The World Meat Day Agenda
6 June 2025
Warszawa, Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski
Artura Zawiszy 1 Square

Opening session

09:00 – 09:10
Opening remarks by host Adam Tubilewicz

09:10 – 09:20
Welcome address by Jacek Strzelecki, President of the POLISH MEAT ASSOCIATION

Global challenge

09:25 – 10:40
How can Ukraine’s potential be harnessed?

  • Jacek Zarzecki, Vice-Chairman, Polish Sustainable Beef Platform
  • Dr Mirosław Dackiewicz, Vice-President, POLPIG; Member of the Presidium, Polish Agricultural Federation Council
  • Andrii Dykun, Chairman, Public Union “Ukrainian Agri Council”, Ukraine
  • Stefan Chrzanowski, Director, National Poultry Producers Association “POLDRÓB”

Coffee break

10:40 – 11:00

Sustainable development

11:00 – 12:15
Beef production and trade under the EUDR Regulation and the role of ESG in market competitiveness

  • Jerzy Wierzbicki, Chairman, Beef Sector Council
  • Grzegorz Brodziak, President of the Management Board, Goodvalley Agro S.A.
  • Anna Dziedzic, Management Board Representative for Sustainable Development, Gobarto S.A.
  • Krzysztof Wawrzyniec Borkowski, President of the Management Board at “Mościbrody” Meat-Processing Plant Sp. z o.o., Vice-President and Management Board Member of the Union of Meat Industry Producers and Employers (UPEMI)
  • Michele Spangaro, Head of International Affairs for EU and Latin America  – ASSICA Brussels, Italian Meat Manufacturers Association

Does Epizootic Disease Rule the World?

12:15 – 13:30
Livestock farming and meat production in an era of increasing epizootic pressure

Panel moderated by Katarzyna Piskorz, former Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer

  • Dr Silvia Kreindel, USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), (Stany Zjednoczone)
  • Oksana Yurchenko, President, Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, Ukraine
  • Dariusz Goszczyński, President, National Poultry Council – Chamber of Commerce
  • Dr n. wet. Paweł Iskrzak, Director of the Pork Production Chain, Ceva Animal Health Poland Sp. z o.o.
  • Paweł Nowak, Transformation Leader & Founder, Nowak Impact
  • Jacek Klimza, farmer and beef-cattle breeder; President of the Polish Association of Beef-Cattle Breeders and Producers

Lunch break

Lunch 13:30 – 14:15

EU – Mercosur – facts and myths

14:15 – 15:15
Risks and opportunities arising from the EU-Mercosur Agreement

  • Osler Desouzart, President, ODConsulting, Brazil
  • Paweł Podstawka, Chairman, National Federation of Poultry Farmers and Egg Producers
  • Maciej Kisiel, Managing Director at Gdansk Cold Store, Board Member of the Polish Fish Processors Association

Intelligent Meat Production

15:15-16:35
Subject 1: AI-driven intelligent meat production

  • Revel Gordon, Head of People &Culture Lumachain, Australia
  • Tomasz Parzybut, President, Butchers and Sausage Makers Association of the Republic of Poland
  • Marcin Lubiński, Production Director OSI POLAND FOODWORKS Sp. z o.o

Subject 2: AI: Cybersecurity and cutting-edge IT solutions for the meat industry

  • Łukasz Rosa, WW Channel Data Strategy Program Manager, HP
  • Arkadiusz Kwiatkowski, Senior Partner Development Manager, Microsoft
  • Michał Stochmal, Commercial Business Development Executive, Client & Server, AMD
  • Mateusz Wesoły, Head of Sales, Member of the Management Board, NextEdge

Alternative Pig Farming

16:35 – 17:25
Quality challenges related to heavier-weight pigs

  • Caroline Mitchell, Global Meat Scientist, Topigs Norsvin Research Center B.V., United Kingdom
  • Dr Janusz Wojtczak, Co‑Founder and CEO, NEOROL (weaner-pig producer)
  • Dariusz Lisiak, Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology – State Research Institute
  • Waldemar Wiatrak, farmer and breeder of Pulawska pigs

Closing Session

17:25 – 17:29
Summary by Jacek Strzelecki, President of the Board, POLISH MEAT ASSOCIATION

17:29 – 17:30
Closing remarks by the host, Adam Tubilewicz

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