The conference "European innovation partnership on active and healthy ageing: from plan to action" will be opened by Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for digital agenda and John Dalli, the European Commissioner for health and consumer policy.

IFAH-Europe annual Food Chain conference
Event Type
L - Conference, forum
Organiser type
Federations / Associations
Section
Health & Consumers
Event Location
Brussels
Event Description
Schedule:
20 June 2012: Pre-conference cocktail and dinner for participants at 7.00 PM
21 June 2012: Conference from 9.00 AM to 5.15 PM, followed by cocktails
Venue:
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (Rue Fossé-aux-Loups/Wolvengracht 47, 1000 Brussels, Belgium)
Topics and programme:
Food safety in Europe: ten years of EFSA;
Food production from healthy animals: success stories and future challenges;
Why food safety matters in European and international trade;
Best practice in animal health - prevention, control and monitoring;
Food safety: risk perception, reality and the media
See the latest programme.
Registration:
Registration is open. Please fill out the registration form and return it to IFAH-Europe (p.barcellona@ifahsec.org) by 8 June 2012.
Added value:
The conference will bring together a wide range of stakeholders working in food safety and the food supply chain, including regulators/authorities, EU animal health and food-related partners and media to discuss the contribution of healthy animals to a safe, secure and sustainable food supply.
Confirmed speakers:
Alejandro Bernal (IFAH-Europe) - Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle (European Food Safety Authority) - David Leaver (Royal Agricultural College, United Kingdom) - Dieter Schillinger (International Livestock Research Institute) - Maxim Bobkov (Nestlé) - Hans Joostens (European Commission DG Trade) - Kate Trollope (EU Food Policy) - Peter Oostenbach (IFAH-Europe) - John McEvoy (European Commission Food and Veterinary Office) - Arie Havelaar (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands) - Bernard Van Goethem (European Commission DG Health and Consumers) - Roland Aumüller (GlobalGAP) - Dermott Jewell (Consumers' Association of Ireland) - Charlie Dunmore (Reuters) -Piet Vanthemsche (Boerendbond, Belgium) - Laura Smillie (European Food Safety Authority) - Declan O'Brien (IFAH-Europe).
Related Events
Events of the week
Jobs
Must & Partners
EUROCHAMBRES AISBL
Political Intelligence
Alber & Geiger
Service Civil International
CAN Europe
Atlantic Cities
SEC Newgate EU
Dods Group Brussels
FSC Global Development GmbH
EURACTIV News
- Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts ‘hell’ on Russian lines near Bakhmut
- Russia’s Lavrov accuses West of direct fighting in Ukraine
- Germany’s Baerbock joins chorus criticizing EU migration deal with Tunisia
- Polish PM tells Zelenskyy ‘never to insult Poles again’
- Young European Conservatives in Brussels to discuss the future of Europe