Program
Monday November 22, 2010.
| 08:00 to 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30 to 09:00 | Opening ceremony - INIA, INAC, LATU and government authorities. |
Session 1 : Agribusiness and climate change, sustainability, enviromental certification and social responsibility.
Moderator: Jorge Patrone - Ministry of Housing, Land and Environment, Uruguay
| 09:00 to 09:45 | Climate change impact: Short and long term view over production, processing and trading of red meat. Frank Mitlohener - University of California – Davis, United States |
| 09:45 to 10:30 | Carbon footprint. What happens in reference countries. What are the opportunities for Uruguay? . Walter Oyhantçabal – MGAP, Uruguay |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 to 11:45 | The increase of agriculture and the sustainability of the resource "land": The livestock role in this new context. Jorge Sawchick – INIA, Uruguay |
| 11:45 to 12:30 | Social responsibility in agribusinesses and its relation with social inclussion. Marcos Fava Neves – University of Sao Paulo, Brasil |
| 12:30 to 13:00 | Lecturers' panel. |
| 13:00 to 14:30 | Lunch |
Session 2 : General trends of red meat consumers in the internal and the external market.
Moderator: Francisco Muzzio – Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing, Uruguay
| 14:30 to 15:15 | Red meat safety: Status and improvement areas of production, processing and trading. Mick Bosilevac – USDA, Estados Unidos |
| 15:15 to 16:00 | Meat and human health. Contributing to a healty diet. Fiona Carruthers – Beef and Lamb New Zealand, New Zealand. |
| 16:00 to 16:15 | Lecturers' panel |
| 16:15 to 16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45 to 17:00 | Internal market: Achievements and challenges. Valentina Herrera - INAC, Uruguay |
| 17:00 to 18:00 | Round table: Internal market - Operators' vision. Presenter: Sergio Puglia - Radio Sarandí, Uruguay. Participants: Sergio Barneche - Supermercados Tienda Inglesa. Germán Moller - Asociación Nacional de Carniceros. Jorge López - Abasto Santa Clara. Gabriel Costas - INAC. |
Tuesday November 23, 2010
Session 3 : Public-private models for promotion in agribusinesses innovation - Part I.
| 08:30 a 09:00 | World trading meat trends for this decade and uruguayan position. Pablo Caputi – INAC, Uruguay |
| 09:00 to 11:00 | Round table: "Innovation gaining competitiveness in agribusinesses" Presenter: Emiliano Cotelo - Radio El Espectador, Uruguay Participants: Alfredo Fratti - INAC's president Enzo Benech - INIA's president. Rodolfo Silveira - LATU's president. José Bonica- Livestock production. Gustavo Diéguez - Slaughter industry. |
| 11:00 to 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 to 12:00 | Genes, memes and uruguayan's meat competitivity. Eduardo Blasina – Consultora Blasina, Uruguay |
| 12:00 to 12:15 | Questions |
| 12:15 to 13:00 | Strenghtening a country's trust. Traceability in Uruguay.. Ruy Gil - INAC, Uruguay |
| 13:00 to 14:30 | Lunch |
Session 4 : Public-private models for promotion in agribusinesses innovation - Part II.
| 14:30 to 15:15 | Innovation in logistics for development of efficient food chains. Alejandro Gorostidi – Schandy, Uruguay |
| 15:15 to 16:00 | Science and technology for development of an "agri-intelligent" model. Innovation for success, the experience of New Zeland. Keith Woodford – University of Lincoln, New Zealand |
| 16:00 to 16:30 | Lecturer's panel. Presenter and commentator: Graeme Goodsir - Independent consultant, United States |
| 16:30 to 17:00 | Coffee break. |
| 17:00 to 17:45 | View from public policy Tabaré Aguerre - Secretary of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing, Uruguay. Roberto Kreimerman – Secretary of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay. |
| 18:00 | Closing |
| 19:00 | Cocktail |