Program day 1
Wednesday April 6th, Global Feed Safety Summit
We offer a broad picture of the perspectives for the feed & food chain in the coming decade. Next to market developments we will discuss feed safety and sustainability and other topics that have an impact on the whole industry like climate change, circular economy, globalisation and regional sourcing.
13:00 CET Opening with Donatello Piras
Donatello Piras is a chairman, presenter and moderator with years of experience at home in the Netherlands and abroad. Donatello hosts over close to a hundred meetings a year as an emcee, moderator and host for companies, governments, NGOs and the education sector. He has attained broad based experience in leading a variety of special events and conferences where he specializes in interaction and engagement with speakers and public. Donatello’s energetic approach in the many roles he plays is characterized by professionalism and enthusiasm. Donatello presents in Dutch, as well as English, German and Italian.
Donatello is an all-round generalist with a multifaceted background as a communication consultant, journalist and moderator that allows him to expertly navigate a broad range of topics in depth. Some of these topics include: energy transition & climate, agricultural marketing & communications, finance, education, healthcare, tax & tax avoidance, advocacy and legal representation, sustainability, logistics, as well as export and retail practices.
Plenary 1: A closer outlook: Feed chain and feed safety perspective, beyond today
The feed industry remains solid despite several events challenging the sector. The global position partakes in supporting animal production to produce healthy and sustainable food. The developments in animal production triggered by population growth, and consumption, patterns. However, challenges like the climate goals (Paris Agreement),production conditions and changes in the sector, will have inevitable consequences. The aim is to outline a broad picture of the prospects for the feed & food chain for the coming decade, including feed safety.
Plenary 2: Economic & Environmental impact on working global and chain-wide
Nowadays, the attention for regional sourcing is growing, it should be more environmentally friendly. If regional sourcing becomes more sustainable, the question is, what are the actual limits, benefits and needs of global sourcing? We are aware that the feed industry is a global industry and that commodities to produce animal feed are coming from all over the world. Sentiments against globalization seem not to match with the globalization of economies. What is the expectation in the coming years? Will liberalization of international trade (WTO) take place, as well as national market protections, while trade wars make it very uncertain for short and long-term trade and industrial developments.
Speakers
Donatello Piras
Host and presentor
Donatello Piras is a chairman, presenter and moderator with years of experience at home in the Netherlands and abroad. Donatello hosts over close to a hundred meetings a year as an emcee, moderator and host for companies, governments, NGOs and the education sector. He has attained broad based experience in leading a variety of special events and conferences where he specializes in interaction and engagement with speakers and public. Donatello’s energetic approach in the many roles he plays is characterized by professionalism and enthusiasm. Donatello presents in Dutch, as well as English, German and Italian.
Donatello is an all-round generalist with a multifaceted background as a communication consultant, journalist and moderator that allows him to expertly navigate a broad range of topics in depth. Some of these topics include: energy transition & climate, agricultural marketing & communications, finance, education, healthcare, tax & tax avoidance, advocacy and legal representation, sustainability, logistics, as well as export and retail practices.
Patrick Charlton
Vice president of Europe at Alltech
Patrick Charlton is vice president of Europe at Alltech, overseeing all of the company’s European business. He is also CEO of Alltech Coppens, a specialist aquaculture feeds company, which was acquired by Alltech in 2016. Over the 30 years, he has worked for Alltech, Charlton has held a number of roles, both regional and global, giving him a broad overview of the company and its global business. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in the U.K. and joined Alltech U.K. in 1991, becoming the technical manager in 1995. In 1998, Charlton moved to Cape Town, South Africa, to become technical director for Alltech in Africa and the Middle East, working with customers throughout the region. Charlton took on the role of general manager of Alltech Canada in 2000, working with customers, consultants, and researchers across Canada. In 2005, he was promoted to global Bioplex® manager, responsible for all activities relating to the Bioplex series of organic minerals. He was appointed CEO of Alltech Coppens when the company was acquired by Alltech in June 2016. Today, the business is a fully integrated part of the Alltech family of companies and represents the leading edge of Alltech’s global aquaculture development. Charlton currently lives in the U.K. and received a master’s degree in fermentation and distilling from Heriot-Watt University in 2006.
Roland van der Post
Managing Director at GMP+ International
Prof. Dr. Leo den Hartog
Director of R&D at Nutreco
Leo den Hartog is director of R&D at Nutreco and professor in “Animal Nutrition in a Circular Economy” at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. It was from this same university that den Hartog graduated in Animal Sciences in 1978, and where he obtained his PhD in 1984.
In 1989, den Hartog received the Henneberg Lehmann Award from the University of Göttingen, Germany. In 1999, he accepted an honorary PhD from the University of Kaposvar, Hungary. In 2014, he was given the Molenaar Award from the Animal Nutrition magazine in the Netherlands and Belgium. This award is given every two years to a person for his or her contribution to the animal feed and additive industry.
