Dr. Hans Herren (Keynote Speaker)
President, Millenium Institute, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Ulrich Hoffmann (Opening Remarks)
Head of Section, Trade & Sustainable Development, International Trade Division, United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
Katherine DiMatteo (Opening Remarks)
President, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Andre Leu
Chair, Organic Federation of Australia & IFOAM World Board Member, Australia
Wanlop Pichpongsa
President, Thai Organic Trade Association, Bangkok Thailand
Xi Yunguan
Nanjing Global Organic Food Research & Consulting Centre, Nanjing China
Sununtar Setboonsarng
Senior Researcher, Asia Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo Japan
Miguel Braganza
Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), Goa India
Prof. Chong Hyuk Suh
President, Korea Organic Agriculture Institute, Seoul South Korea
Proposed topics for Plenary and Concurrent Workshop Sessions:
DAY 1, 28th October 2008
- Innovations in Organic Production & Processing: Development Challenges and Prospects for the Region
- Sharing of Production Challenges, Successful Methods and Techniques
- Key development challenges, action and policy recommendations for enhancement of production, productivity and product quality
- Social Programme: Theme Gala Dinner
DAY 2, 29th October 2008
- Wholesaling & Retailing
- Supply chain organizing and fair trade
- Sharing of Access to Market; Certification & Regulations; Other Guarantee Systems and Market Communications
- Market trends; key development challenges, action and policy recommendations for enhancement of local markets, fair trade and competition
DAY 3, 30th October 2008
- Public Sector Development Initiatives for the Organic Sector
- Best Practice for Organic Policy & Building Sustainable Organic Sectors
- Social Programme (Tentative): Visit to Sarawak AGRO Fest 2008, State Indoor Stadium
DAY 4, 31st October 2008
- Harmonisation & Equivalence in Organic Agriculture
- Review of Regional Collaboration Follow-up Proposal
