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Sustainable Food Security 2050Disruptive Innovations: better business, management, science, government.

A C A D E M I C PA R T N E R

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

JUNE 23 - 27 2018

WORLDCONFERENCE

SESSION DESCRIPTION SPEAKERS CHAIRS/ CO-CHAIRS

Opening Session

Monday08:30 - 09:30Buen Ayre A B C

IFAMA Welcome.Authorities Welcome.

Broad Synopsis of future innovation and impacts on AgBus systems.

Keynote speaker - Hon. Carole Brookins.

- Johan Van Rooyen, President IFAMA, South Africa.- Héctor Lauence, President Elect IFAMA, Argentina.

Financial Innovation andRisk Management for Agribusiness Supply Chains

Take Away:- Financial innovation a key foundation of global competitiveness in turbolent times.- Innovative tools and programs: what to expect, how to benefit.Monday

09:30 - 11:00Buen Ayre A B C

- Invited, speakers of major Argentina Banks. - Carlos Comas, Grupo Asegurador La Segunda, Argentina.- Langa Simelani, Head Agribusiness, APSA Bank, South Africa.- Tomás Peña, Director, The Yield Lab, Latam.- José Gobbé, Austral University, Argentina.

- Erica Kuhlman, BMO, USA.

Monday25/6

FORUM: MEGA TREND -STRATEGIES, CASE COMPETITION FINALS

Monday11:45 - 13:15Buen Ayre A B C

Take Away:- Profiling medim to larger farms over several key dimensions.- Better understanding of key behavior on purchases, production, risk management, financial conditions, governance.- Disussion with peers, ideas to improve managerial strategies.

Comparing large farmers in Us and Argentina

- Roberto Feeney, Austral University, Argentina. - Allan Gray, Purdue University, USA. Discussant: Large farmers from Argentina or US.- Bernardo Piazzardi, Austral University, Argentina.

COFFEE BREAK 11.00 A 11.45

- Fernando Bertello, La Nación, Argentina.


Monday14:30 - 17:15Buen Ayre A B (in english) Buen Ayre C (in spanish)

Final round, case competition. finalist teams competing in parallel sessions, in english and in español.

Chair: - Esteban Brenes, Costa Rica.Co-Chair:- Bernardo PIazzardi, Austral University, Argentina- Johan Van Rooyen, South Africa.

A case on governance innovation as the new fronteer of competitiveness.

Take away:- Innovation in governance as key pillar of competitiveness.- Responding to disrupting changes in agbus management.

- Marcelo Paladino, Austral University, Argentina.

- Marcelo Paladino, Austral University, Argentina.

Monday17:45 - 19:15Buen Ayre A B

FORUM: MEGA TREND -STRATEGIES, CASE COMPETITION FINALS

Monday25/6

BRUNCH 13.15 A 14.30

NETWORKING SPACE 17.15 A 17.45

Transition to agrifood sustainability in Europe: the many paths of change.

Take away: - CSR a new reality also for traditional agribusinesses - Key implications to exhisting agbus; increasing competitiveness component - precompetitive networking and idea clearinghouse at IFAMA.

- João Heitor de Avila Santos, University Río Grande Do Norte, Brazil.- Mateusz Kowalewski, entrepreneur, FranceJoanna Wiśniewska-Paluszak.

- Loic Sauvee Un Lasalle and Chair IFAMA Europe

INDUSTRY RECEPTION 19.20 A 20.30 Buen Ayre Foyer

Monday17:45 - 19:15Buen Ayre C


FORUM: ORGANIZATION INNOVATION, THE RESPONSE OF THE FIRMS

Tuesday08:30 - 10:00Buen Ayre A B C

- Marcos Capdepont, YPF, Argentina.

- Lorena Eloriaga, Los Grobo, Argentina - Viviana de la Cruz, Agrodelacruz, Argentina.- Cristian Duckwitz, Los Grobo, Argentina.- Jorge Pesquiera, Los Grobo, Argentina.- Martín Scliar.

YPY Agro story from selling diesel to selling a portfolio of good and services to Argentine farmers; challenges and the future.

Take Away- Key challenges when reorganizing a supply chains.- Innovation in products and services as key driver of distribution competitiveness.

- Carlos Andiarena, Gerente de COINCER SA, Argentina.- Carlos Carletti, Gerente de BIOENDESA SA, Argentina.

