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Hilton Vienna Park, Austria

21 September 2023

The WFA Roadshow: Europe Edition

Join us at the Hilton Vienna Park in Austria on the 21st of September 2023, as part of the Feedinfo Summit. Together, let’s create a thriving agri-food industry that embraces diversity and empowers the industry towards a sustainable and equitable future.
At WFA, we believe that empowering women and promoting diversity are vital for the advancement of the agri-food sector. This event will serve as a platform for industry professionals, leaders, and enthusiasts to come together, share knowledge, network, and take part in thought-provoking discussions on the pressing issues surrounding diversity and inclusion across the animal feed and nutrition space.

SPEAKERS

Orla McAleer

Chief Culture Officer

Alltech

Ruth Kimmelshue

Corporate Senior Vice President

Cargill

Florian Ahle

Innovation Evangelist & Futurist

Zukunftsgarage.com

Roman Laus

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mewery

Laura Grapes

Head of EMEA Vegetables Breeding & Testing

Bayer

Jamie Chadwick

Editorial Director

Urner Barry & WFA

Henriette Bylling

CEO & Owner

Aller Petfood

Lorena van de Kolk

Managing Partner
 
Schuttelaar & Partners

John Manzella

Founder

ManzellaReport.com

Simon Duke

Editor-in-chief

Feedinfo

Christine Haughney

Award Winning Journalist

Ernest Tan

Head of Consumer Goods, Group Wholesale Banking
 
UOB

Christine Lyngsgård Larsen

Chief Procurement Officer

Salmon Group

Tom D’Alfonso

Director Animal and Aquaculture

USSEC

Chris Dubois

SVP – Americas Protein Practice Leader

IRI

AGENDA

Gain crucial insights into the global economy’s pandemic impact, Russian-Ukraine war fallout, China’s complexities, shifting demographics, globalization, and rising populism. Equip your businesses to make informed decisions and seize opportunities in a dynamic global landscape.

 

John Manzella, The Manzella Report

How are feed businesses preparing their supply chain operations for 2024? What playbooks should you in place to manage higher costs and maximise efficiency?

Moderator: Jamie Chadwick, Director, Editorial, Urner Barry & WFA

Cornel Boere, Global Procurement Director Raw Materials & Ingredients, Agrifirm

Tom D’Alfonso, Director Animal and Aquaculture, US Soy Bean Export Council

Christine Lyngsgård Larsen, Chief Procurement Officer, Salmon Group

Ernest Tan, Sector Solutions Group – Head of Consumer Goods, Group Wholesale Banking, UOB

As organisations continue to focus on delivering EDI strategies, we take stock of where we are as an industry and what is still needed to achieve true inclusion.


Laura Grapes, Head of EMEA Vegetables Breeding & Testing, Crop Science Division, Bayer
Ruth Kimmelshue, Corporate Senior Vice President, Business Operations and Supply Chain; Sustainability, Cargill
Orla McAleer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Alltech

LEARNING 1: THE FUTURE IS NOW – HOW TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE VIA A NEW PEOPLE FIRST THINKING.  

A fast paced & inspiring session from an ex-Google, ex-BMW leader. What can we learn from the most successful businesses of tomorrow – and how can we implement this today? Why are certain teams more successful than others, how to improve your hiring, foster new leadership, attract better people & build resilient teams – from human first to data driven.

Florian Ahle, Innovation Evangelist & Futurist, Zukunftsgarage.com

 

LEARNING 2: 50% UNUSED POTENTIAL, NO TIME TO WASTE!

Heleen Lansink-Marissen, Farmer and Owner, De Melktapperij

How it feels to navigate being an only or minority: hearing experiences and sourcing inspiration


Henriette Bylling, CEO & Owner, Aller Petfood

How employees see you and the leaders within your organization has never been more important. As we tackle the great resignation, the quite quitter, the conscious quitters, as well as generation who demands more of us as an employer, join this discussion on how we better attract and retain diverse talent.

Roman Laus, Founder and CEO, Mewery

Verena Schütz-Schwark, Head of Division for Livestock and Meat Production, German Raiffeisen Association/ DRV,Deutscher Raiffeisenverband

Laura Nogueira de Diego, Head POD, Global Crop Protection, Syngenta

Irit Ben-Dov, CEO, Miloubar 

Food, retail and restaurants will share their views on how consumer preferences are evolving, how costs and pricing are changing, what they predict for plant-based protein products, how to best position meat to consumers, and what they believe consumers will buy as the cost-of-living increases around the globe.


Moderator: Simon Duke, Editor-in-Chief, Feedinfo

Chris DuBois, EVP – Protein Practice Leader, Circana

Ticket price: €699

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