“I have never been to a seminar, where the discussion goes so deep around common industry challenges” Sten Estrup, Executive Vice President Christian Hansen, 2016
“Excellent content, facilitation and format – outstanding” Tim Hart, CEO Ridley Corporation, 2016
“Tremendous opportunity to share experiences and perspectives” Simon Cheng, Managing Director BRF, 2016
“Thank you for the seminar, so much learning” Akiko Seyoum, CEO Orchid Business Group, 2016
“Much beyond my expectations – I will surely return” Gustavo Grobocopatel, Chairman Los Grobo, 2013
“Rich, useful, time extremely well invested” Stefano Vlahovic, CEO Produkti Pitania, 2011
“This is for people who want to get things done.” Hans Roelofs, CEO Refresco, 2009
“I have not been to an event yet where we got into the real issues so deep so fast.” Lennart Holm, CEO Perstorp, 2007
“There has not been one case that did not inspire me.” Wout Dekker, CEO Nutreco 2007
“Excellent. We should have had such a seminar much earlier” Hugh Grant, CEO Monsanto 2005
“It has been an inspiration, very well done, an audience of 50 likeminded peers that really ask relevant questions and it has helped me accelerate my thinking” Christoffer Lorenzen, EVP Chr. Hansen, 2017
“I did numerous studies, maybe hundreds of Harvard cases but this was one of the best I’ve ever read” Markus Länzlinger, CEO Migrolino, 2017
“Really enjoyed the seminar, very good cases, very good interactions, very practical, very lively and high-speed” Jeroen Wakkermann, CFO Nutreco, 2017
09:30 – 10:10: “The importance of animal-sourced foods in nutrition”
10:10 – 10:50: “How methane emissions impact the climate”
10:50 – 11:30: “Can we do without livestock, a circularity perspective”
11:30 | Break
12:00 | Input from the Sciences II:
12:00 – 12:20: “In defense of speciesism, an ethical perspective”
12:20 – 12:50: “No data, no play”
13:00 – 13:10: “The pillar of soil health”
13:10 – 13:30: “Narratives – what they are and how they develop”
13:30 | Four parallel study group sessions on building a narrative (including lunch)
15:30 | Debrief group sessions in plenary: Building a narrative
16:00 | Break
Between 16:30 and 18:00 hybrid event with on-site discussants and Zoom global audience “Shaping a Narrative for Sustainable Livestock – the Contribution of Science”
16:30 | Welcome to the session and overview
16:35 | How Science Wins in Farming
16:50 | The PLANET Food System Explorer Tool at GOAL Sciences
17:00 | Panel: What Business Expects of Science: Four Pioneering CEO’s Speaking
17:25 | Panel: What Science Expects of Business: Four Pioneering Scientists Speaking
17:50 | Closing of the Session – final remarks
18:00 | End of Session
Evening closed in-person under Chatham house rules
18:00 | The Africa Perspective
18:15 | Four parallel study group sessions discussing 3 case studies of next day (including dinner)
20:30 | End of day
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
08:00 | Case Studies I:
08.00 – 09:00: “Promises and Realities of Cell-Cultured Meats”
09:00 | “Calysta: Bacteria – the Third Domain of Food and Feed”
10:00 | Break
10:30 | Case Studies II:
10:30 – 11:30: “Ethiochicken and Yalelo – Animal-based Food for Africa”