Federico Pizzarotti, Mayor of Parma
Stefano Bonaccini, President of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Luigi Scordamaglia, President of Federalimentare
Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of World Food Research & Innovation Forum International Steering Committee
Giovanni Luppi, Co-President Alliance of Italian Cooperatives
Cristiano Musillo, Counselor of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Special Guests address
Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (video message)
Quoc Doanh Le, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Government of Vietnam
Maurizio Martina, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Italian Government

Food Technology Transfer in UE and emerging Countries
Hugo de Vries, Director, UMR IATE-Unité Mixte de Recherches Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes, INRA & CIRAD

Global Food Security: Challenges and Possibilities
Sanjaya Rajaram, President Resource Seeds International and 2014 World Food Prize Laureate

Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of World Food Research & Innovation Forum International Steering Committee

Chair: Fabio Fava, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of  Bologna and Italian Representative for Bioeconomy in Horizon 2020 committees, European Commission

Iman Boot, Deputy Head of Unit in the DG Agriculture and Rural Development – European Commission
Luca Montanarella, Senior Expert Land Resources Management Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission
Stefano Fontana, Head of Unit Partnerships Management, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Bernhard Url, Executive Director, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Patrizio Bianchi, Minister European political development, school, university, research and work, Emilia-Romagna Region

Chair: Samuel Godefroy, Full professor, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Systems, Department of Food Sciences, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), University Laval, Québec, QC, Canada & Global Institute for Food Security, Queens University of Belfast, United Kingdom

Palma Costi, Minister for Productive activities, energy plan, green economy, Emilia-Romagna Region
Filippo M. Bassi, Senior Durum Breeder – International Center for the Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)
Mei Xurong, Director, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Riccardo Valentini,  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  and Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN)
Rudolf Krska, Head, Center for Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU
Vittorio Zambrini, Quality Innovation Security and Environment Director, Granarolo SpA
Michiel Bakker, Director, Global Food Services Google
 

Fabio Fava, Member of International Steering Committee
Samuel Godefroy, Member of International Steering Committee

Chair: Simona Caselli, Minister of Agriculture of Emilia-Romagna Region

Enrica Gentile, CEO, ARETE’ Research & Consulting in Economics
Felipe Ortega Schlingmann, European Investment Bank
Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, DG DEVCO European Commission
Sergio Lugaresi, Head of Rome Office, World Bank Group
Adolfo Brizzi, Director, Policy & Technical Advisory Division (IFAD)
Matteo Landi, Rural Entrepreneurship Development, Job creation and Human Security, United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO Vienna
Mebrahtu Meles, State Minister, Ministry of Industry, Ethiopia

Global food system. The 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Climate Change: a time for action. The multistakeholder engagement

Chair: Christian Patermann, Former Director EU Commission and Advisor German Government for Bioeconomy

Livia Pomodoro, President, Milan Center for Food Law and Policy
Andrea Sonnino, Special Advisor AGDR – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Donald A. Prater, DVM Deputy Director, Europe Office United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Stef Bronzwaer, Head of Advisory Forum and Scientific Cooperation Unit, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Robert Jan Hamer, Vice-President R&D Discover Foods and Director Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, President FoodNexus Consortium
Victoria Spadaro Grant, Chief R&D and Quality Officer at Barilla Group
Massimo Ferro, Corporate Strategy Director Nestlé Italy