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10th SEPTEMBER 2025
9.00 AM Registration of guests
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening session
Introduction:
Agnieszka Maliszewska - Organiser of the International Dairy Community Forum
Christophe Hansen - European Commissioner for Agriculture (video message to participants)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Session 1st
2025 the year of cooperatives - A practical approach to the necessary changes in cooperative systems, are European cooperatives the answer to the crises in the milk sector ?
- Paul Ballantyne - New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia and Ambassador - designate to Ukraine and Georgia
- Elli Tsiforou - Secretary General, Copa Cogeca
- John Alistair Clarke - Fellow of Maastricht University and former EU Commission Director for international trade
- Tiina Linnainmaa - Vice President, Pellervo Coop Center
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Discussion panel 1st
Moderator: Agnieszka Maliszewska
Panel participants:
- Elli Tsiforou - Secretary General, Copa Cogeca
- Simona Caselli - President, Granlatte Granarolo Group
- Tiina Linnainmaa - Vice President, Pellervo Coop Center
- Paweł Gaca - President, Spółdzielcza Mleczarnia Spomlek
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Panel discussion 2nd
Polish strategy for the future - what changes await Polish dairy plants and cooperatives in the context of future challenges and the new Common Agricultural Policy
Introduction: ŁUKASZ WYRZYKOWSKI - General Director, IFCN AG - The Dairy Research Network
Moderator: Adam Dąbrowski
Panel participants:
- Stefan Stachowiak - President, Spółdzielnia Mleczarska w Gostyniu
- Janusz Wojciechowski - Former EU Commissioner for Agriculture
- Piotr Szajner - Head of the Department of Agricultural Markets and Quantitative Methods, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute
- Jerzy Plewa - Team Europe Expert
- Łukasz Wyrzykowski - General Director, IFCN AG - The Dairy Research Network
- Andrzej Babuchowski - President, Dairy Industry Innovation Institute
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Coffee break
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Panel discussion 3rd
The ideal model for managing a modern dairy business
Introduction: SIMON BENADIBA - Public Affairs Manager, Sodiaal
Moderator: Artur Puławski
Panel participants:
- Peggy Lantzsch - Counsellor for Food and Agriculture, German Embassy in Poland
- Jouke Knol - Counsellor for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Netherlands Embassy in Poland
- Łukasz Kalinowski - President, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska w Piątnicy
- Andrzej Minarczuk – President, Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska w Kosowie Lackim
- Simon Benadiba - Public Affairs Manager, Sodiaal
7:00 PM - BUS DEPARTURE FOR OUTDOOR EVENT - Stop at Jana Pawła II Square/Branicki Palace
7:30 PM - 12:00 AM OPEN AIR EVENT - STAJNIA SOWANY Ułańska 8 Street, 15-528 Sowlany
11th SEPTEMBER 2025
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM Session 2nd
The future of European dairy: how to build an edge in an era of sustainable transformation?
- Jacek Węgorowski - Director of the Eastern Region and Lublin Branch, Nagel Group A sustainable approach to logistics in the age of Green Deal requirements
- Justyna Wysocka-Golec - Partner, Leader of the ESG, Decarbonisation and Biodiversity Team, KPMG in Poland- Broadly understood transformation and how to implement it in order not to lose competitiveness
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM Panel discussion 4th
Moderator: Michał Siwek
Panel participants:
- Justyna Wysocka-Golec - Partner, Leader of the ESG, Decarbonisation and Biodiversity Team, KPMG in Poland
- Michał Laskowski - Innovation Manager Ruminants Eastern Europe, Cargill
- Martin Hofler - Senior Sustainability Manager, Bord Bia Irish Food Board
- Felix Jakobsen - Chief Commercial Officer, Klim
- Agnieszka Koc - Environmental Director, Biedronka chain
- Jerzy Wierzbicki - Chairman, Polish Sustainable Beef Platform
- Jacek Węgorowski - Director of the Eastern Region and Lublin Branch, Nagel Group
- Krzysztof Okoński - Sales Support Manager, Siemens Sp. z o.o.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Coffee break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION 5TH
Who will pay for it? How to finance a sustainable transformation of the dairy value chain?
Introduction: Liam MacHale - European Director, Irish Farmers' Association (IFA)
Moderatorzy: Agnieszka Maliszewska, Tomasz Sajewicz
Panel participants:
- Michał Siwek - Head of Decarbonisation and Biodiversity Products, BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A.
- Magdalena Szabłowska - International Trade Director, Mlekovita
- Marcin Hydzik - President of the Board, Association of Polish Milk Processors
- Liam MacHale - European Director, Irish Farmers' Association (IFA)
- Maciej Tomaszewski - CEO, Hochland Polska
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM LUNCH
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Competition results
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Panel discussion 6th
International Trade
Introduction: Ksenija Simovic - Senior Policy Advisor, Copa Cogeca
Moderator: Tomasz Sajewicz
Panel participants:
- Julie Collard - Head of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Eucolait
- Laurens van Delft - Director Trade & Economics, European Dairy Association (EDA)
- Ksenija Simovic - Senior Policy Advisor, Copa Cogeca
- Elisabeth Svyatkivska - Secretary, EU Integration Committee, Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine
- John Alistair Clarke - Fellow of Maastricht University and former EU Commission Director for international trade
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM WORKSHOP - UKRAINA - green hall
- Krystian Kęciek - Policy Officer, European Commission - DG AGRI
7:00 PM - GALA TO SELECT THE WINNERS OF THE RANKING OF DAIRY COOPERATIVES - NIE TEATR (Henryka Sienkiewicza 4 Street, 15-092 Białystok)
Last update: 03.09.2025r.
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