Programme

	Moderator:
	Natasha Foote, Euractiv

	DAY 1 : JUNE 1st
10:00	Registration
10:15	Welcome & Opening remarks
	Floriana Cimmarusti, Secretary General, Safe Food Advocacy Europe Louise Davies, CEO & Head of Campaigns, Policy & Research, The Vegan Society
10:25	Keynote speech: How redesigning our food system could achieve environmental, health, access to food, and food security benefits
	Eleonora Evi, Member of the European Parliament
10:40	Presentation of scientific status quo on the impact of plant-based agriculture on climate protection and new research or findings that models plant-based future
	Helen Harwatt, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme, Chatham House
11:10	Q&A
11:20	Break
11:30	Plant-based farming experiences
	Axel Anders, Co-founder and partner, Adolf Hoops Society / Biocyclic Vegan
11:40	Panel discussion: The role of food and farming in tackling the climate crisis
	Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament Nick Jacobs, Director, International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) Other speakers to be confirmed
12:15	Q&A
12:20	Panel discussion: Interventions in European agriculture policy to support a shift to plant-based
	Francisco Guerreiro, Member of the European Parliament Luigi Tozzi, Confagricultura, VP of the Organic WG of Copa-Cogeca Tim Thorpe, Senior Campaigns and Policy Officer, The Vegan Society One other speaker to be confirmed
13:00	Q&A
13:10	Closing remarks

	DAY 2: JUNE 2nd
10:00	A new approach: plant-based organic farming – practical examples, associations and certification (Stock-free Organic Agriculture/Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture)
	Iain Tolhurst, Tolhurst Organic Tamara Schiopu, Vegan Organic Network Dr. Johannes Eisenbach, Panhellenic Biocyclic Vegan Network Axel Anders, Co-founder and partner, Adolf Hoops Society / Biocyclic Vegan
11:00	Q&A
11:20	The EU Green Deal and sustainable food production systems: pathways to plant-based organic
	Speaker To be Confirmed
12:00	Closing keynote
	Speaker To be Confirmed
12:15	Closing remarks