Agenda of the Światowy Dzień Mięsa – World Meat Day 29 October 2024

Hotel Novotel Warszawa Centrum, Warsaw

Opening

09:00 – 09:05
Welcome speech by the Host Aleksandra Ptak-Iglewska

09:05 – 09:10
Opening speech by Jacek Strzelecki, President of the Board of the POLISH MEAT Association

09:15 – 09:25
Keynote speech by Czesław Siekierski, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

09:25 – 09:35
Keynote speech by Sun Linjiang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Poland

How to feed 10 billion people?

09:40 – 10:40
Where is the meat market headed or what challenges is the meat
sector currently facing?

Czesław Siekierski Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Aleksander Dargiewicz President of POLPIG – the National Association of Swine Livestock Employers – Producers
Dariusz Goszczyński President of the National Poultry Council – Chamber of Commerce
Tomasz Parzybut President of the Management Board of the Association of Butchers and Cured Meat of the Republic of Poland
Wiesław Różański President of the Board of the Union of Producers and Employers of Meat Industry (UPEMI)
Magdalena Osińska Director of the Legal Department, Polish Federation of Food Producers Employers’ Union
Jacek Klimza President of the Polish Association of Beef Cattle Breeders and Producers

Ukraine - World Relationship

10:45 – 11:45
Ukrainian plan for 600 million people

Grzegorz Brodziak President of the Management Board, Goodvalley Agro SA
Stefan Chrzanowski Director of the Employers’ Association of Poultry Producers „POLDRÓB”
Siarhei HorlachCo-founder of the agribusiness group “Pan Kurczak” Volyn region, Ukraine President of “Capital Trade” in Warsaw
Sławomir Szymusiak General Director of the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
Grzegorz Marek President of the Board of Imex Poland LLC

Coffee break

11:45 – 12:00

China, in other words the challenge

12:00 – 13:10
The Silk Road of meat trade connecting Central Europe and China through Agrohub

Xu Xiaofeng Minister-Counsellor for Economy and Trade, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Poland
Han Baohua Ningbo (China) City representative for the implementation of the Agrohub concept on the Chinese side
Michał Bielewicz China Food products Export Specialist (Shanghai)
Weronika Gryglaszewska Specialist for registration of agri-food companies in the Chinese CIFER customs system
Janusz Piechociński President of Polish – Asian Chamber of Commerce
Mariusz Rukat Plenipotentiary of the Marshal of the Mazovian Voivodeship for Investment & Economic Affairs
Tomasz Szulc Member of the Management Board – Commercial Director P.D. Drobex LLC

Signing of the Declaration

13:20 – 14:00
Signing of the Declaration on establishing World Meat Day

  • Keynote Speech by Jacek Strzelecki, President of the Board of the POLISH MEAT Association
  • Signing of the Declaration on establishing World Meat Day (Światowy Dzień Mięsa) by the representatives of Polish and foreign industry organizations and other invited guests

13:40 – 14:00
Press Conference with the participation of the signatories of the Declaration

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00

Innovations

15:00 – 16:15
A.I., in other words, changing meat industry for good

Jamila Gordon President and Founder of Lumachain
Adrian Piotrowski Managing Director of OSI Poland Foodworks LLC
Patrycja Skiba Director of Purchasing Department, Meat Processing Plant Skiba S.A.
Sam Tinsley Vice President of Lumachain, Region of Central and Eastern Europe and Asia and the Pacific

Future

16:20 – 17:20
What will happen after the Green Deal? Recommendations for 2024-2029

Prof. Stefan Schepers Executive Director of the High Level Groups
Stephen Connally Sustainability Manager of the ABP Food Group
Karsten Maier Secretary General UECBV
Andrzej Jaworski Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Łukasz Dominiak
Director of Public and Government Relations, Animex Foods
Prof. Monika Michalczuk Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Closing ceremony

17:20 – 17:30
Closing remarks by Jacek Strzelecki, President of the Board of the POLISH MEAT Association

17:30 – 17:35
Closing remarks by the Host Aleksandra Ptak-Iglewska