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Meet Senior Decision Makers from the following industry sectors:
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RETAIL/ FOOD & DRINK BRANDS/ FOOD SERVICES/ RESTAURANTS & FAST FOOD CHAINS
  • Director, Commodities And Technical Services
  • Director Sustainability And Climate Change
  • Raw Materials Purchasing Director
  • Procurement Director
  • Procurement Manager
  • Senior VP, CSR & Sustainability
  • Agricultural Sustainability Manager
  • Agronomist
  • Fruit & Vegetable Manager
  • Principal Research Officer
  • Program Manager
  • Corporate Head Agriculture
  • Director Of Environmental Regulatory Compliance
  • SVP Of Conservation
  • Director Of Global Operational Risk Management And Sustainability
  • VP Corp Agri
  • Vice President, Extended Enterprise
  • Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Quality Assurance
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Social Mission Director
  • Director, Strategic Sourcing
  • Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
  • Director HSE
  • Director for Sustainability
  • Sustianble Food Systems Manager
  • Environmental Coordinator
  • Vice President, Corporate Affairs
  • Vice President - Director of Worldwide Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Director of Agricultural Research
  • Director of Sourcing and Relationships
  • Senior Director- Global Supplier Initiatives
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PROCESSORS/ BROKERS/ TRADERS
  • Trader, Protein
  • Agribusiness Director
  • General Manager Trading
  • Sustainability & Farmer Support Manager
  • Director, Agricultural and Analytical Services
  • Director HSE
  • Senior Director Quality Assurance and Regulation
  • Vice President, Operations Services
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FARMERS / GROWERS
  • VP of Agricultural Operations
  • AVP Environmental
  • Managing Director
  • Executive Vice President
  • General Manager
  • Farmer
  • Owner
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NGOs
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GOVERNMENT
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ORGANIZATION INVOLVED WITH CROP SCIENCE
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LENDERS & INVESTORS - FINANCE SECTOR, FOUNDATIONS & DONOR AGENCIES
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GLOBAL COMMODITY ROUND TABLES
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Conference Agenda
Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chain Summit Conference Agenda

bullet DAY 1: June 23, 2009
bullet DAY 2: June 24, 2009


DAY 1: June 23, 2009

EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST BRIEFING:
07.30 Defining Agricultural Supply Chain ‘Sustainability’ Within An Economically Viable Framework – How Do You Assess The Most Critical Environmental & Social Impacts?

Especially in the current economic climate, food and beverage corporations need to assess all risks associated with their primary raw materials. This 45-minute breakfast briefing is a chance for delegates to familiarize themselves with the key definitions associated with sustainable agricultural sourcing practices. Different agricultural regions, both nationally and globally, have specific challenges, whether its water, carbon or social. The objective of this session is to set the scene for the event, by defining the boundaries of the triple bottom line, in both national and global sourcing situations.
  • Explaining what sustainable agricultural practice means for different food and beverage sectors and categories
  • Characterizing the boundaries of the triple bottom line
  • Exploring the specific link between water and the agricultural supply chain – understanding why water is a critical sustainable sourcing driver
  • Defining the key impacts and concerns upstream including carbon, fertilizers, soil fertility, land use, energy usage, farmer social impacts and food safety
  • Examining the trade offs between sustainability and the availability of economically viable raw materials

