Adelfo Magnavacchi
Centro ricerche Produzioni Animali (Reggio Emilia)
Director Policy & Technical Advisory Division International Fund for Agricultural Developmnet, IFAD
Deputy Director, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, (FIIRO), Nigeria
Head of the executive office EFSA
Director at the Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology - CNR Research Area
Director General, General aspects of rural development and research, Directorate - General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Professor, Department of Agri-Food Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna
Journalist and Broadcaster
Deputy Minister of agriculture food and forestry policies
Special Advisor AGDR – Food and Agricukture Organization of the UN, FAO
Quality, Innovation, Security and Environment Director - Granarolo SpA
Director General, Bioversity International
Annalisa Sassi
Coordinator for Expo 2015, Confindustria Emilia Romagna
Vice President Nutrition, Health & Wellness & Sustainability, NESTLE’
Chair in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Dean of Dep. of Food Science, Università di Parma
Director Food Policy, Science and R&D - Food Drink Europe
Deputy Head of Unit, Food security, rural development, nutrition -DG for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
Executive Director, European Food Safety Authority, EFSA
Executive Director, Food Industry Asia, FIA
Former Director EU Commission and Advisor German Government for Bioeconomy
Head of the Sustainability Assessment Unit at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, DG Joint Research Centre - European Commission
Counselor of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Councillor for Labour Policies, Economic Development, University and Research, Comune di Milano
Project Leader Crop Genetics John Innes Center (Norwich)
Commissioner General for the participation of the European Commission to EXPO 2015
Head of Investment and Technology Promotion Office, United Nation Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO
President Expo 2015 SpA and Commissioner General of Section for the Italian Pavilion
President of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology
Head of EFSA's Scientific Committee and Advisory Forum Unit - EFSA
DVM Deputy Director, Europe Office United States Food and Drug Administration
Duccio Campagnoli
President of Bologna Fiere
Senior Research Expert in Food, LEITAT Technological Center,
CEO, ARETE’ Research & Consulting in Economics
Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna and Italian Representative for Bioeconomy in Horizon 2020 committees, European Commission – World Food Forum R&I Forum Member of Steering Committee
Professor of Economics and Rural Appraisal at University of Bologna – Member of the Steering Committee of the EU Scientific Programme for Expo 2015 at European Commission Joint Research Centre
Senior Durum Breeder – International Center for the Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)
Commercial Director for Conad Soc. Coop.
Professor of Chemistry - Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Director, Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Science – Research National Council of Italy, CNR
Senior Advisor Food Safety and Livestock, Agriculture Practice, The World Bank Group
Executive Director of the Center for Global Food Security
Director, Agri-Business Developmnet Branch, UNIDO
Senior scientist - Department of Bio and Agro-Food Sciences, CNR National Research Council
Deputy Commissioner General for the EU participation in Expo 2015, European Commission
Full Professor of Food Chemistry - University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Co-President Alliance of Italian Cooperatives
Responsible for Strategic Planning and Corporate Communication - Novamont S.p.A.
