Speakers
EMRC thanks all the speakers that took part in strengthening the African private sector at the AgriBusiness Forum 2008.
Workshop: Innovation Strategy and Regional Innovation Systems
Ilan BijaouiClaudia Degli Esposti
Director
International Innovation & Business Institute
Claudia Degli Esposti
Director Head of regional marketing unit
ERVET Emilia-Romagna
Official Opening Session of the Agribusiness Forum 2008
James. G. Butler
Deputy Director General
FAO
Franz Fischler
Chairman
Ecosocial Forum Europe
Bart-Jan Krouwel
Managing Director - CSR
RaboBank
Pierre Mathijsen
President
EMRC
Welcome Opening - Technical Sessions
Idit Miller
VP & Managing Director
EMRC
Session I: PPP in Agriculture as a Platform for growth and Wealth
Moderated by:
Geoffry C. Mrema
Director, Rural Infrastructure and Agro-industries Division
FAO
Nick Railston-Brown
Country Director
Technoserve, Ghana
Sean de Cleene
VP Africa Programme & Business Development
YARA International
Rustom Masalawala
Associate Director
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Calvin Miller
Senior Officer for Rural Finance
FAO
PPP Case: Partenring to benefit African Subsistence Farmers - the Monsanto case
Philippe Castaing
VP Corporate Affairs for Europe & Africa
Monsanto
Jennifer Ann Thomson
Professor of Microbiology
University of Cape Town
Session II: Investing and Financing African Agro-Food Industry
Moderated by:
Charles Thijs
Managing Director
Cofip Enterprises
Part I: Responsible financing solutions to boost th agro-food industry in view of sustainable growth
Louis Bernard Ngassa-Batonga
AgriBusiness Sec. Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa
IFC
Daniel Kabassou
Director General
Credit du Sahel
Pierre van Hedel
Managing Director
Rabobank Foundation
Part II: How can donors contribute to strenghten the agroo-food sector
Kevin Cleaver
Assistant President Prog. Mgt Dvl
IFAD
Maurits de Koning
Senior Economist
Royal Tropical Institute -KIT
Christoph Langenkamp
Tast Leader Agriculture & Rural Policy
Global Donor Platform
Prabhu Pingali
Head of Agr. Policy & Statistics, Agr Dec. Prog.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Denise Wolter
Economist
OECD
Session III: Research and Innovation for a sustainable growth in agriculture: best practices and experiences learnt
Part I: Making use of local row material to replace imports and promote production of finished products in Africa - the Heineken case
Henk Knipscheer
Sr. Managing Director Global Operations
Winrock International
John Mbonu
General Manager
Serra Leone Brewery
Mark van Rijn
Manager Company & Society
Heineken International
Part II: Creating wealth and ensuring food security at grass root levels of the AgriBusiness sector in Africa - the Olam case
M.D. Ramesh
President & Regional Head S&E Africa
Olam International
Satinder M. Singh
GM & Business Head Wood Products - Olam Voice
Olam International
Session V: Alternative Partnerships for Rural Developlment
Part I: Enabling Rural Economy - using ICT and spatial data resources to build self-sustaining rural communities
Ghislain Gonzalez
Agriculture & Forestry appl. Manager
Spot Imagine, Infoterra
Walter Mayer
CEO
Progis Software
Part II: Developing 21st century agriculture in Africa - empowering agro-enterprises to enhance the economic and social wealth of communities - the Diageo case
Samuel Bello
Grains Supply Manager
Guiness Nigeria
John Harrod
Coporate Relations Director
Diageo Africa
Lawrence Maina
Agricultural Manager
East African Maltings
Part III: Making the private sector grow: innovative funds for SMEs
John Maguire
CEO
Africa Invest
Hugh Scott
CEO
Africa Enterprise Chanllenge Fund
Part IV: Addressing major health challanges in the agricultural sector: providing services communities through public private partnership prrogrammes with food producres, international agencies and NGOs
Raphael Agneroh
Manager
Agence National de Développement Rural
Bradley Buck
Director Business & Practice Expansion, Int'l Development
Land O'Lakes
Robin Landis
Programme Advisor HIV/AIDS Service
WFP
Michel Lavollay
Senior Advisor on Health - HIV, Malaria, TB
EMRC