EMRC - AgriBusiness Forum 2009 Programme

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DAY 1 - SUNDAY 14th JUNE 2009

09:30	Registration throughout the day
16.30	Icebreaking Event – get to know each other Wine tasting tour - discovering the Stellenbosch Area around Cape Town Welcome Dinner & Presentation of Participants

DAY 2 - MONDAY 15th JUNE 2009

8:00	Registration
8:30	Opening Remarks
	Pierre Mathijsen, President EMRC, lawyer, former Director General at the European Commission Mlungisi Lulu Johnson, Chairman of Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Agriculture, South Africa Namanga Ngongi, President – AGRA, Kenya Ajay Vashee, President International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), Zambia Corwyn Botha - Chairman of Agricultural Business Chamber, MD of Kaap Agri, South Africa
9:40	Overview of the Global Economic Situation and its Impact on Agriculture in Africa
	Introduction: Pierre Mathijsen, President EMRC, lawyer, former DG at the European Commission
	Setting the scene: mega-trends (urbanization, globalization, etc) as drivers of investment opportunities along the Agri-Food chains in Africa Identifying new business opportunities for the private sector Financial crisis - the implications
	Kalyan Chakravarthy, Executive Vice President and Country head, Yes Bank, India Marilou Uy, Sector Director for Private Sector Africa - World Bank, USA Arthur Schröder, Corn Breeding Lead – Monsanto, South Africa Timothy Prewitt, Managing Director – USAID/ MARKETS, Nigeria
10:30	Coffee & Tea Break
11:00	Unleashing Private Sector Investments into African Agribusiness (Inspiring Case Studies)
	Reforming the business climate – successful stories Investment promotion and facilitation Entrepreneurship development, capacity building Attracting large scale agricultural investments
	Raadiya Begg, Director Africa Initiative – INSEAD Business School, Abu Dhabi Jason Bauer, Director Private Sector Initiatives – Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), USA Babs Adenaike, Programme Manager –Pro€Invest, Belgium Bayero Fadil, Chief Executive Officer – Complexe Chimique Camerounais, Cameroon
12:00	EMRC-Rabobank Project Incubator: Innovation Projects from Africa
	Presentation of selected projects EMRC-Rabobank Project Incubator. The winners will be announced during the Gala Evening on MOnday 15th June. Pierre van Hedel, Managing Director - Raboabnk Foundation, The Netherlands Idit Miller, VP & Managing Director - EMRC, Brussels
13:00	Networking Lunch
	Thematic Sessions
14:15	Session I: Accessing New Markets - Encouraging Trade
	Moderator: Elaine Alexander, CEO - Table Grape Industry, South Africa
	Strategies and innovation for domestic and regional markets Strategies and innovation for global markets - the export opportunities Treasur Maphanga, Chief, Office for Africa, ITC (Intl Trade Centre), Switzerland Moji Mogari, Executive Director - AFGRI, South Africa Raymond Auerbach, Director - Rainman Landcare Foundation, South Africa
15:15	Country Focus: Uganda's Investment and Trade Opportunities
	Hon. Eriya Kategaya First Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for East Africa Affairs, Uganda Hon. Henry Bagiire Aggrey, Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries, Uganda Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa , Minister of State for Microfinance, Uganda
16:30	Session II: Increasing and Maintaining Competitiveness
	Moderator: Monty Jones, Executive Secretary - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana
	Increased efficiency along supply chains New technologies Management strategies and tools Agriculture annovation, development & research Louise C. McDonald, Country Programme Manager– IFAD (Intl Fund for Agric. Dev.), Italy Ilyas Abdul Rahman, Chief Operating Officer - Agri-Science Park@ICRISAT, India Willem Sloot, CEO – Yara South Africa, South Africa Corwyn Botha - Chairman of Agricultural Business Chamber, MD of Kaap Agri, South Africa
20:00	Gala Evening Hosted by ABSA: Presentation of the EMRC Awards and EMRC-Rabobank Project Incubator Awards 2009, in presence of Governement officials, Ambassadors, the media and the business community.

