive Director
Solidaridad Network

Day Two: April 19, 2018

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Breakfast and Networking


8:30 AM-8:40 AM

Opening Remarks for Day 2

Sebastian Teunissen

Managing Director
Solidaridad North America

8:40 AM-10:00 AM

Environmental Innovation – Protecting our Natural Resources

Ze'ev Barylka

Director of Marketing
Netafim USA

Daniel Hartwig

Resources Manager
Woolf Farming & Processing

Leonardo C. Fleck

Program Officer, Conservation and Markets Initiatives
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

Break


10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Technological Innovation in Agrifood Supply Chains in US, Europe and Emerging Markets

Michael Boland

Koller Professor and Director
University of Minnesota Food Industry Center

Kannan Pashupathy

Director
Google

Jim Lugg

President
J. Lugg & Associates

Carl Pray

Professor
Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University

12:00 PM-2:15 PM

Lunch Session: Case Working Session and Discussion – The Cocoa Supply Chain: Challenges and Way Forward

Jennifer Hebets

Economics and Technology Manager
Mars, Inc.

Eduardo Tugendhat

Director, Thought Leadership
Palladium Group

John Kehoe

Director of Sustainability
Guittard Chocolate

2:15 PM-2:30 PM

Break


2:30 PM-3:45 PM

Bioeconomy and Supply Chains

Gregory Graff

Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University

Justus Wesseler

Professor
Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy, Wageningen University


3:45 PM-4:00 PM

Break


4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Agrifood and Sustainability - Taking the Long-term View

Stewart Lindsay

Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs
Bunge Limited

William Rosenzweig

Founding FBS Dean
The Food Business School

Marc Bellemare

Director
Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota

Max Auffhammer

George Pardee Jr. Professor of Sustainable Development
UC Berkeley

5:30 PM-6:00 PM

Synthesis and Conclusion