BALAI KARTINI EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE CENTRE – NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 1 ,2011
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA
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Day 1 – Wednesday 30 November
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08:00
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Registration
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OPENING CEREMONY
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09:30
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Chairman’s opening remarks
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09:40
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Keynote address
H.E Ir. M. Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs of The Republic of Indonesia
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10:15
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Government and private sector partnership for crop sustainability
Looking at the ways in which the government and private sector are sharing knowledge and helping to improve the current food crisis at a local level
- Understanding what help is necessary for smallholder farmers to access technical and commercial information
- Improving infrastructure, energy and access to water for irrigation and delivery of essential services
- How are governments evolving their strategies to improve crop sustainability?
H.E. Dr. Ir. Suswono, MMA, Minister of Agriculture of The Republic of Indonesia
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11:00
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Exhibition visit and VIP walk through
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12:00
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Lunch and networking
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SESSION 1 – REGIONAL UPDATES AND GLOBAL TRENDS
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13:00
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ASEAN food regulations and product registration
Reviewing the future regional strategies and direction of regulatory and registration processes
- Assessing and improving regulations: from farmer to government
- Enforcing the law for quality data and compliance on the quality of finished goods supplied to farmers
- Updates on regional safety and risk assessment guidelines
Dr. Somsak Pippopinyo, Director, Natural resources Unit, Bureau for Resources Development - ASEAN Secretariat
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13:45
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Food Safety VS Food Security – Case of Indonesia
Reviewing the current situation of National Food Security and acknowledging future strategies and policy towards improvement of Food Safety
- Study from past experiences
- Reviewing new Government Initiative on Food Safety
- Unveiling current recommendation to government to be discussed on regulatory bodies
Dr.Ir. Purwiyatno Hariyadi, MSc, Director of South East Asia Food and Agriculture Science and Technology (SEAFAST) Center
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14:30
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Refreshments and networking
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SESSION 2 – INNOVATIONS IN CROP PROTECTION
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15:00
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New products for crop protection
Solutions to meet the needs to improve crop yields and crop quality
- Updates and guidelines on new products for local and export use
- Reviewing the region’s capabilities in application technology and formulation
- Reviewing farmers knowledge on good agricultural practices and crop protection
Dr. Friedrich Knecht, Business Area Director (ASEAN) – Crop Protection, BASF
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16:00
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The balancing act of dealing with disease and overcoming resistance
Research and innovation into disease management and prevention
- Evaluating the developments in insecticide and herbicide resistant crops
- Updates on regional pesticide residue monitoring programmes
- Highlighting the latest developments in seed treatments
Dr. Sri Hendrastuti Hidayat, Head, Plant Virology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
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16:45
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Chairman’s closing remarks
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17:00
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End of day 1
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Day 2 – 1 Thursday December
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SESSION 3 – Food sustainability, accessibility and security
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09:00
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SUSTAINABILITY: Management and conservation of natural resources for sustainable agricultural development
- What are the major hurdles of achieving sustainable agriculture development?
- Investigating how differing countries within South East Asia combat similar problems in natural resources
- Looking at new areas of research for the sustainable development of natural resource management
Dr. Suhas Wani, Principal Scientist, The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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09:45
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ACCESSIBILITY AND SECURITY: Achieving goal number one of the millennium development goals: a three pillar eradication programme
- Affordability and safety
Dr. Katinka Weinberger, Director Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agiculture (CAPSA)
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10:30
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Refreshments and networking
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SESSION 4: TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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11:00
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Facilitating the promotion of regional trade in agricultural Products
Working towards becoming one ASEAN market in 2015
- Uncovering the latest developments in regional trade policies and beyond
- Outlining how to resolve food price fluctuations and balance regional supply & demand
- Promoting the advantages of competition between regional products
Mr. Gusmardi Bustami, Director General of International Trade Cooperation Ministry of Trade Agriculture of The Republic of Indonesia, Chairman of The International Pepper Community (IPC), Former Indonesian Ambassador for the World Trade Organization
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11:45
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Investment in agricultural business
Private sector involvement and investment
- Where are the opportunities in agricultural investment?
- Examining what regions are showing encouraging growth and understanding how can to increase the rate of investment in developing areas
- Updates on the current laws on agriculture liberalisation that are impacting foreign direct investment
Dr. Upali Wickramasinghe, Regional Adviser on Poverty Reduction and Food Security, Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (UNESCAP - CAPSA)
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12:30
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Agriculture and food sector financing
- Finding sustainable financing resources
- Understanding the opportunities of agriculture financing
- Unveiling how banks and financial institution translate this effort into CSR
Mr. Henk Mulder, CEO, Rabobank Indonesia
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13:15
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Lunch and networking
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SESSION 4 – MOVING BEYOND TRADTIONAL FARMING
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14:15
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Linking small farmers to market
Generation and transfer of technology, increasing productivity and developing agribusiness
- Overcoming poor infrastructure with community based technology
- How is telecoms technology transforming the way in which small farmers communicate?
- Increasing farmer to farmer correspondence to gain confidence in new techniques
Gaining direct access to market information
Mr. Arshad Chaudry, PhD, Presiden Director PT Nestlé Indonesia
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15:00
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Corporate Farming: the role of corporate agribusiness in South East Asia
- Identifying the positive impact that agribusiness organisations can have on production costs, market demand and additional revenue
- How are private investments being encouraged and supported by national governments in ASEAN?
- Exploring the opportunities available: what will the market look like in five years time for small scale farmers?
Ir. Arifin Tasrif, MSc, Presiden Director PT Pupuk Sriwijaya ( Holding Company )
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15:45
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Chairman’s closing remarks
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16:00
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End of conference
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© 2011 UBM Conferences. This programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances. UBM Conferences reserves the right to alter the venue and/or speakers.
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