Biotechnologies Symposium. High Level Segment
Rome time
The high-level segment will be organized in two sessions and is expected to follow this format:
Session 1 (14.30-15.50)
14.30-14.40: Opening Remarks by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO, Italy
14.40-14.50: Statement by Néstor Roulet, Secretario de Agregado de Valor, Ministerio de Agroindustria, Argentina
14.50-15.00: Statement by Frédéric Seppey, Chief Agriculture Negotiator, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
15.00-15.10: Statement by Katalin Tóth, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
15.10-15.20: Statement by Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
15.20-15.50: Q&A with the Moderator
Break (15.50-16.10)
Session 2 (16.10-17.30)
16.10-16.20: Statement by Begum Matia Chowdhury, Minister for Agriculture, Bangladesh
16.20-16.30:Statement by Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cameroon
16.30-16.40: Statement by Gerda Verburg, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations in Rome, the Netherlands
16.40-16.50: Statement, by Michael Scuse, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, United States of America
16.50-17.20: Q&A with the Moderator
17.20-17.30: Closing remarks, José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO, Italy
The segment will be moderated by Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development Division,FAO, Rome, Italy
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