Program
18 September, 2015
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08.30 |
Registration Venue: Palazzo Assolombarda - Auditorium (via Pantano, 9) |
09.00 |
Welcome and Introduction Giancarlo Caratti di Lanzacco, Deputy Commissioner General, EU Pavilion Albina Africano, President Steering Committe of the Expo National Commissioners Alessandro Spada, Vice President, Assolombarda Fabrizio Grillo, Secretary General of the Expo Italian Pavilion |
09.30 |
Keynote Speech: EU - Africa Industrial Cooperation Bernarda Gonçalves Martins Henriques da Silva, Minister of Industry, Angola |
10.00 |
Improving the Business Climate Chair: Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit, Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
The International Dimension of the Agri-business John Clarke, Director for International bilateral relations, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission African Regional Markets: an Opportunity for European Companies Francisco Mantero, President of the Board of the Portuguese Association for Economic Development and Cooperation (ELO) Promoting Sustainable Business Partnership between EU and Africa, Serguei Ouattara, President & Executive Manager, EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce Salimo Abdula, President of the Business Confederation of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CE-CPLP) Francisco Viana, President of the Business Confederation Europe - Africa (COFEA) |
11.15 |
Roundtable: How to Manage Business in Africa? Mebrhatu Meles, State Minister of Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Amadou Saidou, Coordinator of the Pôle Réformes du Bureau Opérationnel de Suivi (BOS), "Plan Senegal Emergent", Senegal Félix Sanon, Director, Chamber of Commerce of Burkina Faso Liisa Petrykowska, Managing Director, Ignitia - SME Instrument Ambassador |
12.15 |
Conclusions Angel Carro Castrillo, Head of Division Southern Africa, European External Action Service (EEAS) |
12.30 |
Networking Buffet Lunch |
13.30 |
Registrations for the B2B Meetings |
13.50 | Opening to the B2B Meetings |
14.00-19.00 |
Business-to-Business (B2B) Meetings Venue: Palazzo Assolombarda - Room Erba - A - B (via Pantano, 9) |
19.30 |
Cocktail offered by Lombardy Region Venue: 31st Fl - Palazzo Pirelli (via Fabio Filzi 22) |
19 September, 2015
09.00 |
Registrations for the B2B Meetings |
09.30 - 13.00 |
Continuation of the B2B Meetings Venue: Palazzo Assolombarda - Room Erba - A - B (via Pantano, 9) |
14.00-17.00 |
Guided visit to Expo Site, to EU Pavilion and Italian Pavilion - Lombardy Region Corner |
21 September, 2015
all day |
Visit to Parma and B2B Meetings Field visits and meetings with local companies in the agro-food sector - Organized and offered by Parma Alimentare |
Bilateral Talks
- Participants324
- Meetings Requested1747
- Meetings Accepted482
Participants
- Angola 33
- Austria 2
- Belgium 7
- Benin 7
- Burkina Faso 38
- Cameroon 2
- Comoros 2
- Congo-Brazzaville 3
- Congo-Kinshasa(Zaire) 15
- Cote d'Ivoire 6
- Ethiopia 48
- Finland 1
- France 21
- Gambia 3
- Ghana 7
- Hungary 1
- Ireland 2
- Italy 142
- Lesotho 1
- Malawi 4
- Mali 3
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 1
- Morocco 3
- Mozambique 7
- Netherlands 5
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 7
- Norway 1
- Poland 10
- Portugal 18
- Senegal 18
- Slovenia 2
- South Afriica 1
- Spain 5
- Sweden 2
- Togo 2
- United Kingdom 1
- USA 1
- Zimbabwe 3
- Total of Participants438
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