12:00
Registration, Poster Exhibition, Welcome Coffee
14:00
Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Melinda Crane (Moderator)
Journalist & Moderator, Germany
14:05
Official Opening
Alois Rainer
Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity of Germany
Stéphane Le Foll
President of the International “4 per 1000” Initiative
14:30
Bernard Magenhann
Director General, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Houtan Bassiri
Innovative Partnerships and Finance Manager, UNCCD
Dr. Thorunn Wolfram Petursdottir
General Secretary of the FAO Global Soil Partnership (GSP)
Dr. Deborah Bossio
Co-chair, Soil Carbon Futures
15:10
Introductory Address: From Berlin to Belém and Beyond
Hon. Dr. Penelope Wensley, AC
Former Ambassador for the Environment and National Soils Advocate of Australia
15:35
Keynote I: Potential and Limitations of Soil Carbon Storage and Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Temperate Climates
Prof. Dr. Axel Don
Deputy Director of the Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture
16:05
Coffee & Posters
16:35
Keynote II: How Can Private Sector Actors Along the Value Chain Drive Sustainable Soil Management?
Stefania Avanzini (online)
Director, One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B)
17:00
Focus On Implementation: Farmers‘ Experiences with the Transition to Sustainable Soil Management
Nils Tolle
Hof Tolle; Consulting for Climate Change and Agriculture (neoKultur), Germany
Carolin Lübbecke
Agrargesellschaft Remplin mbH, Germany
17:45
How Can Farmers Benefit from Sustainable Soil Management?
Multi-Stakeholder Panel Discussion
Emmanuel Petel
Environmental Policy Coordinator, EC DG AGRI
Prof. Dr. Beverley Henry
Member of the "4 per 1000" Scientific and Technical Committee
Dr. Elisa Vainio
Research Coordinator, Baltic Sea Action Group, Finland
Aaron Scheid
Coordinator Agriculture and Soils, Ecologic Institute
Nils Tolle
Hof Tolle; Consulting for Climate Change and Agriculture (neoKultur), Germany
18:45
Closure of Day 1
Dr. Melinda Crane (Moderator)
19:30
Conference Dinner
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