08.15 Morning Coffee & Registration

08.45 CHAIRS OPENING REMARKS

MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR ADOPTING A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO THE AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PANEL FEATURING FARMERS, RETAILERS, & MANUFACTURERS
09.00 Developing The Business Case For Adopting A Sustainable Sourcing Approach– What Are The Risks? What Does ROI Look Like? What Is The Linkage To Shareholder Value & Brand Image
  • Understanding local and global agricultural sourcing risks from a triple bottom line perspective
  • Retailer perspectives on the business case
    • Outlining the sustainable sourcing drivers
    • Understanding the bottom line financial benefits of sustainable sourcing
  • Farmer and grower attitudes to sustainable agricultural practices and the business case
  • Food and beverage manufacturer perspectives on the business case
  • Taking a longer term view - understanding the business rationale for driving sustainable sourcing forward in the absence of an immediate ROI
  • 6 Mini Case Studies: Demonstrating the cost benefits of a supply chain sustainability program in an economic downturn
    • Is it commercially viable?
    • How does it impact shareholder value?
    • Identifying which initiatives deliver cost benefits & efficiency gains
    • Calculating ROI on carbon savings, food waste and water usage reductions, efficient transportation, carbon labeling driving value in sales etc
Rob Michalak, Director of Social Mission, Ben & Jerry’s
Sonja Tuitele, VP of Communications and Sustainability, Aurora Organic Dairy
Tina Fitzgerald, Acting Director of Produce and Social Responsibility, IPC SUBWAY
Jennifer V. Orgolini, Sustainability Director, New Belgium Brewing Co., Inc.
Nathan Morr, Director Social & Environmental Responsibility, SunOpta International
Derek Yurosek, VP of Agricultural Operations, Bolthouse Farms, Inc.
Sabrina Vigilante, Director, Markets - Americas & Asia Pacific, Sustainable Value Chains, Sustainable Agriculture Division, Rainforest Alliance

09.45 Extended Questions & Discussion Session

COST BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE SOURCING PRACTICES & ROI ON MEASUREMENT

CASE STUDY
10.00 Adopting A Holistic Triple Bottom Line Approach To Sustainable Agricultural Sourcing – Understanding The Key Commercial Decision Making Processes
  • Demonstrating how the triple bottom line can be profitable
    • Economic
    • Environmental
    • Social
  • Evaluating the best way forward for your organization
    • What to measure?
    • How to measure
  • Appraising the business trade offs between:
    • Global v/s local sourcing
    • Organic v/s conventional
  • Taking a structured approach
  • Formulating strategies for businesses to tackle these issues - should we be moving towards a ‘supply chain’ approach?
  • Do we measure regionally?
  • When does it work?
Ann Thrupp, Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development, Fetzer/Bonterra Vineyards

10.20 Questions & Discussion

10.30 Morning Refreshments Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area

KEYNOTE REGULATORY PANEL
11.00 Understanding The Future Policies Of The New US Administration On Agricultural Sustainability & Security Of Food Supply

  • Gaining clarity on the implications of forthcoming legislation and policies impacting the agricultural sector
  • Analyzing how carbon regulation will develop over the next few years – are we moving towards a cap and trade program? Will we be incurring carbon taxes?
  • Evaluating the recent developments in policy
    • Agriculture
    • Transportation
    • Water
    • Global Trading
  • Understanding how policy developments will impact suppliers locally and in key regions including Central & Latin America, Asia & Africa
Carol Kramer-LeBlanc, Director for Sustainable Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
J. Alan Beamon, Director, Coal and Electric Power Division - Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Department of Energy
Steve Frenkel, Chief Policy Advisor, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

11.25 Questions & Discussion

11.40 Give Peas A Chance – The Case For More Pulses In The Field And On The Plate
  • The case for sustainability in ingredients – using pulses as the case study
  • If you’re a farmer or a trader of grains or pulses you’ll find a broader context for your work.
  • If you’re in the food industry, perhaps in innovation or marketing, you’ll find ideas to help review your ingredient usage.
  • If you’re involved in food or health policy you’ll already know that pulses should be a growing part of a balanced diet. You’ll also find out that that pulses are good for the environment as well.
Lorraine Smith, Independent Sustainability Consultant

Panel Discussion
12.00 Making the Business Case For Sustainable Consumption

To support sustainable production we need to consider the real market drivers linking processing to consumption. The panel will discuss what changes need to be made to respond to current market requirements for sustainable food products and will invite the audience to consider the significance of the consumer perspective on sustainable food production.

Facilitated by Lorraine Smith, Independent Sustainability Consultant
Gord Kurbis, Director, Environment, Pulse Canada
Karen Karp, Director, The Sustainable Food Lab

In The Absence Of Common Standards, How Do You Measure Sustainability?
COMPARING DIFFERENT STANDARDS & CERTIFICATIONS FOR COST EFFECTIVELY MEASURING YOUR UPSTREAM IMPACTS

The following sessions on standards are designed to promote value chain collaboration. The panel session will initially explain the pros and cons of the current standards that are being developed, from developer and end user perspectives. After the panel, the room will break out into small discussion groups, each group drawing up a checklist of the most important considerations to be included in a future agricultural sustainability index/potential reciprocal agreement between different standards/certification bodies.

