Morning session:

Moderator: Daniel GUEGUEN, Clan Public Affairs

8h45                   Registrations

9h15       Welcome by Daniele BIANCHI, Member of Commissioner FISCHER-BOEL’s  Cabinet

9h30        Opening by Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, ELO General Secretary: “The Cross Border Programme: a way to listen the rural society in the New Member States”

MODULE 1: AGRICULTURE

9h45       Hans-Joerg LUTZEYER, Safety of food production systems, DG Research

10h05     Hervé MORIZE, SAF: “The new French law on farming enterprises”

10h30     Panel “New Europe - new Agriculture”  

·       France: Claude MENARA, “Bonne pratiques et cultures OGMs en France”

·       Denmark: Thor Gunnar KOFOED, Dansk Landbrug: “The first national plan to farm GMOs”

·       Poland: Romuald JANKOWSKI, FZPDWR: “Restructuring of Polish estates towards a modern agriculture”

·       Slovenia: Boris GRABRIJAN, Slovenian Chamber of Agriculture “Agriculture or Rural Development?”

·       Hungary: Adam BATTHYANY: “Access to new technologies in Hungary”

11h00                 Coffee break

MODULE 2: FOREST

11h15                 Ignacio SEOANE, Head of Section Forestry, DG

Agriculture

11h45     Panel “Organisations of the wood producers to face the challenges of the market”

·       Moderator: Tomas LANDERS, Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)

·       Lithuania: Algis GAIZUTIS, FOAoL: “Wood market intelligence by wood producers in Lithuania”

·       Latvia: Maris LIOPA, Latvijas Ipasumi: “Wood for future: reforestation of agriculture land”

·       Portugal: Eduardo OLIVEIRA e SOUSA, ANPC: “Where to find added value in Mediterranean forest?”

·       Spain: Juan BOTEY:”What is a multifunctional forest? An example from Spain”

12h15     Erika MINK, Tetra Pak: “Improving the use of the wood resource in industry”

12h45                 Walking Lunch

MODULE 3: RURAL DEVELOPMENT

14h00     John LOUGHEED, Head of Unit, DG Agriculture

14h30     Allan BUCKWELL, CLA: “Financing Rural Development in 25 Countries: the new challenge”

15h00      Panel “Considering the new financial perspective, is Rural Development the future of the European countryside?”

·       Cyprus: Artemis YORDAMLI, Terra Cypria: “LEADER: too late to lead?”

·       Malta: Joseph FARRUGIA, Progressive Farmers Union: “Another way for agro-tourism”

·       Slovakia: Eva PORUBANOVA, Slovakian Landowners: “No rural development without clear land cadastre”

·       Scotland: Ben MARDALL, SEBG: “Opportunities and disadvantages created by agro-tourism”

15h30                 Coffee break

MODULE 4: ENVIRONMENT

15h45                 Ladislav MIKO, Director, DG Environment

16h15                 Panel “Implementation of Natura 2000”

·      Czech Republic: Dr Josef VOVESNY, SVOL: “Implementation of N2000  in Czech Republic: why it doesn’t work?”

·      Spain: Carlos OTERO, APROCA: “La Garganta: a case study of hunting for the  N2000 area.”

·      Estonia: Ando EELMAA, Estonian Landowners: “Forest and biodiversity: a difficult balance”

·      Finland: Frederik ROSENTLEW:“Coppice as a source of renewable energy”

16h45                 Panel “One environment for so many users”

·      COPA-COGECA: Franz- Josef FEITER, Secretary General

·      FACE: Gilles DUPERRON: “Natura 2000 for biodiversity: an experience to conciliate uses of land”

·      ONCFS: Michel REFFAY: “Pilot Hunting Estates”

·      Birdlife: Ariel BRUNNER:  “The EU nature Directives, key tools for saving our common heritage”.

·      Union Nationale de la Pêche en France: Bernard BRETON

17h15                 Debate session and conclusion

18h00                 End of conference

19h30     Cocktail and Dinner at “Cercle Royal Gaulois”, Rue de la Loi 5,1000  Bruxelles