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AGRO-INDUSTRY 2008 - Programme "Draft"

Date Time Details
SATURDAY

3 May 2008
13:00 - 18:00 Registration all participants (Hotel White Sands)
SUNDAY

4 May 2008
10:00 - 18:00 Registration all participants (Hotel White Sands)

Date Time Details
MONDAY

5 May 2008
10:00 - 18:00 Registration all participants (Hotel White Sands)
  08:00 - 17:00 Gilmans meeting room

Policy Dialogue Workshop (Hosted by ESIPP) for:
  • SADC Intermediary Organisations
  • East – West Africa Intermediary Organisations (via Pro€invest)
  • EU Intermediary Organisations
  • EU – SADC Support Institutions
  • International Donor Agencies

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  08:00 - 08:45 Policy Dialogue Workshop registration with Tea and Coffee
  10:45 - 11:15 Morning Tea/Coffee Break (PDW)
  13:00 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch (PDW) – « Mchanga Restaurant »
  15:30 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break (PDW)
  20:30 - 22:00 Welcome Cocktail / all participants / Hotel White Sands - sponsored by: Barclays Bank Tanzania


Date Time Details
TUESDAY

6 May 2008
07:30 - 17:00 Registration of all participants
  09:00 - 09:15 Technical Presentation: Booking of the Business-to--Business Meetings
(by Werner van Greunen – IT-EM Consultants)
  09:20 - 10:30 Opening Session of Agro-Industry 2008 and Presentation of the SADC Country Sector Studies - Roundtable At “Kole Kole”

Round Table hosted by:
  • Presidency of the United Republic of Tanzania (To be Confirmed)
  • Executive Secretary of SADC (To be Confirmed)
  • Head of EC Delegation, Tanzania
  • Ministry of Industry and Trade
  • Ministry of Agriculture
B2B 1 - 'EXPLORATORY' MEETINGS PROCESS
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Networking
  11:00 - 12:30 Hot Topics – New Investment Trends in the SADC region At “Kole Kole”

Panelists:
  • Johan van der Riet, SADC Sector Studies & Investment Proposals
  • Joachim Eissler, Promotion in EU & Third Countries
  • Private sector (high profile)
  • EU + TZ + SADC (privates)
  12:30 - 13:00 Completing and submitting One-to-one Meeting Request Forms for participants who do not book online
  13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break - at « Mchanga Restaurant »
  14:30 - 15:00 Hand-out Diaries (for B2B Matchmaking Meetings)
  15:00 - 18:00 One-to-one Meetings (Pre-Booked) - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 meeting room
  15:30 - 18:00 Thematic Workshop 1 – Gilmans meeting room

“Development Finance - The Role of the Development Finance Agencies in SADC”

Speaker 1: Svetla Stoeva, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Speaker 2: Fred Cawdry/Noel Kamrijh, Food, Beverage & Agro Industries, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), South Africa

Speaker 3: Sam Muradzikwa, Senior Economist – African Partnership and/or Irene Lesego Tlhase, Programme Manager – African Partnership, DBSA

Moderator: Dr Adrian Healy, Director ECORYS Research & Consulting Ltd
  19:30 - 21:30 Dinner Reception at “Kunduchi Terrace” offered by EU Delegation

Date Time Details
WEDNESDAY

7 May 2008
07:30 - 08:30 Late Registration and Pick-up of New Diaries (B2B Meetings)
  08:30 - 10:30 One-to-one Meetings - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 meeting room
  09:00 - 11:00 Thematic Workshop 2 – Gilmans meeting room

“The Potential of Bio-Fuels - What Next?”