STANDARDS PANEL SESSION; ROI MEASUREMENT & REPORTING
12.20 Assessing The Strengths & Weaknesses Of Different Measurement Methodologies & Standards
  • Benefits of a standardized approach – pros and cons of integrating all the relevant life cycle environmental impacts into an overall approach including carbon, GHG, water, biodiversity, waste, land use, non-renewable energy
  • Dealing effectively and appropriately with emerging agri-food standards, especially related to food safety
  • Presenting 4 mini case studies dedicated to comparing and contrasting leading methodologies
    • Too many standards – how to delve into the credible ones and get started
    • Business decisions - why choose certain approaches against others?
  • What are the most relevant environmental considerations that should be part of a sustainability index?
Facilitated By John Lamb, Senior Agribusiness Team Leader - Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Department, World Bank
Audra Karalius, Vice President, Sustainability, Environment & Safety, Sara Lee Corporation
Kathy Larson, VP Sustainability, Frontier Natural Products
Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Policy Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Greg Campbell, US Sales Manager, UTZ Certified
Miguel Gamboa, Producer Coordinator, UTZ CERTIFIED

12.50 Small Working Groups: Sharing Real World Experiences On The ROI Of Different Measurement Approaches

Working Group A – Carbon Footprint Standards Applied To The Agricultural Growing & Cultivation Phases
Working Group B – Carbon Footprint Standards Applied To The Processing, Distribution & Transportation Phases
Working Group C - Measuring Water Usage From Agricultural Products Sourced Locally (National USA)
Working Group D – Measuring Water Impacts In Developing Countries
Working Group E – Certification Solutions For Measuring & Tracing Social & Economic Impacts Across The Supply Chain
Working Group F – Transferable Lessons On The Certification Of Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar & Palm Oil. Facilitated by: Sabrina Vigilante, Director, Markets - Americas & Asia Pacific, Sustainable Value Chains, Sustainable Agriculture Division, Rainforest Alliance

1.40 Networking Lunch Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area

WORKING GROUP FEEDBACK SESSION
2.40 Identifying Common Principles On Standards Formulation – Commercially Viable Roadmaps For National & Global Agricultural Value Chains
  • Evaluating real world findings on the following measurements and standards
    • LCA
    • Carbon footprint measurement standards
    • Water footprints
    • Energy usage
    • Social and ethical certification methodologies
    • Other standards
  • Incorporating the views of farmers and growers on standards – what is cost effective and economically feasible?
  • Defining the key principles for a future agricultural sustainability index including forward thinking on a potential reciprocity agreement between different certification systems
  • Agreement on criteria for selecting an unbiased body to drive forward standards
Collaboration on cost effective standards formulation will be carried forward post conference on the event’s web based network.

Making The Business Case For Environmental & Socio-Economic Impact Assessment

3.00 Demonstrating The Business Case For Carrying Out Water & Agriculture Risk Assessments

70% of today’s freshwater is used during the agricultural phase. This not only contributes heavily to your overall water footprint but also threatens the availability of water in your watersheds and basins.
  • The challenges and opportunities in implementing water footprint impact assessment for agricultural raw materials
  • Collecting useful and credible data from farmers
  • Developing an action plan for educating, motivating and collaborating with farmers to reduce their water consumption
  • Understanding the regulatory view on the future direction of water sustainability in agriculture
3.25 Assessing The Impact Of Irrigation Water Use In Agriculture
  • Linking irrigation to agricultural water usage – what are the key water management issues?
  • Technology solutions for reducing water consumed through irrigation
  • Introduction to the benefits of drip irrigation technology
  • Successful case studies demonstrating ROI and reduced water consumption from using drip irrigation technology
  • Feedback from farmers and growers on the effectiveness of drip irrigation technology
Claude Corcos, Marketing Manager, Toro Micro Irrigation

