Agenda Preliminar Day 1 – September 3rd
08:30am – 09:00am Acreditations and welcome coffee
09:00am – 09:15am Opening
Juma Martins, RTRS President
Marina Muscolo, RTRS Executive Director
09:15am – 09:30am Keynote speaker
Mark Stevenson, Reluctant Futurist and Director of Special Projects, Oath UK
09:30am – 11:00am SESSION 1: Can regulation transform the sector? What happens now, what happens next?
An exploration of the opportunity that EUDR and UK FRC Regulations represent to transform the sector and to incentivize systems-wide change across the supply chain.
Moderator: James Allen, Executive Director at Olab
•Tieme Wanders,Inspector Expertise Nature, Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
•Gustavo Idígoras, President of the Argentine Oil Industry Chamber (CIARA)and the Grain Exporters Chamber (CEC), and President of VISEC
•Helen Bellfield, Deputy Executive Director at Global Canopy
More speakers to be confirmed
11:00am - 11:30am Coffee break
11:30am – 01:00pm SESSION 2. The great debate: This House believes that full traceability to all soy farms will be achieved by 2030
This lively and playful debate will set out the arguments and pathways towards full traceability and explore what it will take to get there by 2030.
Moderation to be confirmed
•Wei Peng, Global Head of Sustainability – Grains & Oilseedsat Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)
•Will Schreiber, Director at 3Keel and Technical Advisor to the Retail Soy Group (RSG)
•Vivian Ribeiro, Vice President of Methodology & R&D at Meridia
More Speakers to be confirmed
Agenda Preliminar Day 1 – September 3rd
01:00pm – 02:30pm Lunch
02:30pm – 04:30pm SESSION 3. Live Case Clinics
1. EUDR: from aspiration to delivery
An opportunity to explore implementation challenges and practical solutions for EUDR with representatives from the industry, European Commission and competent authorities.
Moderator: Helen Bellfield, Deputy Executive Director at Global Canopy
•Martina Torma, RTRS Market development & Stokeholder Affairs (Europe)
•Daniel Kazimierski, Head of Institutional and External Affairs at VISEC
More speakers to be confirmed
2. Cut-Off Dates in a Changing Sustainability Landscape
Multiple cut-off dates exist for different landscapes, legislations and voluntary commitments. Where is there scope to move towards consensus on standardized cut-off dates and what might be RTRS' role in this?
Moderator: Marina Muscolo, RTRS Executive Director
•Wei Peng, Global Head of Sustainability – Grains & Oilseeds at Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)
More speakers to be confirmed
3. Are carbon markets a help or a hinderance for achieving DCF soy?
Carbon compensation can reach the hands of producers directly, while voluntary and regulatory DCF measures usually cover broader landscapes, supply chains or jurisdictions, and involve blocking non-compliant producers. By what means can carbon markets leverage DCF supply chains?
Moderator and speakers to be confirmed
04:30pm -05:00pm Coffee break
05:00pm – 06:00pm SESSION 4: Delivering the Future: Responsible Soy in 2030
In light of market, trade and regulatory trends, what are the bumps in the road leading to responsible soy in 2030? What future can we imagine and how deliver on it?
Moderator: James Allen, Executive Director at Olab
•Barnaby Patchett, Managing Director at One Nine Nine Agency
•Marina Muscolo, RTRS Executive Director
•More speakers to be confirmed
Agenda Preliminar Day 2 – September 4th
08:30am – 09:00am Welcome coffee
09:00am – 09:30am Opening
Keynote speaker
Lucas Simons, Founder of NewForesight.
09:30am - SESSION 5: Regenerative Agriculture: where is the market value?
Can regen ag generate business value for the supply chain, including for producers?
Moderation to be confirmed
•Helen Estima Lazzari, RTRS Consultant
•Erik Olav Gracey, Group Sustainability Manager – Commercial at BioMar
More speakers to be confirmed
11:00am – 11:30am Coffee break
11:30am – 12:50pm SESSION 6: Innovation & AI: will technology accelerate the delivery of responsible supply chains?
In this session, colleagues will present cutting edge innovation in data, artificial intelligence and technology, exploring how they can be of services to a more modern, productive and responsible soy supply chain.
Moderator: Kieran Finbar Gartlan, Managing Partner at The Yield Lab Latam
Speakers to be confirmed
12:50pm-01:00pm Closing remarks
01:00pm – 02:00pm Lunch
