APPENDIX - LIST OF SPEAKERS


The Honourable
Ulises Rosales del Toro
Minister for Sugar
Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ), Cuba
Keynote Address
Mr J.F. Robayo Rodríguez
FAO Representative in Cuba
Keynote Address
Ms Paola Fortucci
Director
Commodities and Trade Division, FAO
An overview of the international trade policy framework for sugar
Ms Christina Schröder
Legal Counsel, Agriculture,
World Trade Organization
Sugar and the WTO
Mr Luis Ramiro García Chávez
Director
Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Sociales y
Tecnológicas de la Agroindustria
y la Agricultura Mundial
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, México
Comercialización y seguridad alimentaria en relación al azúcar en América Latina y el Caribe
Mr Kaison Chang
Senior Commodity Specialist
Sugar and Beverages Group
Commodities and Trade Division, FAO
Sugar regimes in major producing and consuming countries in Asia and the Pacific
Mr A.C. Hannah
Senior Economist
International Sugar Organization
Sugar regimes in major producing and consuming countries in Europe other than the EU and Africa
Mr Bart Vrolijk
Agriculture Trade Policy Analyst
Commodities and Trade Division, FAO
Sugar regime of the European Union
Ms Jennifer Nyberg
Commodity Specialist
Sugar and Beverages Group
Commodities and Trade Division, FAO
United States sugar regime
Mr Michael K. Wohlgenant
William Neal Reynolds Professor
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
North Carolina State University
The effects of trade liberalization on the world sugar market
Mr James Greenfield
Former Director
Commodities and Trade Division, FAO
The impact of ongoing policy reforms and structural adjustments on the world sugar market
Mr Helmut Ahlfeld
Chief Executive
F.O. Licht GmbH
Sugar markets in disarray
. Zedillo
Executive Secretary
GEPLACEA
Regional Issues of Concern to Latin America and the Caribbean
Mr Erik Thiesen
President
World Association of Beet and Cane Growers (WABCG)
Sugar perspectives to 2005 growers' point of view
Ms Iris Nocedo
Vice-President
Cubazúcar
El precio del azúcar en el mercado mundial y su impacto socio económico sobre los exportadores
Mr James Fry
Managing Director
LMC International Ltd, Oxford
Regional competitiveness in the sugar industry
Mr William Clay
Chief
Nutrition Programmes Service
Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
Public perceptions of sugar and health: implications for consumption
Ms Marianela Cordovés Herrera
Director
Industrial Promotion, GEPLACEA
Cane, sugar and the environment
Mr Andrew Schmitz

Professor

Food and Resource Economics Department

University of Florida

The Brazilian sugar industry and its role in the current low world prices for sugar