3.45 Questions & Discussion

4.00 Afternoon Refreshments Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area

4.30 Understanding Carbon GHG Emission In The Agricultural Supply Chain & Assessing ROI On Measurement
  • How does this affect your organizations overall impact?
  • Where do you emit the most?
  • Quick win and effective areas to reduce emissions
  • Understanding the risks and challenges associated with gathering primary data versus making assumptions
  • Evaluating the data to understand what the business and environmental benefits will be
  • How to collect relevant information on emissions and energy usage
Sonja Tuitele, VP of Communications and Sustainability, Aurora Organic Dairy

5.10 Questions & Discussion

5.20 Analyzing Your Impacts On Land Fertility Including Pesticides, Herbicides And Fertilizers
  • Knowing where most of your impacts lie and overcoming difficulties
  • Gathering credible data from farmers or brokers
  • Evaluating the impacts of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers used in specific regions
  • Successfully communicating the win-win situation. What are the cost benefits for suppliers to be growing more sustainably?
Tina Fitzgerald, Acting Director of Produce and Social Responsibility, IPC SUBWAY

5.40 Questions & Discussion

5.50 Assessing Non Agricultural Impacts Including Processing, Transportation & Distribution
  • Mapping transportation from farmers to manufacturer to retailer
    • Framers – brokers – processors – manufacturers – retailers
  • Comparing and contrasting costs and environmental impacts of different modes of transport including
    • Truck
    • Rail
    • Air
    • Shipping
  • Assessing the optimum combination for you
  • Business decision - evaluating the trade off between economic and ethical
6.15 Questions & Discussion

6.25 Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts In Agricultural Projects In America & Key Sourcing Regions – Mitigating Risks To Labor Loss To Ensure Longevity
  • Understanding and differentiating between your impact in America and the 3rd World
    • Evaluating how labor operates including
    • Minimum wages and benefits given
    • Living standards including medical care, hygiene, drinking water, and education
    • Understanding the surrounding infrastructure and its exponential impacts
  • Evaluating effective funding strategies to stabilize labor and ensure supply longevity
Rob Michalak, Director of Social Mission, Ben & Jerry’s

6.55 Questions & Discussion

7.00 Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close Of Day One

7.00 - 8.00 Cocktail Reception In The Exhibition Showcase Area


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DAY 2: June 24, 2009

METHODOLOGIES FOR PARTNERING WITH FARMERS & COLLABORATING WITH 3RD PARTIES TO REDUCE UPSTREAM IMPACT
What Do Successful Partnerships & Incentive Programs Look Like?

08.30 Chair’s Opening Remarks

08.00 Morning Coffee & Registration

OPENING PANEL
08.40 Collaborating With Global Governments, NGOs, Brokers & Financing Entities As Part Of Your Implementation Strategy

Global sourcing has its own unique challenges. One of the biggest and most obvious is the geographical distance from agricultural suppliers and US based food and drink corporations. Since you can’t possibly work directly with all farmers scattered around the world, how can you make sure that sustainability is actually being practiced on the ground. Also, many small farmers in the US and in the developing world don’t always have access to the monetary resource or access to credit to finance sustainable practices.

This panel will showcase the best practices for partnership with different types of entities to deliver successful upstream outcomes.

  • Cost efficiencies of working with NGOs v/s hiring and maintaining in-house regional agricultural experts
  • In a time when many organizations claim to be credible, what should you looking for in a good partnership
    • Who is doing what?
    • Key aspects to look at while developing a successful long-term relationship to hit targets and manage expectations
    • Ensuring that you get your moneys worth
    • Best practices for managing the partnership
    • Do's & Don’ts
    • Sharing information & bringing the project to completion
  • Understand how you can work together with various stakeholders to bridge the gap on size & the supply chain complications.
  • Learn how managing the "community portion" of your supply chain can strengthen the company's license to operate
  • Guidelines for effectively and appropriately managing major investor interest in agro-enterprises and land in developing and emerging countries
Ellen Feeney, VP Responsible Livelihood, WhiteWave Foods
Steve Balling, Director, Agriculture & Analytical Services, Del Monte Foods
Carol Kramer-LeBlanc, Director for Sustainable Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Lamb, Senior Agribusiness Team Leader - Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Department, World Bank
Greg Campbell, US Sales Manager, UTZ CERTIFIED
Miguel Gamboa, Producer Coordinator, UTZ CERTIFIED
Justin Ward, Vice President, Business Practices - Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International

