Congress Day

On Thursday, top-class speakers will give us an insight into the current challenges facing agriculture and the food industry. We are delighted that the Swiss Minister of Agriculture Guy Parmelin and Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider and Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe, among others, will be speaking to us.

Program

Information market of our sponsors from 8.00 to 17.00

8.30	Welcome Words Roland Wyss-Aerni, President of the Organizing Committee
8.40	Welcome Speech Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Councillor, Minister of Agriculture
9.00	How Switzerland reconciles food supply and sustainability Christian Hofer, Director of the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG)
9.20	How Swiss Farmers fare today and tomorrow Fritz Glauser, Vice President Swiss Farmers' Union (SFU)
9.40	Panel: Where are the needs of consumers and nature? Jonas Schälle, Project Manager Agriculture BirdLife Switzerland Christophe Barman, President Fédération Romande des Consommateurs FRC
10.10	Break and networking
10.40	Emmi - More than Swiss Cheese Urs Riedener, Chairman of the Board of Directors Emmi Group. (More information about Emmi)
10.55	Nestlé - Regenerative Practices for the World Market Mark Schneider, CEO Nestlé (More information about Nestlé)
11.10	Syngenta: Reconciling Sustainability and Productivity Jeff Rowe, CEO Syngenta Group
11.25	Panel and Q&A with Mark Schneider, Urs Riedener and Jeff Rowe
12.00	Swiss Food Research: Pitches from Swiss Agri-Food Start-Ups

Lunch Break

14.00	Breakout Session 1 (Congress Centre): How to bring Sustainabilty to the Market Balz Strasser, CEO Bio Suisse Nicole Ramseber, Sustainability Officer IP-Suisse
14.00	Breakout Session 2 ("Brünig" Room): How to organize private Standards for production Stefan Kohler, Director Branchenorganisation Milch Fabienne Bauer, Manager Monitoring and Climate, Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa
15.00	Breakout Session 3 (Congress Centre): Research an Innovation: Meeting Expectations of the Society Nina Buchmann, Professor at the Departement of Environmental System Science, ETH Zurich Eva Reinhard, Head of Agroscope
15.00	Breakout Session 4 ("Brünig" Room): Professional Development: Latest Technologies for Agricultural Journalists Alexandra Stark, Journalist, AI specialist
15.45	Short Break
16.00	Wrap-up: Essentials from the Discussions Moderated by Hansjürg Jäger
16.30	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FAO Alwin Kospe, Head International Affairs and Food Systems FOAG
16.40	A Swiss Ecosystem Approach to Driving Impact at Scale Christina Senn-Jacobsen, Managing Director Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley
16.50	IFAJ: Official Launch of the GFAJ Foundation Addy Rossi, Adrian Bell, Steve Werblow
17.15	Free time in Interlaken
19.00	Swiss Gala Dinner

Subject to change.

Swiss Gala Dinner by Star Chef Ivo Adam

19.00 - 22.00

In the evening, there will be a gala dinner by Chef Ivo Adam in the historic hall of the Congress Center.

During the evening, the IFAJ will award the Star Prizes in the various categories.

There will be a show during dinner: "William Tell and the origin of Switzerland 1291".