Speaker 1: Mr. Erhard Seiler, CEO Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA), 'SABA and Recommendations for a SADC Biofuels Strategy'

Speaker 2: Mr. Andreas Vogt, Manager SoilCorp, 'A PPP approach to non-food sustainable oil production in Africa'

Speaker 3: Mr. Carlo Bakker, CEO World Bio Plants, 'Biofuels in Practice - An Entrepreneurial Perspective'

Speaker 4: TBA, 'TBA'

Moderator: Dr. Adrian Healy, Director, ECORYS Research & Consulting Ltd
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Networking
Collect new Meeting Request Forms
  11:00 - 12:30 One-to-one Meetings – Tasi 1, 2 & 3 Meeting room
  12:30 - 13:00 Hand in Meeting Request Forms
  12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break- at « Mchanga Restaurant »
  14:00 - 14:30 Pick-up new Diaries
  14:30 - 17:00 One-to-one Meetings – Tasi 1, 2 & 3 Meeting room
  15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break and Networking
  15:30 - 17:00 Thematic Workshop 3 – Gilmans meeting room

“Entrepreneurship in SADC – The Experience of Investors in SADC Countries”

Speaker 1: Mr Hans Baart of Multiflower Ltd, Tanzania will speak on "Cultural Differences and Responsibilities in Africa

Speaker 2: Mr John Maguire of Africa Invest, Malawi will speak on "Producing Food items for Export to Europe and other SADC countries"

Speaker 3: Mr. A.E. Oosterhuis of Pop Vriend Tanzania (production of safflower oil)

Moderator: Paul Wijmega, Director, ECORYS Research & Consulting Ltd
  19:30 - 21:00 Dinner and reception “Kole Kole” offered by Agro-Industry 2008

Date Time Details
THURSDAY

8 May 2008
07:30 - 08:30 Pick-up transfer time to airport
  08:30 - 12:30 One-to-one Meetings - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 meeting room
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  11:00 - 12:30 One-to-one Meetings - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 meeting room
  12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  14:30 - 16:00 Thematic Workshop 4 – Gilmans meeting room

“EU-SADC Trade & Marketing Aspects – Market Access – Quality, Traceability & EU Standards)”


Speaker 1: Marcel Vernooij (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, Department of Industry and Trade)
Presentation of Market Access and Trade Barriers in Europe

Speaker 2: Jeroen Hendrickx – Kroonenburg Advies
Presentation on Quality Standards and Food Ssafety Requirements

Speaker 3: Jan Hak – Hak & Partners
P Presentation on Market Trends - Focusing on Fresh & Convenience Foods

Moderator: Dr. Adrian Healy, Director, ECORYS Research & Consulting Ltd
  16:00 - 16:30 Closing Session of Agro-Industry 2008 – Main Results Achieved

Presidency of Zanzibar (To be Confirmed)

Moderator: John Gowen, ESIPP

B2B 2 - 'MARKETPLACE' MEETINGS PROCESS

Date Time Details
FRIDAY

9 May 2008
07:30 - 09:30 Pick-up transfer time to airport / post event tours
  08:00 - 09:00 Completing and submitting B2B 2 One-to-one Meeting Request Forms
  09:30 - 10:00 Pick-up of B2B 2 Diaries
  10:00 - 15:00 “Special ICAs B2B ‘Marketplace’ Event” – Special SPM follow-through event By INVITATION ONLY

Gilmans meeting room

Post SPM ‘Marketplace’ Event for:

  • 50+ Inter-Enterprise Co-operation Agreements (ICAs) (Letters of Intent) for future Business Partnership
Introduction/Advice on:
  • Venture Capital Funds
  • Development Finance Agencies
  • Trade/Commercial Banks
  • Marketing/Trade Advice
  • Legal/Taxation Advice
  • Consultancy Advise/Support
  • Government Support Agencies - Investment & Trade
  • EU-SADC Support Institutions
  • International/Bilateral Donor Agencies
Speaker 1: Max van der Sleen (ECORYS)

Speaker 2: Flor Healy (Agro-Industry 2008 Team Leader)

Moderator: (John Gowen, ESIPP)

Thematic Presentations (To be Finalized)

  10:00 - 12:30 One-to-One Meetings - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 Meeting Room
  12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
  13:30 - 14:30 One-to-One Meetings - Tasi 1, 2 & 3 Meeting Room
  15:00 End of B2B Sessions - Wrap-up and Debriefing

Date Time Details
SATURDAY

10 May 2008
07:30 - 11:30 Pick-up transfer time to airport / post event tours