Monday, 1st of July
Pre-Program & Pre-Conference
from 1 pm | Arrival of Conference Guests and Check-In |
open end | Pre-Conference Program to be announced |
from 6 pm | Pre-Conference Dinner |
open end |
Tuesday, 2nd of July
1. Day of the Conference
7 am | Prayer in the Castle Chapel/ Yoga at the Ayurveda Center |
8 am | Check-in |
9:30 am | Start of the conference |
9:35 am | Opening Speech Rudolf Bühler, Chairman „Haus der Bauern” Foundation |
9:55 am | Services for climate change mitigation through Organic, Regenerative and Agroecological perspectives Keynote André Leu, International Director, Regeneration International |
10:15 am | Are there equal economically viable marketplaces in Organic, Regenerative and Agroecology now and in the future in the context of the 2030 Agenda? Facilitated Panel Discussion (panel participants to be announced) |
11 am | Coffee break |
11:20 am | Talking about Values! A whole food systems chain approach. What do we mean by “added value” in the current global food system? Where are the up – and downsides of the so-called value chain? How do we count the added value? How are external ecosystem and climate services accounted for and financed? Fish Bowl / moderated participatory session Steffen Reese, CEO, Naturland LOA Representatives Janet Maro, Social Entrepreneur and Agroecologist, Sustainable Agriculture Tansania, One World Award Winner (further panel participants to be announced) |
12:30 am | Lunch |
2 pm | Building alliances for the future - Introducing the Leading Organic Alliance (LOA) Impulse Steffen Reese, CEO, Naturland an LOA Representatives |
2:30 pm | Working Sessions, Part 1 |
1) Climate Impact along the value chain. What are businesses willing to change/do/compensate? Rudolf Bühler, Chairman „Haus der Bauern” Foundation Dr. Isaac Adodoadji, Ecoland Organic Ghana (further working session participants to be announced) |
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2) LOA Network on the Future of Organic Agriculture (further details to be announced) |
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3) Perspective of Certification and Validation on different agricultural concepts. Does it still deliver what it once promised? Where are the possibilities, where must the certification architecture develop? Who will build it in the future? Can the organic certification be a tool for showcasing and marketing added value and how does organic and climate certification relate? Can the two be merged? (working session participants to be announced) |
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4) The Economics of Cooperation Sundeep Kamath, Member of the Board, IFOAM Asia (further working session participants to be announced) |
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4:30 pm | Coffee break |
5 pm | Evening Speech - From the Ashes of Conflict to the Fertile Fields of Hope: Kauswagan's Journey of Transformation through the Arms to Farms Programme Keynote and Panel Discussion Mayor Rommel Arnado, Kauswagan, Initiator Arms to Farms Programme Philippines Bernward Geier, former director IFOAM Organics International Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald, Head of Akademie Schloss Kirchberg |
6 pm | End of the program |
6:15 pm | Evening Reception Rose Garden |
7 pm | Dinner Buffet |
Wednesday, 3rd of July
2. Day of the Conference
7 am | Prayer in the Castle Chapel/ Yoga at the Ayurveda Center |
8 am | Check-In |
9 am | Recap after the first year of Germany’s engagement as a member of the Agroecology Coalition – Aims and Achievements - Where are coherent alignments regarding Germany’s Federal agricultural and development policies Keynote (to be announced) |
9:45 am | The “Economy of Love“ by SEKEM - a standard from the desert serving climate change mitigation and the agroeconomic resilience of farms – Where does the program stand today? Keynote Helmy Abouleish, Executive Director Sekem, Egypt |
10:30 am | Coffee break |
11 am | Partnerships on a landscape scale - Can local relationships between land stewards and corporates be harnessed to restoring ecosystems and landscapes while creating business? Multi-actors Networks Panel Discussion Felix Hübner, Bio-Dynamic Federation International Sheelah Bearfoot, Anthropocene Alliance (further panel participants to be announced) |
12:30 am | Lunch |
2 pm | Shifting the Mindset - New Narratives for todays’ marketplaces; Business Ethics and Social Responsibility for Land and Nature Impulse (to be announced) |
2:30 pm | Future Lighthouse – Advancing Eco Agriculture’s Integrity Grown Impulse Kish Johnson, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Advancing Eco Agriculture |
3 pm | Critical Discussion – Measuring Nature Integrating Natural Ecosystem Services into Economic Models while Safeguarding Local Sovereignty Facilitated discussion Kish Johnson, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Advancing Eco Agriculture Simon Krämer, Policy Advisor, European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture Janet Maro, Social Entrepreneur and Agroecologist, Sustainable Agriculture (further panel participants to be announced) |
4 pm | Coffee break |
4:20 pm | Living Systems Epistemology Keynote (to be announced) |
4:35 pm | Perspectives from the roots – What are the ethical principles of the three concepts? - Which tools for good land and food do we all have? Back to the roots of belonging Multi-actors Networks Panel discussion Sheelah Bearfoot, Anthropocene Alliance Nora Taleb, reNourish Studio Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA), UNDP (further panel participants to be announced) |
5:30 pm | Harvesting Perspectives Conference Summary Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald, Head of Akademie Schloss Kirchberg |
5:45 pm | End of the Program |
6:30 pm | (Optional) Dinner Buffet |