Draft programme
14.00-14.30 | Registration of participants
14.30-14.35 | Welcome of participants
Maurizio Reale, EESC member, chairman of the study group NAT/680 on a fairer agro-food supply chain
14.35-14.45 | Introductory remarks
Peter Schmidt, EESC member, rapporteur for the opinion NAT/680 and president of the EESC Permanent Study Group on Food Security
14.45-16.00 | Session I – Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain: main challenges and policy framework
- Prof. Liam Fassam, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, Northampton University
- Gerd Heinen, Policy Officer Retail Services, DG Internal market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), European Commission
- Mairead McGuinness MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Member of the Parliament's AGRI Committee
- Albert Ritzenthaler, French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), rapporteur for the CESE opinion "Distribution circuits of food products"
Discussion
16.00-16.15 | Coffee break
16.15-17.45 | Session II – Stakeholders' views and initiatives on tackling unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
- Romuald Schaber, President, European Milk Board
- Paulo Gouveia, Chief Policy Advisor, COPA COGECA
- Christel Delberghe, Director of Policy, Competitiveness & Supply Chain, Eurocommerce
- Thierry Kesteloot, Oxfam Solidarité, focal point for Western Europe of the Civil Society Mechanism of the Committee on World Food Security
Discussion
17.45-18.00 | Concluding remarks
Interpretation to and from: English, French, German