In response to the main global challenges, technological advancements, data analytics, agriculture research and development, and new farming practices offer significant opportunities to transform food production and promote more sustainable practices. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a vital tool to achieve a sustainable, efficient, and equitable global food system.
In this panel, expert speakers will discuss the role of PPPs on transforming the agrifood ecosystems. They will address at partnerships as a catalyst for joint agrifood research, as innovation and technology transfers as well as partnerships for building new value chains. In addition, they will discuss the role of PPPs in realizing long term economic governmental plans.
13.05 – 13.30
Panel discussion
Fons de Zeeuw, Director International at Oost NL, East Netherlands Development Agency, Adrian Percy, Executive Director at N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative at North Carolina State University, Michael Doane, global Managing Director, Food & Freshwater Systems at the Nature Conservative and Serpil Tascioglu, Director Topsectors and Industrial Policy at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate will engage in a riveting panel discussion.
Feike Sijbesma, former CEO of DSM and member of the Supervisory Board of Philips and Unilever, will deliver the closing remarks.
This session is moderated by Richard Harrison.
Stage 1 Podium
Adrian Percy | North Carolina State University, Feike Sijbesma, Fons de Zeeuw | Oost NL, East Netherlands Development Agency, Michael Doane | The Nature Conservative, Richard Harrison | Wageningen University & Research, Serpil Tascioglu | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate of The Netherlands