09.30 Speed Networking Session Dedicated To Building Supply Chain Partnerships

Networking Area 1: NGO’s Business Card Swap Session
Networking Area 2: International Government Representative Business Card Swap Session
Networking Area 3: Financing Entity Business Card Swap Session
Networking Area 4: How 3rd Parties & Certification Bodies Can Help You

FARMER ROUND TABLES: HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE?
10.00 Understanding Farmers Attitudes, Needs & Priorities To Create Partnership Contracts & Incentive Schemes – Talk To The Farmers & Their Associations

The format of this session is based around revolving tables dedicated to defining agricultural community needs at farm level. Are they looking for monetary benefits or long-term security? Delegates may choose any two roundtables from different regions as each session last 20 minutes.

Roundtable 1. North American Farmers
Roundtable 2. Latin American Farmers
Roundtable 3. Central American Farmers
Roundtable 4. South East Asian Farmers
Roundtable 5. Chinese Farmers
Roundtable 6. African Farmers

10.40 Morning Refreshments In The Exhibition Showcase Area

ROUNDTABLE SUMMARY SESSION FOR ENTIRE GROUP
11.10 How To Incorporate Farmer Perspective Into Sourcing Contracts And Incentive Schemes To Create Win-Win Partnerships

DUAL PERSPECTIVE CASE STUDIES
11.40 Solutions For “Scaling Up” Sustainable Programs With Smaller Farmers - Finding That ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Business Value & Community Development
  • Analyzing potential challenges that could occur
    • Locally i.e. unstable immigrant labor, repercussions of climate change and water scarcity to key growing regions
    • Globally i.e. migration of labor from rural to urban area in emerging markets due to lower living standards & better perceived work opportunities
  • Investing correctly - how to practically and cost effectively work with communities to increase standards of living and ensure flow of supply – support community infrastructure, education, medical relief, clean drinking water
  • Successfully communicating the win-win situation. What are the cost benefits for suppliers to be growing more sustainably & efficiently?
  • Cost benefits of using less resources including water, energy and fuel
  • Effects of chemicals used in fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides to farm land fertility and their produce
  • Learn how one project in agriculture aims to benefit both the community and the business
Ed Flanagan, President, Jasper Wyman & Son
Kathy Larson, VP Sustainability, Frontier Natural Products

12.20 Questions & Discussion

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12.35 Making The Business Case For Leveraging Innovations And New Technologies Upstream To Reduce Environmental Impacts
  • Analyzing the business risks, opportunities and inefficiencies
  • Prioritizing which suppliers impact your ecological footprint
  • Hear about the wide spectrum of agricultural practices across the globe
    • Ranging from subsistence/near-subsistence farming to fully mechanized commercial farms
    • Non GMO Plant-Breeding Technologies To Ensure Crops With Higher Yields, more pest and climate change (flood, drought, extreme hot or cold weather conditions, more salinity in water) resistant, easy to co-plant
  • What are the implications of this to sustainable management?
Steve Balling, Director, Agriculture & Analytical Services, Del Monte Foods

12.55 Questions & Discussion

ENSURING YOUR AGRO BASED PROCESSED RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS WITH INDEPENDENT SUPPLY CHAINS ARE MAXIMIZING VALUE
1.05 Best Practice Processor Approaches For Implementing Environmental & Social Goals To Reduce Your Impact In The Agricultural Supply Chain
  • Corporate responsibility from farm to fork: incorporating sustainability in how we grow and make the foods you love
  • Integrating sustainability in grower/supplier business practices
  • Sustainable production initiatives across various agricultural markets
Jan W. de Weerd, Ph.D., Vice President Global Ag Strategy and Services ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston

1.25 Questions & Discussion

1.35 Networking Lunch In The Exhibition Area

How To Successfully Develop Sustainable Supplier Scorecards

MANUFACTURERS PERSPECTIVE CASE STUDY
2.35 Best Practice For Developing Sustainability Scorecards For Agricultural Based Products Suppliers

