Programme
Sunday, September 27, 2009.
Arrival and registration of participants
| 19.00 – 21.30 |
Welcome dinner (organic) |
Monday, September 28, 2009.
| Theme: |
Organic Farming and International Policies on Climate Change |
| Chairman: |
Prof Branko Bošnjaković, Supervisory Board Member, Avalon, The Netherlands |
| 08.45 – 09.00 |
Musical opening |
| 09.00 – 09.10 |
Greetings and Introduction |
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Mr Martien Lankester, MD. Executive Director, Avalon, The Netherlands |
| 09.10 – 09.20 |
Word of Welcome |
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Ms Nona Karadjova, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria |
| 09.20 – 09.30 |
Word of Welcome |
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Mr Miroslav Najdenov, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bulgaria* |
| 09.30 – 09.35 |
Word of Welcome |
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Mr Martijn Elgersma, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy Sofia |
| 09.35 – 09.50 |
The role of Organic Farming in Environmental Protection and the FAO’s Policies |
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Dr Rainer Krell, Environment Officer Bioenergy and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Italy |
| 09.50 – 10.10 |
International Organic Farming Movement and Climate Change Policies |
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Mr Markus Arbenz, MSc., Executive Director, IFOAM (International Organisation of Organic Agriculture Movements), Germany |
| 10.10 – 10.30 |
The role of ecosystem restoration in preventing climate change |
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Mr John Liu, MSc., Director, Earth’s Hope, the USA |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
| Theme: |
Green Farming vs. Black Carbon |
| Chairman: |
Mr Martien Lankester, MD. Executive Director, Avalon, The Netherlands |
| 11.00 – 11.40 |
The Role and Potential of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Protecting Climate |
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Prof Rattan Lal, Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ohio State University, the USA |
| 11.40 – 12.20 |
Organic Farming and Climate Change |
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Dr Claude Aubert, Organic Agriculture Pioneer, Association of the French Members of IFOAM, France |
| 12.20 – 12.45 |
Impact of Large-Scale Conversion to Organic Farming on Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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Dr Darko Znaor, Associated Expert, Avalon, The Netherlands/Croatia |
| 12.45 – 13.00 |
Discussion |
| 13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch |
| Theme: |
Organic Food and Farming and Climate Change in EU Member States |
| Chairman: |
Prof Rattan Lal, Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ohio State University, the USA |
| 14.30 – 15.10 |
Relevance of Organic Farming for Climate Change in Germany? |
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Dr Guido Haas, Organic AgroExpertise Consultancy, Germany |
| 15.10 – 15.50 |
Lower Your Carbon Foot Print and Eat Organic: the Case of Poland |
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Mr Tokya E. Dammond, MSc., Chairman and Founder of Symbio Polska S. A., Poland |
| 15.50 – 16.05 |
Discussion |
| 16.05 – 16.45 |
Coffee break |
| Theme: |
Painting a Wider Picture |
| Chairman: |
Dr Rainer Krell, Environment Officer Bioenergy and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Italy |
| 16.45 – 17.15 |
Carbon Mining: the Story of Carbon Disappeared from the Agricultural Soils of Central and Eastern Europe |
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Prof. Tamas Nemeth, Head of Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary |
| 17.15 – 17.45 |
Organic Livestock: Good or Bad for Climate Protection? |
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Mrs Kathleen Hewlett, MA., Policy Researcher, the Soil Association, UK |
| 17.45 – 18.00 |
Discussion |
| 19.00 – 21.30 |
Dinner (with as much as possible organic ingredients from Bulgaria)
Served with the assessment of the corresponding greenhouse gas emissions |
Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
| Theme: |
Organic Farming Soil Carbon: a Tradable Commodity? |
| Chairman: |
Mr John Liu, MSc., Director, Earth’s Hope, the USA |
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Carbon Neutral Organic Food and Farming Business |
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Drs Volkert Engelsman, Managing Director of EOSTA, The Netherlands |
| 09.30 – 10.00 |
International Carbon Market Mechanisms: is there Any Role for (Organic) Farming? |
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Mr Matt McCandless, M.N.R.M., P.Eng., Project Manager, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Discussion |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
| Theme: |
Successful Project Examples |
| Chairman: |
Drs Volkert Engelsman, Managing Director of EOSTA, The Netherlands |
| 11.00 – 11.35 |
SEKEM Initiative: Farming the Desert Organically (Bio-dynamically) |
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Mr Tobias Bandel, Project manager, SEKEM, Egypt |
| 11.35 – 12.05 |
The Lessons of the Loess Plateau: Fighting Climate Change in China |
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Mr John Liu, MSc., Director, Earth’s Hope, the USA |
| 12.05 – 12.30 |
Discussion |
| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Presentation, Discussion and Adoption of the King’s Village Declaration on Climate Change and Organic Farming |
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Mr Martien Lankester, MD. Executive Director, Avalon, the Netherlands |
| 13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.30 – 19.30 |
| 19.30 – 21.30 |
Dinner (with as much as possible organic ingredients from Bulgaria)
Served with the assessment of the corresponding greenhouse gas emissions |
* Final confirmation pending
Languages
During the Conference, Russian-English simultaneous translation will be provided. Only participants with sufficient proficiency in the indicated language(s) will be admitted.
Questions
If you have any content-wise question or suggestion regarding the programme, please contact Dr Darko Znaor, Programme Co-ordinator at [email protected].