SPEAKERS
2020 Speakers

Anne L. Alonzo
senior vice president, external affairs and chief sustainability officer, Corteva Agriscience

Luc Bas
director of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature European Regional Office

Teresa Bellanova
minister of agriculture, Italy

Petra Berkhout
chief agricultural economist of Wageningen University & Research

Marie-Claude Bibeau
Minister of agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada

Susanne Braun
managing director, research center for bioeconomy, Universität Hohenheim

Justin Brown
Australian ambassador to the European Union, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg

Chantal Bruetschy
Head of Unit responsible for Biotechnology from DG SANTE

Dominique Burgeon
director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division and Strategic Programme leader – resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)

Wolfgang Burtscher
director general, DG AGRI, European Commission

Claire Bury
deputy director-general, DG SANTE, European Commission

John Clarke
Director for international relations, DG AGRI, European Commission

Paula den Hartog
palm oil lead, Rainforest Alliance

Herbert Dorfmann
member of the European Parliament (MEP) (Italy, EPP)

Martin Ekvad
president of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)

Emmanuel Faber
chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Danone

Johannes Fankhauser
Director General of Agriculture and Rural Development, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism

Tassos Haniotis
director for strategy, simplification and policy analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission

Joe Healy
vice-president, COPA

Lars Holmquist
executive vice president, packaging solutions & commercial operations, Tetra Pak

Marion Jansen
director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Taras Kachka
deputy minister of economy, trade and agriculture, Ukraine

Shivani Kannabhiran
lead, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Philip Lymbery
chief executive officer, Compassion in World Farming (Compassion)

Jannes Maes
president, European Council of Young Farmers, CEJA

Ruramiso Mashumba
director, Mnandi Africa

Ted McKinney
under secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Heike Moldenhauer
EU policy advisor, Association Food without Genetic Engineering, VLOG

Carla Montesi
director, Planet and Prosperity, DG DEVCO, European Commission

Alexandra Nikolakopoulou
head, Farm to fork strategy Unit, DG SANTE, European Commission, food waste, DG SANTE, European Commission

Sirpa Pietikäinen
member of the European People's Party (EPP), European Parliament

Ian Pigott
farmer, Thrales End Farms, UK

Luis Planas
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Spain

Juliette Protino
engineer in agronomy and project manager, European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA)

Jeroom Remmers
director, True Animal Protein Price Coalition

Martin Scholten
strategic advisor, Executive Board, Wageningen University &Research

Harry Smit
senior industry analyst, farm inputs and farming, Rabobank

René Smulders
Manager of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research

Stefano Soro
head of Food Industry unit, DG GROW, European Commission

Nicola Tanaskovic
head of corporate responsibility, REWE GROUP

Patrick Trötschler
deputy managing director and program manager, Bodensee-Stiftung

Pasi Vainikka
Co-Founder & CEO, Solar Foods

Mette Wilkie
director, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Jeanette Wong
co-founder, The Clean Kilo
2020 Moderators

Giorgio Leali
reporter, POLITICO

Arthur Neslen
senior policy reporter, POLITICO

Marion Solletty
Managing Editor Policy, POLITICO

Jakob Hanke Vela
reporter, POLITICO

ZOSIA WANAT
reporter, POLITICO