The supply chain is moving towards more responsible consumption pattern, which removes the burden of ‘decision-making’ for the rest of the supply chain.
  • How to develop a sustainable score card
  • What to consider while putting it together
  • Do's & Don’ts
  • Which are the viable sustainability aspects to include and how to subscribe weights
  • Best practices for collecting credible supplier information
  • Which way forward? Sharing best practices or information while developing scorecards v/s demanding from suppliers
  • How does this impact manufacturers?
  • Leveraging impacts in their business
Ellen Feeney, VP Responsible Livelihood, WhiteWave Foods

3.05 Extended Questions & Discussion Session

3.20 SMALL WORKING GROUP FORMAT ON BEST PRACTICE SHARING ON DEVELOPING SUPPLIER SCORECARDS

Identifying General Principles On Developing Supplier Scorecards

Many procurement departments create scorecards in a vacuum, without first thinking about the bigger picture; that is, what are their companies overall sustainability goals, how does procurement align with those goals and what are the implications to the agricultural supply chain? Before choosing appropriate supplier performance metrics and KPIs, you have to start the process from the beginning, gathering and evaluating multi stakeholder perspectives to pragmatically develop supplier scorecards for sustainability in the agricultural supply chain.

PLEASE COME PREPARED!
For this part of the conference, the participants will break into multi stakeholder groups of 20. Participants are advised to individually share 5 best practices (from their own company or industry) and each group will be advised to reach a consensus on 5 best practices, and why that would create profitability and triple bottom line sustainability for the entire agricultural supply chain.

4.20 Afternoon Refreshments Served In The Exhibition Showcase Area

SUMMARY SESSION FOR ENTIRE GROUP
4.50 Developing Best Practices For The Food And Drinks Sector

Each delegate will receive a transcription of this summary.
This discussion will be carried forward on our exclusive web based network

CLOSING PANEL ON MACRO ECONOMIC GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE
5.20 Assessing The Opportunities For Developing A Sustainable Global Trade System
  • The challenge - the current global trade system and its impact to your agricultural raw materials and food security
  • The Food Price (now Volatility, and in future possibly Availability and Access) crisis
  • The untapped potential of developing countries – assessing trade barriers, tariffs and taxes
  • Rising through the current economic ashes & creating a sustainable future. The first steps towards creating a global trade system that delivers the triple bottom line, not only to the 1st world countries but also emerging markets
  • Increasing and enhancing smallholder participation in the more promising value/supply chains
  • Improving analysis and decision-making with respect to public investment in the food and agricultural health area, including but not limited to SPS issues in trade.
John Lamb, Senior Agribusiness Team Leader - Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Department, World Bank

This discussion will be carried forward in our exclusive web based network

5.50 Questions & Discussion

6.00 Chair’s Closing Remarks (including a reminder on how the key action points formulated during the conference will be carried through via the online network for all conference attendees and speakers)


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Expert Speaker Panel
Rob Michalak, Director of Social Mission, Ben & Jerry’s
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Sonja Tuitele, VP of Communications and Sustainability, Aurora Organic Dairy
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Ed Flanagan, President, Jasper Wyman & Son
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Ellen Feeney, VP Responsible Livelihood, WhiteWave Foods
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Carol Kramer-LeBlanc, Director for Sustainable Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Steve Balling, Director, Agriculture & Analytical Services, Delmonte Foods
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Maisie Greenawalt, Vice President, Bon Appétit
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Jennifer V. Orgolini, Sustainability Director, New Belgium Brewing Co., Inc.
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Nathan Morr, Director
Social & Environmental Responsibility,
SunOpta International
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James Lime, VP Environment Health & Safety, ConAgra Foods
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Derek Yurosek, VP of Agricultural Operations, Bolthouse Farms, Inc.
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Ann Thrupp, Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development, Fetzer/Bonterra Vineyards
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J. Alan Beamon, Director, Coal and Electric Power Division - Office of
Integrated Analysis and Forecasting,
Department
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Steve Frenkel, Chief Policy Advisor, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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John Lamb, Senior Agribusiness Team Leader
- Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Department,
World Bank
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Audra Karalius, Vice President, Sustainability, Environment & Safety, Sara Lee Corporation
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Tina Fitzgerald, Acting Director of Produce and Social Responsibility, IPC SUBWAY
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Sabrina Vigilante, Director, Markets - Americas & Asia Pacific, Sustainable Agriculture Division, Rainforest Alliance

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