Organizational innovation as key to global competitiveness, the Los Grobo experience and applicable ideas for other AgBus companies.

Tuesday10:45 - 12:15Buen Ayre A B C

Take away:- How innovation in "ways of organizing and doing business" is necessary to secure global competitiveness. - Using the Los Grobo example, and moving broader from , the presenters (management, supliers and clients of the Los Grobo) will underline how the model may be applicable in other global contexts. - Competitiveness is built on good production, good commercialization, good organizational innovation.

- Gustavo Grobocopatel, President Los Grobo, Argentina.

26/6Tuesday


BRUNCH 12.15 A 13.30


Tuesday13:30 - 15:00Buen Ayre A B

- Authors of 3 of the best papers selected from the Sat-Sun Symposium.

Take Away- Outline of key challengesfor startups in Argentina and Lat Am.- Profile of key success / failure sources. - Opportunity to ask questions to and exchange ideas with these entrepreneurs.

- Claudio Dunan, Bióceres, Argentina.- Alejandro Vila, Instituto de Biología Molecular, Argentina.Anthony Bertini.- Antony Bertini, Trumper One Pty Am- Gustavo Sosa, INBIOAR.

Best Papers Spanish.

Take away:- Implications and actionable ideas from relevant applied research.

- Roberto Feeney, Austral University, Argentina.

Industrial convergence in new entrepreneurial startups. Cases.

- Javier Preciado Patiño, Argentina.

Best Papers English

Tuesday15:30 - 17:00Buen Ayre C


Take away:- Implications and actionable ideas from relevant appliedresearch.

- Authors of 3 of the best papers selected from the Sat-Sun Symposium.

- Jacques Trienekens, Netherland.


26/6Tuesday



Tuesday15:30 - 17:00Buen Ayre A B

- Maria Carmela Annosi, Wageningen University, Netherland.- Mariantonietta Fiore, Foggia University, Italy.- Gerhard Schiefer, Bonn University, Germany.- Roberto Feeney, Austral University, Argentina. - Johan Van Rooyen, IFAMA President, South Africa.- Ana Galiano, Austral University, Argentina.- Loïc Sauvée, IFAMA Europe Chair, Integrating a regional chapter: plans for IFAMA Europe, France.

Take Away- Cluster as public / private partnership.- Cluster as rational response to disrupting innovation- The Rotterdam food initiative: values for other regions.

- Dutch entrepreneurs: why cluster matters.

- Sharon Janmaat, Rotterdam Food Cluster.

Take away:- Understand portfolio of services provided by IFAMA as leading pre competitive, agbus knowledge-based association: focus on people, big data and environment; IFAMR, IFAMR en Español, local chapters, networked research services, becas.- Several reasons to be involved in IFAMA.- IFAMA projects image of an Association which tackles relevant issues for AgBus.

- Francesco Braga, CEO, IFAMA, Canada.

- Woody Majier, Netherlands.


Cluster as strategic innovation: the Rotterdam food initiative. Looking forward to IFAMA 2020 in Rotterdam, Nl.

IFAMA: Innovation in portfolio of goods and services. Why an IFAMAmembership pays o�.


26/6Tuesday



Wednesday08:30 - 10:00Buen Ayre A B

- Johan Van Rooyen,IFAMA, President, South Africa.

Take Away- Dynamism of African Ag Bus, breaking dn internal trade barriers.- Key challenges, how to solve them.- Key role of business education, new governance systems, linking small holders into value chains.

Managing disruptiveinnovation in African Agribusiness

- Langa Simela, Head ABSA Agribusiness.- Thinus van Schoor, Value Chain Solutions.- Hein Gerwel, expert in fruit trade.- Sifiso Ntombela,Economist AgBiz on Infrastructure.

27/6FORUM: REGIONAL AND VALUE CHAIN OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Wednesday


Management of Innovation: examples from around the world.

Wednesday8:30 - 10:00Buen Ayre C

Take away:- Knowledge on innovation in cooperatives, through examples all arround the world.

Argentine Cooperatives- Nicola Shabolt, Fonterra, New Zeland.- Melissa vd Merwe, University of Pretoria, South Africa.- Julián Echazarreta, CEO ACA.

- Mike Cook, USA.