DAY 3 - TUESDAY 16th JUNE

8:30	Session III: Public-Private Partnerships - Success Cases
	Moderator: Sean de Cleene, VP Public Affairs - YARA International, Norway
	Peralt Van Der Merwe, Business Dev. Manager - Heineken, South Africa Ayesha S. Hakeem, Managing Director - African Connections, Ghana Margaret Muhanga-Mugisa - Member of Parliament – Uganda Sylvester Oikeh, ProJect Manager WEMA – African Agric. Tech. Found., Kenya Ny Rado Rafalimanana, Chairman - AXIUS HOLDING S.A., Madagascar
10:00	Coffee & Tea Break
10:30	Session IV: Ensuring Raw Meterial Supplies
	Moderator: Sean de Cleene, VP Public Affairs - YARA International, Norway
	Integrating small farmers in the value chain Local sourcing - advantages and inconveniences Benefits of cooperatives and/or producers associations Seeds and fertilisers Irrigation technologies Gavin C Brimacombe, Director – Omnia Group (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Marcos Nhunga, National Director of Agriculture – Ministry of Agriculture Angola Refael Dayan, General Manager – Green 2000, Israel Bari Henry Mbairari, Head of Fin. Dep. – Management Committee of the Petrol Revenues, Chad Timothy Prewitt, Managing Director – USAID/ MARKETS, Nigeria
11:30	Country Focus: South Africa showcasing Agricultural Development
	Moderator: Billy Morokolo, Acting DDG: Trade and Economic Development, Ministry of Agriculture of South Africa Key note speaker: Tina Joemat-Petterson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of South Africa Madime Mokoena, Deputy Director Commodity Marketing, Department of Agriculture, South Africa Motseki Hlatshwayo, Animal and Aqua Production Systems, Department of Agriculture, South Africa Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment CASP and Mafisa - Government based financing of developing agriculture Land and Agrarian Reform Programme (LARP)
12:30	Networking Lunch
13:45	Session V: Meeting Investment Capital Needs
	Part I: The role of Intl Financial Institutions and donor organisations Moderator: Arthur Levi, former Head - IFC (International Finance Corp.) Europe, France Anup Jagwani, Head Agriculture Operations Africa – Intl Finance Corp., Member of the World Bk Pierre van Hedel, Managing Director – Rabobank Foundation, The Netherlands Brian Baldwin, Vice-Chair of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) David White, Director Africa – European Investment Bank (EIB), South Africa
15:15	Coffee & Tea Break
16:00	Part II: The role of Private Banks, Private Equity Funds and the Challenge Funds Moderator: Calvin Miller, Senior Officer for Rural Finance - FAO, Italy
	Ernst Janovsky, Head Agribusiness, - ABSA Group, South Africa Hugh Scott, Director – Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), Kenya Rian Coetzee, Head Food, Beverage & Agro Ind. Business Unit – IDC, South Africa Ben Zwinkels, Senior Investment Officer, Netherlands Dev. Finance Company (FMO), Netherlands
	Peer assisted B2B Meetings Throughout the Afternoon (with ITC - Intl Trade Centre)
20:00	Networking Dinner Hosted by South African Government with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Guest Speaker: Director General of the Department of Agriculture of South Africa, Ms. Njabulo Nduli

DAY 4 - WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE

9:00	Parallel Workshops:
	Workshop I: Global Imaging and Mobile Telephony to Improve Productivity
	Moderator: Walter Mayer, CEO - Progis Sofware, Austria Bernhard Pacher, Strategic Development Director - ADCON, Austria
	Workshop II: Open space on corridors, agro-parks and metropolitan agriculture Moderator: Anup Jagwani, Head Agriculture Operations Africa – Intl Finance Corp., WB, USA John Rocha, Senior Project Manager - NEPAD Business Foundation, South Africa Sean de Cleene, VP Public Affairs – YARA International, Norway Raju Poosapati, Vice -President Food & Agribusiness – Yes Bank, India Peter Smeets, Project Director – Agro Parks, Alterra B.V, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
10:30	Coffee & Tea Break
11:00	Parallel Workshops:
	Workshop III: SMEs as Engines for Growth Moderator: Wolfgang Thomas, University of Stellenbosch Business School Patrick Oketa, Chief Investment Officer – African Agricultural Capital, Uganda Chris Isaac, Corporate Executive – InfraCo, UK Charles Kwesiga, Executive Director – Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), Uganda
	Workshop IV: Interfacing Bioenergy and Agribusiness Moderator: John Purchase, Chief Executive Officer – Agricultural Business Chamber, South Africa Professor Theo Kleynhans, University of Stellenbosch Andrew Makenete, Chairman of the South African Biofuels Association.
12:30	Closure of the Forum and Certificate Ceremony
13:30	Networking Lunch - Tour of Cape Town
	Peer assisted B2B Meetings Throughout the Day (with ITC - Intl Trade Centre)