All timings are CET
14:30 Welcome and run of the session
- Mark Titterington, Senior Adviser, Strategy & Partnerships, Forum for the Future of Agriculture
14:33 Summary of the Forum month of March
- Janez Potočnik, Chair ForumforAg and Chairman RISE Foundation
followed by question and answer session
14:45 Special address
- Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner for Agriculture, European Commission
followed by question and answer session
15:00 Discussion with
- Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, USDA
15:20 Discussion with the next generation
- Dr Marie Brueser, Entrepreneurship Leader, Thought For Food (TFF)
- Galina Peycheva-Miteva, Bulgarian farmer, landowner and activist
15:30 Discussion with Forum co-founders
- Thierry de l'Escaille, Secretary General, European Landowners’ Organization
- Jon Parr, President of Syngenta Crop Protection and Member of the Global Leadership Team
15:45 Land and Soil Management Award Ceremony
- Martin Gerzabek, President of the Jury
- Andrea Vettori, Member of Cabinet, Cabinet of Virginijus Sinkevičius
- Francisco Garcia Verde, Sustainable and Responsible Business Manager EAME, Soil Health Lead, Syngenta
- Emeritus Prof. Dr. Franc Lobnik, Prof. Emeritus, Dr. at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Luca Montanarella, Senior Expert, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate D – Sustainable Resources, Land Resources Unit
Closing remarks
- Thierry de l'Escaille, Secretary General, European Landowners’ Organization
- Jon Parr, President of Syngenta Crop Protection and Member of the Global Leadership Team
- Emmanuelle Mikosz, Programme Director, Forum for the Future of Agriculture
16:15 Finish
About the Land and Soil Management Award
The Land and Soil Management Award has been launched in 2008 by the European Landowners’ Organization, under the auspices of the European Commission (DG Environment and the Joint Research Centre) and in association with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) of Vienna, Syngenta, as well as the Centre for Soil and Environmental Sciences of the Ljubljana University. Since then, the award jury has selected outstanding achievements throughout the EU in the field of sustainable soil and land management.
The prize rewards land use and soil management practices mitigating soil threats i.e. soil degradation, erosion, reduction of organic matter content, diffuse contamination, and compaction as well as the reduction of soil biodiversity, salinization, sealing, flooding and landslides. In doing so, the award sheds light on outstanding achievements, encouraging new concepts of land and soil protection and their implementation in land management, as well as enhancing awareness about the importance of land and soil functions.