Wednesday10:30- 12:00Buen Ayre A B

Take Away- Key disrupting forces in the industry, increasing friction between traditional producers vs. increasingly well funded newcomers.- Ideas about how to take advantage of these forces.

-Johann Boonzaaier, BFAP, South Africa.- Mariana Alemany, Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva. - Daniel Lucci, Presindent Grupo Lucci, Argentina.- Pablo Cervi,Presidente de CAFI,Argentina.

- Hector Laurence, IFAMA President Elact, Argentina.

Innovation in Regional Value Chains.


- Scott Hine, CIO Novus, innovation in develioping markets, USA.- Carlos Curci-Gonzalez, Journalists (IFAJ), Argentina. - Denene Erasmus, Editor, Farmer's Weekly, South Africa.- Damián FernandezPedemonte, Associate Dean, School of Communications, Austral University, Argentina.- Héctor Huergo, Clarín newspaper, Argentina.

Take away:- Info needs and use and traditional media. Balancing act.- Quantitative versus qualitative info: role of big data vs, or rather with, traditional media- Role of rural journalist to support sector competitiveness and social progress.

- Scott Hine, CIO Novus, USA.

Information - Big Data, risk of news overload, the role of specialized ag media. Communication in thedigital era.

Wednesday10:30- 12:00Buen Ayre C


Wednesday

BRUNCH 12.00 A 13.00


Take Away:- New challenges from emerging technologies.- New demands from health conscious consumer.- New technologies for protein production (food and feed).

- Victor Tonelli, Argentina. - Luis Bameule, Argentina.- Greg Baker.- Simon Chater,UK Embassy.

- Greg Baker, USA.

The future of meat: disruptive technologies and threats


- Esteban Bullrich, senator, Bs As, Argentina. - Leonardo Sarquis, Ministro de Agroindustria, BsAs, Argentina.

Take Away:- Understand how Urban Agriculture is part of a disruptive process world-wide.- Understand how Urban Agriculture as a way to take extra advantage of soil, water, sun and space helping the environment in big cities.

- Fernando Vilella, UBA, Argentina.

Urban Agriculture



Wednesday


Take Away:- New market segment in food: needs and opportunities.- New products requirements to serve these segments.- Opportunty for producers and processing AgBus. - vision on changes to be implemented , ideas on what, how and when to do it. Possibilities.

- Fernando de EstradaFood and health - Rodolfo Frers, Solidagro Food.- Alejandro Caride, German Hospital, Argentina. - Guillermo Mattioli, Bagó Laboratories and Argentine biotech Chamber.- Daniel Funes de Rioja, President, Industrias de Productos Alimenticios (Copal), President, Federation of Foodstu� Products (FIPAA).


eCommerce impact on agbusiness. What is the situation now, how it may evolve. Looking forward to IFAMA 2019 in Guangzhou, China

Take Away:- What opportunities and challenges to agbusiness from growing ecommerce.- Traditional food vs. commodity food in eCommerce.- Disrupting or expanding market for traditional food?

An executive Alibaba Fernando Vilella, UBA, Argentina.- Maximiiano Landrein,CEO Agrofy,Argentina.

Longbao Wei, China.



Emerging hot issues in Trade

Take Away:- Fresh discussion with di�erent perspactives on troubled trade situation.- Why this may matter a lot.

- John Purchase, President the South African agbus chamber of commerce.- Alberto Padoan, President, Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, Argentina. - Martin Piñeiro, Director Comité de Agricultura, Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales, Argentina.-Maximiliano Moreno, Subsecretario de Relaciones Agroindustriales, Argentina-Invited British Embassy.

- John Purchase, South Africa.


Sustainability approaches. New vision of agricultural production, agribusiness chain and consumption.

Take Away:- Knowledge on a deep change coming along and the latest technologies and science.

- Marcelo Visconti, RTRS, Argentina.- Eduardo Serantes, GPS, Argentina.- Guillermo Valles, GPS, Uruguay. - Merlin Yolstick , IOWA Project.- Pablo Adreani,Benson Hill.- Sam Gilbert,UK Department for International Trade Director, Strategic Projects, Latin America & The Caribbean.

- Hector Laurence, IFAMA President Elact, Argentina.



Wednesday


PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION 20.00 a 20.30 Buen Ayre Foyer

PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET 20.30 a 23.00 Buen Ayre A B C

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