Agenda RT5

Round Table on Responsible Soy Association

Fifth International Conference (*)

• Gustavo Grobocopatel, Grupo Los Grobo, Argentina

• Chen Ying, China Chamber of Commerce of Import & Export of Foodstuff, Native Products and Animal By-Products, China

10:00 - 10:30

Session one: Economic Perspective

Examining the challenges for Responsible Soy in the industry and civil society sectors, what is the next to come for differentiation within complex markets? 

Speakers

• Jason Clay, WWF, US
  Topic: RTRS Issues: Traceability, Bundled Values, and Global Market Strategies
• Jan-Kees Vis, UNILEVER, The Netherlands
  Topic: Managing sustainability in global value chains
• Ron Van Erck, DG Energy, European Commission
  Topic: Renewable Energy Directive and the state-of-affairs

Questions and answers
Moderator: Miguel Hernández, RTRS Executive Secretary

Session two: Parallel moderated panel sessions

Hall A
Biodiesel, Green House Gases calculations and some cases in soy producing countries

Panel Moderator: Michelle Morton, Shell, International

What is the context of the soy complex in Argentina and Brazil for biodiesel production? Examining the available methodologies for GHG calculations and how they are aligned to the Renewable Energy Directive.

Continue parallel panel session

Hall A
Biofuels opportunities and challenges

Panel Moderator: Michelle Morton, Shell, International

Learn about opportunities for the biofuel sector in Latin America and Europe; are there opportunities for the soy sector?

• Frederique Abreu, IICA, International
  Topic: Biofuels in the Americas: An overview
• Alberto Saucedo, FAO, Chile
  Topic: Sustainable Bioenergy Integrated Food Energy Systems
• Victor Castro, CARBIO, Argentina
  Topic: Importance of biodiesel sustainable certificate within the soybean value chain
• Hazel Schofield, Renewable Fuel Agency, United Kingdom
  Topic: Soy biodiesel in the UK and European Union

Questions and answers
Panel Moderator: Michelle Morton, Shell, International

 The world is facing the age of mainstream certification for market transformation; stakeholders are committing more and more to sustainable sourcing as a mean to comply with local legislation, market regulations, and savvy consumers needs.

• John Strak, RTRS Outreach Director Europe, United Kingdom
  Topic: What the customer wants - the retailers' standards for food in Europe
• Ana Maria Cuenca, Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program, US
  Topic: BACP: Supporting Biodiversity Conservation in Soy Landscapes
• Oswaldo de Carvalho Junior, IPAM, Brazil
  Topic: Evaluating the Impacts of Soybean Production on Amazonian Biodiversity: Foundations for Better Management Practices
• Karin Kaechele, ICV, Brazil
  Topic: Mapping High Conservation Value Areas in Mato Grosso State
• Marcos Reis, Aliança da Terra, Brazil
  Topic: Producers for Biodiversity

Questions and answers
Panel Moderator: Daan Wensing, IUCN NL, The Netherlands

Debriefing plenary session

• Plenary debriefing by moderator Hall A
   Michelle Morton, Shell, International


• Plenary debriefing by moderator Hall B
  John Strak, RTRS Outreach director Europe, United Kingdom


• Plenary debriefing by panel moderator Hall B
  Daan Wensing, IUCN NL, The Netherlands

Closing first day
Conference Moderator: Miguel Hernández, RTRS Executive Secretary

Opening second day

Roberto Codas, Grupo DAP, Paraguay Vice President RTRS representing producers

Session three: Initiatives promoting forest conservation

Deforestation contributes to climate change, there are initiatives and projects promoting forest conservation, let´s examine how this can be seized as opportunities by creating payment for environmental services.

• Leonel Mello, Ecosecurities, Brazil
  Topic: Carbon as an alternative payment for environmental services in soybean production
• Carlos Augusto Klink, IFC, Brazil
  Topic: IFC's Brazilian Amazon Initiative
• Yvonne Hofman, IDH, The Netherlands
  Topic: Rewarding ecosystem services in the soy supply chain
• Gerhard Dieterle, World Bank, US
  Topic: REDD Plus architecture

Coffee Break

Session four: Roundtables-the shape of things to come

Round tables as multi-stakeholder process are seen as new forms of sustainability governance, with a broad range of social network and business network, to create a level plain field in which producers, industry and civil society have the same objectives.

• Otto Hospes, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  Topic: Round tables multi-stakeholder consultations as new forms of sustainability governance
• Christine Dragisic, Conservation International, US
  Topic: Responsible Cultivation Area
• Nathan Ruby, World Soy Foundation, US
  Topic: Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility programs around the soy industry

Conference Moderator: Miguel Hernández, RTRS Executive Secretary

Keynote closing speech
Keynotes speakers

• Jerry Vergeer, Nutreco, The Netherlands

Final closing of the conference

• Jeroen Douglas, RTRS President

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