IFOAM - ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS PROGRAM 2016

February 10 -13, 2016 Nuremberg Exihibition Centre

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2016
11.00 - 12:30

Room Kiew

Organic 3.0 - Turning concept into practice

David Gould, IFOAM - Organics International, Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli,
FiBL, Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association, Jrg Lotz,

and Society, Prof. Dr. David Wahyudi, University of Bakrie, David

Gould, IFOAM - Organics International

17:00 - 18:00

Room Oslo

CAP in CEE? Organic Sector Development in

Central and Eastern Europe

Bundesministerium fr Ernhrung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL),

Anamarija Slabe, IFOAM EU Group, Dr. Dra Drexler, MKi,

Markus Arbenz, IFOAM - Organics International, Julia Lernoud,

Ungarisches Forschungsinstitut fr biologischen Landbau, Prof.

FiBL, Eva Torremocha, IFOAM - Organics International

Dr. Urs Niggli, FiBL, Michal Rzytki, Magdalena Lacko-Bartosova,

Jiri Urban

16:30 - 17:00

Hall 9, Booth 334

The Organic Leadership Course Graduation

Established in 2012, the Organic Academy provides training
specific to the complexities and intricacies of working in organics.
Its Organic Leadership course (OLC) is tailored to the needs of
those aspiring to a career in the organic world. At this event we
will be celebrating the graduation of the European OLC 2015/16.
Drop by find out more and sign up for the next course, scheduled

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2016

10:00 - 10:45

Room Kopenhagen

Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): An

Untold Opportunity of Organic 3.0
Flavia Castro, IFOAM - Organics International, Konrad Hauptfleisch,
IFOAM - Organics International, Eva Torremocha, IFOAM Organics International, Laercio Meirelles, Centro Ecolgico

to start in July 2017.

16:30 - 17:45

Room Istanbul

The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics

and Emerging Trends
Markus Arbenz, IFOAM - Organics International, Barbara Jggin,

10:00 - 10:45

Room Kiew

2016 UN Year of pulses at the organic pulse

Bernward Geier, COLABORA - lets work together, Andre Leu,
President of IFOAM - Organics International, Dr. Vandana Shiva,
Navdanya, Robynne Anderson, New Hope Natural Media

SECO, Dr. Helga Willer, FiBL, Julia Lernoud, FiBL, Beate Huber, FiBL,
Amarjit Sahota, Organic Monitor

16:30 - 18:00

12:00 - 12:45
Room St. Petersburg

EU Policy Day, organised by IFOAM EU in cooperation with BIOFACH

Marco Schlter, IFOAM EU Group, Thomas Fertl, BIO AUSTRIA,
Martin Husling, Bndnis 90, Die Grnen, Bavo van den Idsert,

Room Oslo

Is the new CAP capable of supporting

sustainable farming or just continuing business
as usual?
Stephen Meredith, IFOAM EU Group, Matthias Stolze, FiBL,
Sebastian Mittermaier, Naturland - Verband fr kologischen
Landbau e. V., Dorota Metera, Bioekspert Sp. c.o.o.

Bionext, Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU Group, Miltiades Krimizis,

14:00 - 14:45

EU Commission

16:30 - 18:00

Room Kopenhagen

The new international Organic Food

System Programme
Dr. Flavio Paoletti, Crea, Prof. Dr. Carola Strassner, Fachhochschule
Mnster, Prof. em. Denis Lairon, NORT laboratory/University,
Marseille, Jostein Hertwig, Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture

Room Prag

Forschung fr den kolandbau

praxisnah, partizipativ, international!
Peter Rhrig, Bund kologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft e.V.
(BLW), Dr. Steffi Ober, NABU, Bram Moeskops, IFOAM EU Group,
Dr. Stephanie Fischinger, Bioland - Verband f. organisch-biolog.
Landbau e.V.

15:00 - 15:45

Room Budapest

Best practice workshop in setting

supporting policies for the organic sector

Kassel FB kologische Agrarwissenschaften, Andre Leu, President of

IFOAM - Organics International, Hans-Joerg Lutzeyer, EU Commission,
Eduardo Cuoco, IFOAM EU Group, Luc Gauduchon, GROUPE LEA
NATURE - JARDIN BIO

Joelle Katto-Andrighetto, IFOAM - Organics International, Andre

Leu, President of IFOAM - Organics International, Dr. Jrn Sanders,
Johann Heinrich von Thnen-Institut, Fachinformationszentrum

Room Kiew

15:00 - 15:45

Digital Age for Organic Trust Building

David Gould, IFOAM - Organics International, Dr. Jochen
Neuendorff, Gesellschaft fr Ressourcenschutz (GfRS) GmbH,
Godefroy Jordan, StartingDot, Gerald A. Herrmann, Organic
Services GmbH

Room Riga

16:00 - 17:30

Social Accountability in organic farming: from

values to practise
Markus Arbenz, IFOAM - Organics International, Jrg Schumacher,
Bio Suisse, Manfred Frst, International Department, Naturland,
Verband fr kologischen Landbau e. V., Lennart Olsson, Kung
Markatta AB

18:00 - 20:00

Our Booth, Hall 1-447

IFOAM - Organics International Booth Party

Join us in our celebration of the global organic movement!
We thank our partners & supporters:

Room Kiew

10:00 - 10:45

Practicalities of True Cost Accounting

& True Value for the Consumer
David

Gould,

IFOAM

Organics

International,

Patrick Holden, CBE, Director/Sustainable Food Trust, Nadia

El-Hage Scialabba, Secretary/Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), Janpeter Beckmann, Collaborating
Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSC)
gGmbH

12:00 - 12:45

Room Kiew

Communicating Organic 3.0 to the Consumer:

Strategic Messaging
Andre Leu, President of IFOAM - Organics International, Ronnie
Commins, Organic Consumers Association, Volkert Engelsman,
Managing Director / Eosta B.V., Monique Marez, Organic Trade
Association (OTA)

12:00 - 12:45

Room Prag

Strategies to develop the organic value

chain in Europe
Marco Schlter, IFOAM EU Group, Christopher Stopes, IFOAM
EU Group, Antoine De Vauberniere, Stonyfield France (Groupe
Danone), Gerard Versteegh, Tradin Organic Agriculture

13:00 - 13:45

Room Prag

After the Paris Climate Conference COP 21:

How will the organic sector contribute to the
fight against climate change?

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2016

9:00 - 17:00

Room Oslo

Eric Gall, IFOAM EU Group, Tobias Bandel, SOIL & MORE

INTERNATIONAL BV, Michel Reynaud, ECOCERT SA

15:00 - 16:30

Room Helsinki

Science Day 2016, a joined initiative of TIPI

and TP Organics

IFOAM Beekeeping Group

Dr. Julia Wright, Coventry University, Bram Moeskops, IFOAM EU Group,

Oehen, FiBL, Gnter Friedmann, Demeter-International e.V.,

Dr. Brian Baker, Prof. Raffaele Zanoli, DIIGA, Universit Politecnica

Manfred Frst, International Department / Naturland - Verband

delle Marche, Dr. Johannes Kahl, University of Copenhagen, Prof. Dr.

fr kologischen Landbau e. V., Ulrich Brker, APICON Organic

Urs Niggli, FiBL, Dr. Noah Adamtey, FiBL, Dr. Eva Schlecht, Universitt

Agriculture Consulting Services, Dr. Salvador Garibay, FiBL

Thomas Cierpka, IFOAM - Organics International, Bernadette

* Program subject to change