The Contribution of RNAi for more sustainable and resilient food systems: Meeting with stakeholders and policymakers
Webinar 8
The Contribution of RNAi for more sustainable and resilient food systems: Meeting with stakeholders and policymakers
Programme:
SESSION 1 | Meeting with Stakeholders
9.30 Welcome
Speaker: Vera Ventura, Chair of the WG4 | Bruno Mezzetti, Chair of the iplanta Cost Action
9.40-10.40Interventions: RNAi for greener food products
Horizon 2020 PRIMA Medberry project- RNAi for sustainable strawberry production
Speaker: Elena Baraldi | Università degli Studi di Bologna
Regulatory and Market challenges for RNAi products in the EU
Speaker: Nick Vangheluwe, collaborator with the Public Research Speciality
Crops Approval Association (PRESCAA)
Green Deal or Green Dream?
Speaker: Alessandro Dalpiaz - Head of the Italian Association OF Apple Producers - Assomela
10.40 Short video on IPlanta activity
10.45-11.30 Round Table - Market perspective for RNAi products
Speaker: Bruno Mezzetti, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Peter Melis, PCF Research Centre Hoogstraten
Bruno MezzettiMirco MontefioriAnna Aldrighetti
SESSION 2 | Meeting with Policymakers
14.30 Welcome
Speaker: Dominique Vandekerchove, COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
RNAi and EU sustainability goals
Speaker: Bruno Mezzetti, Università politecnica delle Marche, chair of the iPlanta Cost Action
15.00-16.30 Interventions
Speaker: Bruno Mezzetti, Chair of the iPlanta Cost Action
Vera Ventura, Chair of the WG4 – socio economic impact – of the iPlanta Cost Action
Crop Improvement at FAO
Speaker: Chikelu Mba, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Plant Production and Protection Division
EU Plant Health Research & Innovation
Speaker: Gisela Quaglia, Research Programme Officer - European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
The use of micro-organisms as active substances in plantprotection products
Speaker: Domenico Deserio, Policy Officer Pesticides - European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
EFSA’s activities on the risk assessment of RNAi-based GM crops
Speaker: Paolo Lenzi, European Food safety Authority (EFSA)
PRIMA, a partnership towards Resilience, Impact and Sustainability in the Mediterranean
Speaker: Omar Amawi, deputy director – PRIMA foundation
Short videos on IPlanta activity16.30
16.35-17.30 Round table:the implementation of the Green deal core policies: the role of RNAi
Speaker: Jeremy Sweet, Vice-chair of the iPlanta Cost Action
Nevena Alexandrova, FAO Agricultural Innovation Systems and Knowledge sharing officer
Chikelu Mba, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Plant Production and Protection Division
Gisela Quaglia, Research Programme Officer - European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development Domenico Deserio, Policy Officer Pesticides - European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Omar Amawi, deputy director – PRIMA foundation
VIDEO SESSION 1 PHOTO SESSION1
VIDEO SESSION 2 PHOTO SESSION2