• Adam Anders,
    Adam Anders, Managing Director, Rabo Ventures Rabobank, Netherlands
    Alex Chu,
    Alex Chu, Deputy Chairman & Executive Director, Dah Chong Hong Holdings, Hong Kong
    Anton Robek,
    Anton Robek, Senior VP Bio-based products & services, DSM
  • Ass. Professor Niclas Scott Bentsen,
    Ass. Professor Niclas Scott Bentsen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences
    Bruce Tozer, Head of EMEA Sales Softs & Agricultural Products, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Commodities, Fixed Income Markets
    Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, President, Vice-President and former Agriculture Chief of Staff, ELO, RISE and European Commission
  • Daniel Hough,
    Daniel Hough, European Head, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management
    David Cleary
    David Cleary Global Agricultural Lead, The Nature Conservancy
    Dominic Dyer,
    Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive, Crop Protection Association
  • Dr Franz Fischler,
    Dr Franz Fischler, Former European Commissioner of Agriculture & Chairman, RISE
    Dr. Arvind Kumar,
    Dr. Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director General Eduacation, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
    Dr. Christoph Wegner,
    Dr. Christoph Wegner, Senior Vice President, Global Research and Development, Crop Protection Division, BASF
  • Dr. Dirk Voeste,
    Dr. Dirk Voeste, Head of Sustainability and Product Stewardship for Crop Protection, BASF
    Dr. John Llewellyn,
    Dr. John Llewellyn, Partner, Llewellyn Consulting and Former Global Chief Economist Lehman Brothers
    Dr. Mike Bushell,
    Dr. Mike Bushell, Principal Scientific Adviser, Syngenta International AG.
  • Dr. Ren Wang,
    Dr. Ren Wang, Vice President Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
    Dr. William Dar,
    Dr. William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT (The Philippines)
    Emma Cardy-Brown,
    Emma Cardy-Brown, Director, Cardy-Brown & Co Ltd & Agri-Invest Publications Ltd, Kenya
  • Gary Blumenthal,
    Gary Blumenthal, President and CEO, World Perspectives, Inc.
    Georg Häusler Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
    Géraldine Kutas Senior advisor to the president for international affairs Head of international affairs Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association
  • Greg Murray
    Greg Murray Chairman CleanStar, Mozambique
    H.E. Vangelis Vitalis,
    H.E. Vangelis Vitalis, H E Vangelis Vitalis, Ambassador of New Zealand to the EU and formerly New Zealand Chief Negotiator for the ASEAN-Australian-New Zealand FTA (2009) and Malaysia-New Zealand FTA (2010) ASEAN-Australian-New Zealand FTA (2009) and Malaysia-New Zealand FTA (2010)
    Hannah Stoddart, Head of Economic Justice Oxfam
  • Henk Joos
    Henk Joos CEO Quinvita N.V.
    Hon. C. Damodara Rajanarsihma
    Hon. C. Damodara Rajanarsihma Deputy Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Ignace Coussement,
    Ignace Coussement, Managing Director, AgriCord
  • Jan Paul van Hoven,
    Jan Paul van Hoven, Director, Maatschap Wilhelminapolder, Netherlands
    John Barrett.
    John Barrett. Chief Professional, Research and Evidence Division, UK Deptartment for International Development
    John S. Wilson
    John S. Wilson Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank
  • Ken Baker,
    Ken Baker, Chairman of the Congress Organisation & Vice Chairman, WAF Advisory Board
    Knud Buhl,
    Knud Buhl, Director Copenhagen and Brussels Department for International Trade, Danish Bacon and Meat Council (DBMC).
    Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Minister of Agriculture
  • Marc Rosiers, Advisor of the Board of Directors and Manager of the Boerenbond Study Department Boerenbond
    Marcos Sawaya Jank,
    Marcos Sawaya Jank, President and CEO Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association
    Mark Ekstein,
    Mark Ekstein, Managing Director, International Finance, World Wildlife Fund
  • Mauritz Quaak,
    Mauritz Quaak, Member of the Board, SAF-agriculteurs de France
    Maximilian Hardegg,
    Maximilian Hardegg, Board Member, DLG, German Agricultural Union
    Michael Doane,
    Michael Doane, Vice President, Sustainable Agriculture Policy, Monsanto, USA
  • Mikhail Orlov,
    Mikhail Orlov, Founder & President, The Ambika Group, Russia
    Mindaugas Kuklierius,
    Mindaugas Kuklierius, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Republic of Lithuania
    Monty Jones,
    Monty Jones, Executive Director & Winner of 2004 World Food Prize FARA, Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
  • Mr. Jorge Cazenave,
    Mr. Jorge Cazenave, President of the Agriculture School Foundation of the University of Buenos Aires and Founder of Cazenave y Asociados S.A.
    Mr. Stéphane Frappat, CEO, Sodrugestvo Group S.A.
    Ms. Sandra E. Peterson,
    Ms. Sandra E. Peterson, CEO Bayer CropScience
  • Nathalie Brisbois,
