Responsibe Business Forum on Food and Agriculture - ASEAN Beyond 2015: Collaboration for equitable growth

Feeding a global population of 9 billion by 2050 will require transformational changes to our farming and agricultural systems, already under pressure from climate change and water scarcity. The Responsible Business Forum on Food and Agriculture will explore innovative and collaborative approaches to improving agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability across key commodity value chains.

Global leaders will gather from business, government and NGOs to make recommendations for increasing agricultural productivity, whilst improving rural livelihoods and reducing environmental impacts. Agricultural commodities addressed will include – aquaculture, coffee, dairy, maize, rice and tea. Working groups will produce recommendations on sustainable land use, equitable opportunity for smallholder farmers, increasing productivity and improving rural livelihoods.

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This draft agenda indicates both confirmed speakers and those not yet confirmed, and is subject to change.
Melia Hotel, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

09:00 – 09:15	Welcome addresses Tony Boatman, Global Initiatives Vu Tien Loc, Chairman and President, VCCI Van Ngoc Thinh, Country Director, WWF Vietnam
09:20 – 09:40	Opening addresses Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General, ASEAN
09:40 – 10:40	Opening discussion panel Beyond 2015: Sustainability and the global competitiveness of ASEAN food and agriculture Chair: Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs Tran Phuong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, BIDV Tan Sri Dr Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman, ASEAN Business Advisory Council Juan Farinati, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Monsanto Peter Timmer, Cabot Professor of Development Studies, Harvard University
10:40 – 11:10	Networking coffee break
11:10 – 11:20	Keynote addresses Katinka Weinberger, Head, Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture, UN ESCAP
11:20 – 12:20	Plenary discussion panel Collaboration solutions for improving rural livelihoods Chair: Charles Goddard, Editorial Director, Asia Pacific, Economist Intelligence Unit Marianne Smallwood, Regional Partnerships Builder, USAID Maria Dolores Bernabe, East Asia GROW Research and Policy Coordinator, Oxfam Thai Huong, Chairwoman, TH Group Prakash Jhanwer, Regional Controller, SE Asia, Olam International Tin Hut Oo, Chief Executive Officer, ARDC, Myanmar
12:20 – 13:15	Net working Lunch
13:15 – 14:00	ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Petipong Pungbun Na Ayudhya, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand TY Sokhun, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia Francis Pangilinan, Presidential Adviser on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, Philippines U Myint Hlaing, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Myanmar
14:00 – 14:15	Presentation Peter Timmer, Cabot Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University
14:15 – 15:15	Plenary discussion panel Labor, social impact and the supply chain Chair: Kavita Prakash-Mani, Executive Director, Grow Asia Puvan Selvanathan, Head of Food & Agriculture, UN Global Compact Darrel Webber, Secretary General, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Nguyen Quang Vinh, Deputy Secretary General of VCCI Miguel Mendez, Country Director, SNV Vietnam Simon Lord, Executive VP, Group Sustainability & Quality Management, Sime Darby
15:30 – 18:00	Working groups Recommendations for successful public-private partnerships that increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce environmental impacts Aquaculture Chair: Chris Ninnes, Chief Executive Officer, Aquaculture Stewardship Council Flavio Corsin, Vietnam Country Manager, IDH Carson Roper, International Business Development Manager, Global Aquaculture Alliance JongHa Bae, FAO Representative, Vietnam Anton Immink, Aquaculture Director, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Khunvut Rojanagatanyoo, Raw Material Program Director, Asia Pacific, Mars Inc. Coffee Chair: Annette Pensel, Director Sustainability Innovations, 4C Association Nguyen Duc Tuan Vinh, General Director, Nedcoffee Vietnam Tina Lawton, Regional Director, Syngenta Asia Pacific Dairy Chair: Philip Turner, Director Dairy Development, Fonterra Sybren Attema, Regional Manager, Dairy Development Programme, FrieslandCampina Thai Huong, Chairwoman, TH Group Maize Chair: Prasanna Boddupalli, Director, Global Maize Program, CIMMYT Dang Ngoc Ha, Deputy Director, National Maize Research Institute of Vietnam Nguyen Hong Quang, Chairman, Ecology Farming Corporation (Ecofarm) Aruna Rachakonda, Director-Strategy & Business Development, Monsanto Asia Pacific Rice Chair: Bruce Tolentino, Deputy Director General-Communication & Partnerships, IRRI Wyn Ellis, Coordinator, Sustainable Rice Platform Suthad Setboonsarng, Former International Trade Negotiator, Thailand Dang Kim Son, Director General, IPSARD Bas Rozemuller, Project Manager Advisory, Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services, IFC Jeffrey Khoo, Vice President and Senior Orginator, Swiss Re Tea Chair: Ann-Marie Brouder, Principal Sustainability Advisor, Tea 2030, Forum for the Future Nguyen Thi Anh Hong, Vice Chairwoman, Vietnam Tea Association Norman Kelly, Chairman, International Tea Committee David Kiu, Vice President, Communications and Sustainability, Global Markets, Unilever Azam Monem, Director, McLeod Russel Martin Hill, Director-Global Accounts, Products and New Markets, Fairtrade International

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

07:30 – 08:45	Breakfast dialogue Developing inclusive food and agriculture public-private partnerships
09:00 – 09:15	Day two opening remarks Vu Huy Hoang, Minister of Industry and Trade, Vietnam
09:05 – 10:20	Opening discussion panel Making food & agriculture public private partnership work Chair: Charles Goddard, Editorial Director, Asia Pacific, Economist Intelligence Unit Todd Freeland, Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, ADB Howard-Yana Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars Inc JV Raman, Chairman, Unilever Vietnam Kavita Prakash-Mani, Special Advisor, Grow Asia, World Economic Forum
10:20 – 11:15	Report from day one Partnership proposals from working groups Chris Ninnes, Chief Executive Officer, Aquaculture Stewardship Council Annette Pensel, Director Sustainability Innovations, 4C Association Philip Turner, Director Dairy Development, Fonterra Prasanna Boddupalli, Director, Global Maize Program, CIMMYT Bruce Tolentino, Deputy Director General-Communication & Partnerships, IRRI Ann-Marie Brouder, Principal Sustainability Advisor, Tea 2030, Forum for the Future
11:15 – 11:40	Networking coffee break
11:40 – 11:50	Presentation
11:50 – 12:50	Plenary discussion panel The future of food Chair: Tod Gimbel, Managing Director, Landmark Asia Nathan Belete, Practice Manager, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Dang Kim Son, Director General, IPSARD Tina Lawton, Regional Director, Syngenta Asia Pacific Matt Kovac, Policy Director, Food Industry Asia Regina Moench-Pfanner, Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
12:50 – 13:00	Closing Summary remarks and the way forward Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
13:00 – 14:30	Networking lunch
14:30 – 16:00	Business, NGOs and investor networking

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