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World Food Day 2016

Program

THURSDAY, 13TH OCTOBER 2016
18:00
Documentary screening “10 BILLION – WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?”, Urania Cinema, Osijek
FRIDAY, 14TH OCTOBER 2016.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: CLIMATE IS CHANGING. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUST TOO., Aula Magna, Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek
09:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:30
OPENING WORDS
    • National anthem, Vocal Ensemble “Brevis“
    • Andrea Gross Bošković, Director of the Croatian Food Agency (HAH)
    • Denis Ambruš, Deputy Mayor of City of Osijek
    • Željko Kraljičak, Deputy County Prefect of the Osijek Baranja County
    • Reuben Sessa, Climate Change Ofcer, FAO Regional Ofce for Europe and
      Central Asia
    • Ružica Palić Kramarić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Health
    • Tomislav Kiš, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Agriculture

10:30 – 11:00
Coffe and tea break + press statements
11:00 – 12:40
PLENARY SESSION, PART I
11:00 – 11:20
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE, D.Sc. Reuben Sessa, Climate Change and Energy Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Budapest, Hungary
11:20 – 11:40
20 YEARS AFTER WORLD FOOD SUMMIT, ROME 1996: FROM “FOOD FOR ALL!” TO CARBON BALANCE IN THE SOIL AS A GUIDELINE OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN CHANGED CLIMATIC CONDITIONS – Academician Ferdo Bašić, Prof. Emeritus, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, participant of the WFS, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11:40 – 12:00
CLIMATE CHANGE AS POTENTIAL DRIVER OF EMERGING RISKS FOR FOOD SAFETYAngelo Maggiore, Officer, Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, EFSA, Parma, Italy
12:00 – 12:20
CLIMATE CHANGES AND MYCOTOXINS – A CHALLENGE IN CREATING POLICY AND LEGISLATION – Ana Marija Crnić, M.Sc., Head of State and Border Sanitary Inspection Sector, Directorate for Health Improvement, Ministry of Health, Zagreb, Croatia
12:20 – 12:40
DISCUSSION
12:40 – 13:00
Coffe and tea break
13:00 – 15:00
PLENARY SESSION, PART II
13:00 – 13:20
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGES – ACTIVITIES ON EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL LEVEL – Žana Počuča, M.Sc., Senior Expert Advisor, Directorate For Climate Activities, Sustainable Development And Protection Of Soil, Air And Sea, Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, Zagreb, Croatia
13:20 – 13:40
THE ROLE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ADAPTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGES AND WEATHER EXTREMES, D.Sc. Branka Ivančan – Picek, Assistant Director, Meteorological and Hydrological Service (MHSC), Zagreb, Croatia
13:40 – 14:00
HEALTH AND ECONOMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES – THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGES? – Tomislav Kiš, DVM, Assistant Minister for Vetenary and Food Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
14:00 – 14:20
ADAPTING AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE – WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? – Prof. D.Sc. Danijel Jug, Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek, Croatia
14:20 – 14:40
EDIBLE INSECTS AS FOOD AND FEED FOR NUTRITION – NEW CHALLENGES – Andrea Gross Bošković, M.Sc., Director, Croatian Food Agency, Osijek, Croatia
14:40 – 15:00
DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE OF THE CONFERENCE
15:00
LUNCH
The conference program can be downloaded here.