Den Hartog’s extensive experience in animal production is reflected in over 450 scientific and applied articles and seven books as author or co-author. To date, he has given more than 750 lectures in over 40 different countries. He has also been chairman of Dutch trade missions on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to China, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa.
Claire Bury
Deputy Director-General in DG Health and Food Safety
Claire Bury is currently Deputy Director-General in DG Health and Food Safety with responsibility for food safety and sustainability. She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.
She was previously Deputy Director-General for the Digital Single Market in DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology and Director of Modernisation of the Single Market in Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
Before that, she was Head of Unit for Company Law, Corporate Governance and Financial Crime in Directorate General Internal Market and Services, and Deputy Head of Cabinet to Internal Market Commissioners Charlie McCreevy and Frits Bolkestein.
An English barrister by training, she worked in the Commission’s Legal Service and, before coming to Brussels, in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Erik Visser
CEO of Hamlet Protein
CEO, Hamlet Protein since 2019. To name a few of companies he worked with, Erik was the Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing in Adisseo and Chief Executive Officer in Nutriad. He has more than 25 years of experience. He finished Private Law & Political Science in Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) and Leadership, Change Management and Strategy in Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School.
Jaana Kleinschmit von Lengefeld
Country Manager, Chairwoman and board member for various ADM entities in Germany
Jaana is German and holds a diploma as a graduate engineer in
Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim and
a Master of Science degree in Resource Economics from the
University of Massachusetts, USA.
After working at Société Générale de Surveillance Holding in
Hamburg being responsible for the agricultural service division
in Germany and Scandinavia, she joined ADM in 2002.
At ADM, she has held various management positions and
currently serves as Country Manager, Chairwoman and board
member for various ADM entities in Germany.
She holds many honorary posts in national and international
associations.
Bas Geerts
Head of Sustainability at Cefetra Group BV
Head of Sustainability at Cefetra Group BV, with 20+ years of experience at several NGO’s, like WWF, UTZ and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.
Passionate about nature, sustainability and personal development, my professional goal is to contribute to mainstreaming sustainability. With 20+ years of professional experience in and around sustainable commodity production & trade, which to me reads as: socially friendly, environmentally sound and economically viable. And to inspire and motivate people to contribute to this cause, which can be done in their role as a professional or as a consumer. I believe all have the power to contribute to making the world a more beautiful place, one step at a time.
I am pragmatic, a team player with a focus on relations with those around me (‘sustainability is a team effort’), I am a starter, whose passion flows best when challenged to find new solutions.
Ruud Tijssens
Chairman of the Board of the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF)
Feeding a changing world: The role of IFIF as the voice of the global feed industry
Ruud Tijssens is Chairman of the International Feed Industry Federation for 2022-2023, a post he had held since his election at IFIF’s 34th Annual General Assembly on 21 September 2021.
Mr. Tijssens has held a number of leadership positions within IFIF, having previously served as Chair of IFIF’s Sustainability Steering Group as well as a member of the IFIF Executive Committee and the IFIF Board of Directors.
He has more than thirty years of diverse executive experience in the Agri and Food sector, with a focus on Innovation, Research & Development, Management and Governance processes. Mr. Tijssens spent ten years in the European dairy industry before moving to the animal feeds industry in 2001, first with CCL and later with CHV.L-BB. When that firm merged with Agrifirm in 2010, he became Director Public & Cooperative Affairs, and is responsible for CSR (Corporate and Social Responsibility) for the combined companies.
Throughout his career, he has served as a Board member and Chairman in a number of foundations, high-level advisory groups and feed industry associations at national and international level. Mr. Tijssens is currently the Chairman of the Knowledge & Innovation Agenda Mission team on Climate Agreement sub table agriculture & land utilization, and does have the task of Quarter maker Innovation Ambassador on behalf of the Dutch government focusing on the agricultural sector.
He was until recently Vice-Chair of the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) and a Member of the Review Commission TO2 of Dutch the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He was President of the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) until June 2017 and, since 2012, has chaired a research consortium formed by the Dutch feed industry, Wageningen University and the Dutch Government.
Mr. Tijssens holds degrees in Chemical Technology, University of Technology Eindhoven (Propaedeutic and Candidates degree) and University of Technology Delft (Master Science).
Robert van der Zee
Chief Commercial Officer at Cefetra Group BV
Prior to joining Cefetra in 2013, Robert worked 26 years at Cargill in a variety of leadership roles. He spent most of his time in Brazil, but also in Europe and Indonesia he gained his experience in soy crush, palm plantation, cocoa, meat processing and vegetable oil refineries. This built his expertise in the field of animal feed and food ingredients internationally.
In his current position, Robert focuses on HR, Business Development and Sustainability in Cefetra Group – a business division of BayWa Ag.
