Agenda

9:00 - 10:30 Registration of participants and welcome coffee

10:30 - 11:30 Opening session - PANEL 1.

Polish dairy sector - trends, forecasts and challenges.

Moderator:
Dorota Kuc - journalist, TVP3 Białystok

Introduction:
Piotr Szajner - Head of the Department of Agricultural Markets and Quantitative Methods, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute

The following will take part in the panel discussion:

• Piotr Szajner - Head of the Department of Agricultural Markets and Quantitative Methods, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute
• Margaret Gromadzka - Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Lukasz Kalinowski - President, District Dairy Cooperative in Piątnica
• Magdalena Szabłowska - Export Director, Mlekovita Group
• Jacek Marczak - Deputy Director, Bydgoszcz Branch, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 - 12:45 PANEL 2.

Does the Polish dairy industry have a common strategy until 2035? Do Polish companies have specific strategic plans and development directions?

Moderator:
Edyta Wołosik - journalist, Polish Radio Białystok

Introduction:
Agnieszka Maliszewska - Organizer of the International Dairy Community Forum

The following will take part in the panel discussion:

• Maciej Tomaszewski - President, Hochland Polska
• Tadeusz Mroczkowski - President, Mlekpol Dairy Cooperative
• Anna Link - Executive Director of the Sustainable Development and Agribusiness Area,
  BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA.
• Stefan Stachowiak - President, Dairy Cooperative in Gostyń
• Paul Gaca - President, Cooperative
  Spomlek Dairy
• Andrzej Babuchowski - President, Institute of Dairy Industry Innovation Ltd., Research and Development Center in Mrągowo

12:45 - 13:10 Coffee break

13:10 - 14:30 PANEL 3.

How to survive the dairy sector crisis? Europe compared to the rest of the world. Will Europe lose its sector? The competitiveness of the European dairy sector.
dairy sector.

Moderator:
Dr. hab. Paweł Chmieliński - Prof. IRWiR PAN, Economist, Director of the Institute of Rural Development and Agriculture IRWiR PAN

Introduction:
Pierre Bascou - Director for Sustainability and Income Support, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Lukasz Wyrzykowski - General Director, IFCN - The Dairy Research Network

The following will take part in the panel discussion:

• Pierre Bascou - Director for Sustainability and Income Support, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
• Friedrich Diesselhorst - Senior Advisor for Producer Relations, Logistics and Trade Policy, German Dairy Industry Association (MIV)
• Kinga Adamashvili - Deputy Secretary General, European Dairy Association (EDA)
• Monika Błeszyńska - Advisor for Agriculture, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Warsaw
• Lukasz Wyrzykowski - General Director,
  IFCN - The Dairy Research Network

14:30 - 15:30 Lunch

15:30 - 16:45 PANEL 4.

Free trade agreements, the enlargement of the European Union to new countries, and the future of European dairy farming. How can we strengthen the competitiveness of the dairy sector?

Moderators:
Dr. hab. Paweł Chmieliński - Prof. IRWiR PAN, Economist, Director of the Institute of Rural Development and Agriculture IRWiR PAN

Tomasz Sajewicz - journalist, Polish Radio / Polsat News

Introduction:

Jonathan Hepburn - Counselor in the Department of Agriculture and Raw Materials, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Elisabeth Svyatkivska - Secretary of the EU Integration Committee of the Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine

John Alistair Clarke - Researcher at Maastricht University and former Director for International Trade at the European Commission

Benjamin Petlock  - Counselor for Agriculture
at the United States Embassy in Warsaw

The following will take part in the panel discussion:

• John Alistair Clarke - Researcher at Maastricht University and former Director for International Trade at the European Commission
• Audrey Hersan - Manager
  regulatory, Eucolait
• Tibor Szücs - Animal Production Specialist at the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia in Budapest
• Jonathan Hepburn - Counselor in the Department of Agriculture and Raw Materials, World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Arsen Didur - Executive Director, Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine
• Paul Ballantyne - Ambassador of New Zealand to the Republic of Poland

19:00 Departure of buses for the outdoor event - Stop: Plac Jana Pawła II Street / Branicki Palace

19:30 - 00:00 Outdoor event* - Sowlany Stable Ułańska 8, 15-528 Sowlany
* participation upon presentation of the armband