    Nathalie Brisbois, Manager, Enterprise Fund of the Belgian Investment Compnay for Developing Countries (BIO)
    Nick Moon,
    Nick Moon, Co-founder, KickStart, Kenya
    Noel Devisch,
    Noel Devisch, Former Chairman of the Belgian Farmers Union and Chairman, Vlaamse Visveiling
  • Pekka Pesonen
    Pekka Pesonen Secretary General, COPA/COGECA European Farmers and European Agri-Cooperatives
    Philippe de Lapérouse,
    Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, Global Food, Agribusiness and Biofuels, HighQuest Partners LLC
    Pierre Rolland,
    Pierre Rolland, Director Business Development, GeoSys
  • Pol Coppin,
    Pol Coppin, Former Dean, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven
    Poul Ruben Andersen,
    Poul Ruben Andersen, Vice President for Bioenergy, Novozymes
    Prof. Harald von Witzke, President, Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture, Berlin
  • Professor Aldas Janaiah,
    Professor Aldas Janaiah, Head, School of Agribusiness Management, SABM, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India
    Professor Allan Buckwell,
    Professor Allan Buckwell, Policy Director Country Land and Business Association
    Professor Jo Swinnen,
    Professor Jo Swinnen, President-elect & Professor of Development Economics K.U. Leuven & International Association of Agricultural Economists
  • Professor Paul Collier,
    Professor Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Oxford University
    Professor Stefan Tangermann,
    Professor Stefan Tangermann, Former Director for Trade and Agriculture, University of Göttingen & OECD
    Rainer von Mielecki,
    Rainer von Mielecki, Head of Global, Public/Government Affairs Crop Protection, BASF
  • Ric Deverell,
    Ric Deverell, Director and Head of the Commodities Research Team Credit Suisse
    Robert Berendes,
    Robert Berendes, Head of Business Development, Syngenta
    Roberto Rodriguez Labastida
    Roberto Rodriguez Labastida Senior Analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
  • Ron Bonnett,
    Ron Bonnett, Board Member of WFO & President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA/FCA, Canada)
    Rt Hon James B. Bolger,
    Rt Hon James B. Bolger, ONZ, Chairman, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand & Former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States
    Rui Laurentino,
    Rui Laurentino, Founder and CEO, Qufiel Resources, Portugal
  • Said Silim,
    Said Silim, Director of East and South Africa Region, ICRISAT
    Seth Meyer Economist UN FAO
    Steen Riisgaard
    Steen Riisgaard President & CEO Novozymes, Denmark
  • Thad W. Simons,
    Thad W. Simons, President and CEO, Novus International
    The Honorable Carole L. Brookins,
    The Honorable Carole L. Brookins, Former U.S. Executive Director, The World Bank
    The Honorable Clayton Yeutter,
    The Honorable Clayton Yeutter, Former US Secretary of Agriculture & Former US Trade Representative
  • The Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben,
    The Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben, Former UK Secretary of State for Environment and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Chairman, Sancroft International
    Thierry de l’Escaille,
    Thierry de l’Escaille, Secretary General, ELO
    Tom Lambie,
    Tom Lambie, Chancellor & former President, Lincoln Agricultural University & Federated Farmers, New Zealand
  • Wayne Jones, Head, Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division OECD
    Willem-Jan Laan
    Willem-Jan Laan Director Global External Affairs, Unilever

“The focus on agriculture and food production is unprecedented.  Prices are rising, shortages are feared and the hungry are not getting any less hungry.  And concurrently, the responsibilities placed on agriculture are increasing – as a source of energy, industrial raw materials and pharmaceuticals while all the while using less water and reducing its environmental impact.

But the situation is not desperate. Mankind has a huge capacity to invent, adapt and recover – if given the tools and allowed to use them.

The 2011 WAF Congress calls together all segments of society from business to government, from NGO’s to academe and from finance to science to discuss, debate and determine the future of agriculture.  I urge you to join us in November and take this unique opportunity to re-think with your peers, the route and rôle of agriculture to sustaining a growing global population while satisfying all the demands placed upon it.”

Rt Hon James B. Bolger, ONZ, Chairman, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand & Former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States

Why this Congress?

  • 70 speakers from 6 continents
  • Unrivalled networking opportunities
  • The latest industry and fiscal intelligence
  • Open forum to influence future policy

Lord Deben, the UK Government’s former Minister of Agriculture & Environment, on the Forum:

 

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