Programme
Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
Arrival and registration of participants
| 19.00 - 21.30 | Welcome dinner (organic) |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009.
| Theme: | Biodiversity Benefits of Organic Farming |
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| Chairman: | Dr Darko Znaor, Associated Expert, Avalon, The Netherlands/Croatia |
| 09.00 - 09.15 | Greetings and Introduction |
| Mr Martien Lankester, MD. Executive Director, Avalon, The Netherlands | |
| 09.15 - 09.45 | Organic Farming and Landscape Qualities |
| Dr Jan Diek van Mansvelt, First professor of organic farming at Wageningen Agricultural University and former IFOAM president, The Netherlands | |
| 09.45 - 10.15 | EU Policies on Biodiversity Conservation on Farmland and the Contribution of Organic Farming |
| Dr Viara Stefanova, Head of Department of Agroecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bulgaria | |
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Discussion |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break |
| Theme: | Organic Farming: an Opportunity for Biodiversity-Friendly Business? |
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| Chairman: | Dr Vladislav Popov, Manager, Avalon Branch - Bulgaria, Bulgaria |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Linking sustainable farming, biodiversity and business: UK demonstration farms programme |
| Mr Robert Kynaston, MA, Vice-Chairman LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), UK | |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Organic Farming and Biodiversity: Italian Policies and Practices |
| Mr Riccardo Bocci, MSc., IAAB- Italian Association for Organic Agriculture, Italy | |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Organic Farming, Biodiversity and Food |
| Dr Stoilko Apostolov, Manager, Bioselena and Coalition "Pure Food - Fair Living", Bulgaria | |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
| Theme: | Successful Banking and Business Examples Caring for Agro-Biodiversity |
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| Chairman: | Dr Mark Redman, Associated Expert, Avalon, UK/Romania |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Why to Finance Organic Farming and Biodiversity? |
| Representative of Triodos Bank UK* | |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Booming Biodiversity-Based Organic Farming Business in Croatia |
| Ms Sonja Karoglan Todorovi?, BSc., Executive Director, Ecologica, Croatia | |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | How can Industrial Partners Help to Maintain Agro-Biodiversity? |
| Mr Andreas Ellenberger, MSc., Environmental Manager, Weleda, Switzerland | |
| 16.00 - 16.15 | Discussion |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | Coffee break |
| Theme: | Organic Farming and Biodiversity in Transition Countries |
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| Chairman: | Dr Yanka Kazakova, WWF, Danube-Carpathian Programme, Austria/Bulgaria |
| 16.45 - 17.10 | High Nature Value or Organic? Conserving Farmland Biodiversity in Transition Countries |
| Dr Mark Redman, Associated Expert, Avalon, UK/Romania | |
| 17.10 - 17.35 | Linking biodiversity to High Nature Value and Organic Farming in Romania |
| Mr Nathaniel Page, MSc., Fundatia ADEPT, Romania | |
| 17.35 - 18.00 | Contribution of Organic Farming to Georgia's Agro Biodiversity |
| Ms Mariam Jorjadze, BSc., Director, Elkana, Georgia | |
| 18.00 - 18.25 | Rhodopi Mountains Lanscape, Organic Farming and Business |
| Dr Georgi Terziyski, Landscape Planning Portfolio Manager, Rhodope Project, Bulgaria | |
| 18.25 - 18.45 | Discussion |
| 19.30 - 21.30 | Dinner (with as much as possible organic ingredients from Bulgaria) |
| 21:00 - 22:00 | Amazon your business: video on biodiversity-based business in the Amazon region (optional) |
| Mr Meindert Brouwer, Partner in communicatie , The Netherlands |
Thursday, October 1, 2009.
| Theme: | Organic farming and biodiversity business opportunities: an Interactive Workshop |
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| 09.00 - 10.30 | Business and Biodiversity: an Opportunity for Organic Farming? Part 1 |
| Mr Nico van der Werf, MSc. Executive Director Projects, Avalon, The Netherlands Ms Natasja Hulst, MSc., Senior Consultant, CREM, the Netherlands Dr Mark Redman, Associated Expert, Avalon, UK/Romania |
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| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Business and Biodiversity: an Opportunity for Organic Farming? Part 2 |
| Mr Nico van der Werf, MSc. Executive Director Projects, Avalon, The Netherlands Ms Natasja Hulst, MSc., Senior Consultant, CREM, the Netherlands Dr Mark Redman, Associated Expert, Avalon, UK/Romania |
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| 12.30 - 13.00 | Presentation, Discussion and Adoption of the King's Village Declaration on Organic Agriculture, Biodiversity and Business |
| Mr Martien Lankester, MD. Executive Director, Avalon, The Netherlands | |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
* Final confirmation pending
Languages
During the Conference, Russian-English simultaneous translation will be provided. Only participants with sufficient proficiency in the indicated language(s) will be admitted.
Questions
If you have any content-wise question or suggestion regarding the programme, please contact Dr Darko Znaor, Programme Co-ordinator at darko.znaor@inet.hr.