Executive Health Professional Veterinary and Food Hygene Regione Emilia-Romagna - Assessorato Politiche per la Salute
Commissioner of the Government of Italy for Expo Milano 2015
Director of Research at IRSTEA, France
Guglielmo Garagnani
Coordinator, Agrinsieme Emilia‐Romagna
Senior Scientific Advisor Nutrition and Food Safety, National Institute for Public Health and Environment, RIVM
Head of Division, Agribusiness & Rural Development EIB European Investment Bank
Deputy General Director of Guangdong Food and Drug Administration
Director, UMR IATE-Unité Mixte de Recherches Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes, INRA & CIRAD
Deputy Head of Unit in the DG Agriculture and Rural Development – European Commission
Project Officer, DG Research & Innovation, F3 Agri Food Chain European Commission
Director General for Agriculture & Rural Development - European Commission
Director for Bioeconomy Directorate - Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Co-Founder & CEO Eaternity, Switzerland
Director, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses - World Health Organization, WHO
Head of Unit , DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
Executive Director, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa
Deputy Director - General for the Food Chain - Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Researcher on Biomedical Nutrition Pure and Applied Biochemistry - Lund University, Lund, Sweden
President, Milan Center for Food Law and Policy
Head of the Orchard Trialling and Cold-storage Working Group - Technology Transfer Center, Edmund Mach Foundation of San Michele all'Adige
Director EU Office, Emilia- Romagna Region
Senior Expert Land Resources Management Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Director Health, Safety, Environment & Energy - Barilla
Luca Virginio
Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Energy, Barilla
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan - President, CLUB of Bologna
President of National Research Council of Italy, CNR
President of Federalimentare
Director, Corporate Affairs - Nestlè Italy
CEO Spark srl, CEO Confindustria E-R Ricerca
Chief Operating Officer, Italy China Foundation – Secretary General, Italy China Chamber of Commerce
Full professor of Food Technology - Department of Agriculture and Food Science, Interdepartmental Centre for Agri-Food Industrial Research, University of Bologna
European Affairs Secretary, FederUNACOMA
Climate Change Program Office. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Executive President WE – Women for Expo and Senior Director European Affairs, Aspen Institute Italia
Corporate Strategy Director Nestlé Italy
Policy Director, Food Industry Asia
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Italian Government
Full professor of Food Unit Operations and Environmental Assessment in the Food Industry - Department of Innovation of Biological Systems, Food and Forestry DIBAF, Tuscia University
State Minister of Industry, Ethiopia
Director General, Department of Research Management, CAAS -Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA
Vice President Global Discovery Center, Barilla G. & R. F.lli
Full Professor of Genetics, University of Udine and Scientific Director of the Institute of Applied Genomics
Myriam R. Finocchiaro
Communication & Corporate Affairs Manager - Granarolo SpA
Head of the Land and Water Resources Management - CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari
Minister for Productive activities, energy plan, green economy, Emilia-Romagna Region
Former Director General Health and Consumers of the European Commission
Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of World Food Research & Innovation Forum International Steering Committee
Full Professor - Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology - University of Bologna
Minister European political development, school, university, research and work, Emilia-Romagna Region
Department of Food Technology, Polytechnic University of Valencia
Directeur, CER Groupe - Département Santé
Full Professor of Food Microbiology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Horta Srl - Spin Off Company of the Catholic University of Piacenza
Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
Manager Food Policy, Science and R&D, Food Drink Europe
Scientific Officer in the Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, EFSA
Assistant Director General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Food & General Microbiology Unit of Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI)
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and BCFN – Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation
Professor and Chair Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research Centre
Vice-President R&D Discover Foods and Director Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, President FoodNexus Consortium
University of Parma, Department of Food Science and SITEIA.PARMA Centre
Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, DG DEVCO, European Commission
Professor of Plant Genetics and Plant Breeding, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna
Executive Director of World Food Center, University of CA, Davis
Director Advocacy & Partnerships - Africa AHEAD
Director of the Department for the business internationalisation, Emilia-Romagna Regional Government
Head, Center for Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU
Director, CNR – National Research Council, ISA – Institute of Food Science
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
President Resource Seeds International and 2014 World Food Prize Laureate
Head of Rome Office, World Bank Group
Sergio Pistoi
Scientific journalist
Quality Manager, Orogel S.p.A. Consortile
Minister for Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing, Emilia-Romagna Region
Head of Advisory Forum and Scientific Cooperation Unit, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
President of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Head of Unit Partnerships Management European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Stefano Sannino
Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
Advisor for the Sustainable Bioeconomy in Directorate General Research and Innovation - European Commission
Former Councillor for Agriculture, Emilia-Romagna Region
Head of the Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, European Food Safety Authority, EFSA
Policy Officer – Bioeconomy, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation - European Commission
Chief R&D and Quality Officer at Barilla Group
Head of Sector on Food Additives, Food Enzymes, Flavourings – Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (SANCO) - European Commission
Deputy director of Division for Food-borne Diseases Surveillance - China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA)
Vice President of China National Food Industry Association, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong Food (Pharmaceutical) Industry Association
Professor Level Senior Engineer, Director, Chief Technology Officer of Juxiangyuan Health Food (Zhongshan) Co. Ltd.
Master of Nutrition, EMBA, Chief Doctor, Director General of Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
General Manager of Food and Hygiene Testing of Kingmed Diagnostic Group
Deputy Director of Food and Drug Safety Research Center (Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology), PhD of Kunming Institute of Botany (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Senior Engineer