Spring 2009 Seminar

International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council

IPCSeminars

Food & Environmental Security: the role of food and agricultural trade policy

May 10-11, 2009
Salzburg
Austria

A group of renowned international policymakers, agribusiness executives, farm and NGO leaders and scholars met in Salzburg to examine the key global challenges facing the agricultural sector in the 21st century and analyze the role of food and agricultural trade in the midst of these challenges. Based on a clear understanding of food security and climate change issues on the one hand and the role of trade on the other hand, seminar participants will arrive at pragmatic recommendations for trade policies and for the international food and agricultural trade system.

Presentations and Speeches

Keynote Address

The Honorable Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization:
Food and Agricultural Trade Policy: the World Needs a Shared Vision

Welcome

Carlo Trojan, IPC Chairman

Opening Address

The Honorable Niki Berlakovich, Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Austria's Perspective on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade

Session I - Food Security: Competing Claims on Land and Water

Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute; IPC Member:
Food security under stress from price volatility, agricultural neglect, climate change, and recession
Tony Allan, Professor, Kings College London:
Food security: competing claims on land and water
Sarah Hull, Head, Global Public and Government Affairs, Syngenta International AG; IPC Member

Session II - Adapting National and Regional Policies to New Challenges

The Honorable Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture

The Countdown to Copenhagen: climate change, agriculture and global food security

Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa:
Adapting National and Regional Policies to New Challenges: Africa
Dr. Abdullah Al Obaid, Deputy Minister for Research & Development, Ministry of Agriculture, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia (A Three Decade Story)
Eng. Taha A. Alshareef, Assistant Director General, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
King Abdullah's Initiative for Agricultural Investment Abroad

Session III - Adapting the International Trade Regime to New Challenges

The Honorable Tim Groser, Trade Minister and and Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues (International Negotiations), New Zealand:
Adapting the International Trade Regime to New Challenges: Climate Change
Carlos Perez del Castillo, Former Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the WTO; IPC Member
Adapting the International Trade Regime to New Challenges

Raul Montemayor, President, Philippine Federation of Free Farmers Cooperative; IPC Member
Adapting the International Trade Regime to New Challenges