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Contributors

Convention contributors

Ibrahim Abouleish, Sekem founder, Farming and socio-cultural community, Egypt
Marco Accornero, General Secretary of Unione Artigiani of the Province of Milan
Andrea Agapito Ludovici, director of Oasis Area Network, WWF Italy, Rome
Mauro Alivia, doctor, Milan
Enrico Amico, Amico Bio group President, farm ìLa Colombaiaî, Capua (Ce)
Michele Baio, councilor at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture, Milan
Luciano Balbo, Impact Investing Lab SDA Bocconi, Milan
Franco Berrino, Department of Preventive and predictive medicine, Istituto Tumori, Milan
Fabio Brescacin, EcorNaturaSÏ spa President, Conegliano (Tv)
Enea Burani, founder at agricultural cooperative La Collina, Reggio Emilia
Anna Busa, Waldorf school teacher, Milan
Duccio Campagnoli, president of Bologna Fiere
Andrea Carandini, FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano President, Milan
Paolo Carnemolla, Federbio President, Bologna
Giulia Maria Crespi, FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano honorary President, Milan
Giuseppe Dadà, Ferrarelle group quality Manager, Rome
Paola De Nardo, Department of ANPP environment and health, Istituto Superiore Sanit‡, Rome
Giovanni Dinelli, Department of Science and Agro-environmental technologies, UniBo, Bologna
Gianni Fava, Agriculture Department Regione Lombardia
Ebner Friedemann, researcher seed at Sativa, Rheinau (CH)
Claudia Gasparini, President of Italian Federation of Waldorf school, Reggio Emilia
Stefano Gasperi, doctor, President of Italian Anthroposophical Society, Trento
Matteo Giannattasio, doctor, agronomist, Rome
Christian Hiss, founder at Regionalwert SpA of Eichenstaetten, Friburgh (DE)
Ueli Hurter, Leader of the section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum, Dornach (CH)
Peter Kunz, researcher seed at Saatgut, Bingenheim (DE)
Maria Grazia Mammuccini, scientific coordinator at Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Agricoltura Biologica e Biodinamica (FIRAB), Rome
Maurizio Martina, Minister of Agriculture Food and Forestry, Roma
Guido Menapace, environmentalist, Brescia
Francesco Micheli, entrepreneur, Milan
Roberto Moncalvo, President at Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti, Rome
Urs Niggli, Director at Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick (CH)
Giovanni Ongaro, founder at agricultural cooperative La Collina, Reggio Emilia
Francesco Panella, President at Unione Nazionale Associazioni Apicoltori Italiani (Unaapi), Novi Ligure (Al)
Franco Pedrini, councilor at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture, Milan
Carlo Petrini, Slow Food President, Bra (Cn)
Angelika Ploeger, Dean of Study at Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture, University of Kassel (DE)
Maurizio Rivolta, councilor at FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Milan
Giorgio Rossi Cairo, entrepreneur, Novi Ligure (Al)
Antonello Russo, President at Demeter Association Italy, Parma
Paola Santi, Director at biodynamic farm Di Vaira, Petacciato (Cb)
Richard Sennet, sociologist, literary critic and writer, Usa
Claudia Sorlini, President of Scientific Committee for Expo 2015, Milan
Gian Antonio Stella, journalist of Corriere della Sera, Milan
Alex Terzer, farmer, Osiris Cooperative, Postal (Bz)
Carlo Triarico, President at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture, Milan
Riccardo Valentini, Nobel Peace Prize 2007 – Milan Protocol, Viterbo
Salvatore Veca, honorary President at Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan
Veronica Vecchi, Impact Investing Lab SDA Bocconi, Milan
Enrico Zagnoli, apicoltore, Bologna

Coordinators of Parallel sessions

Maria Grazia de Simone, councilor at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture councilor, Milan
Raffaella Mellano, treasurer at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture, Milan
Sabrina Menestrina, secretary-general at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture, Milan
Cristina Rodocanachi, doctor, Milan
Gigliola Rosini, agronomist, Florence
Marco Serventi, Demeter Italy and Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture councilor, Milan

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Parallel sessions of in-depth training and debate

The following sessions are places of discussion and analysis on specific topics involving all participants that chose the topic at the moment of convention enrollment

Biodynamic Agriculture – Curated by Carlo Triarico and Ueli Hurter. Coordinated by Marco Serventi

Food and health – Curated by Matteo Giannattasio and Sergio Maria Francardo. Coordinated by Cristina Rodocanachi

Seeds – Curated by Ebner Friedemann, Peter Kunz and Franco Pedrini. Coordinated by Raffaella Mellano

Pollution and land recovery – Curated by Michele Baio and Paola De Nardo. Coordinated by Gigliola Rosini

Pedagogy and Agriculture – Curated by Claudia Gasparini and Anna Busa. Coordinated by Maria Grazia de Simone

Bees – Curated by Enrico Zagnoli and Francesco Panella. Coordinated by Sabrina Menestrina

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19 February – Rudolf Steiner School

Opening pre-conference for Association members and friends – 19 February 2015, 17:30pm

Rudolf Steiner School, via Clericetti 45 – Milan

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20 February – Bocconi University, Aula Magna Gobbi

8:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:30 Introduction: Carlo Triarico
Regards:
Mario Monti President of Bocconi University
Bruno Pavesi Delegate Advisor of Bocconi University
Ada Lucia De Cesaris Milan’s Deputy Mayor
Gianni Fava, Agriculture Department Regione Lombardia
Filippo Ciantia Director Africa, Cluster Project Società Expo 2015 s.p.a.
Ueli Hurter, board of Agriculture Section, Goetheanum, Dornach (Switzerland)

Opening of the convention

10:50    Karmenu Vella EU Commissioner for the Environment – Invited
11:10    Riccardo Valentini Nobel Peace Prize 2007 – Milan Protocol
11:30    Ibrahim Abouleish – Sekem: biodynamic agriculture for sustainable development
In English with simultaneous translation
12:00    Carlo Triarico President at Italian Association for Biodynamic Agriculture
12:20    Maurizio Martina Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry – Invited

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break

ECONOMIC ALLIANCES

Moderator Fabio Brescacin

14:30 Veronica Vecchi e Luciano Balbo – Impact Investing for agribusiness development

15:00 Christian Hiss – Associative economy in practice: the case of Regionalwert AG
In German with simultaneous translation

15:20 Maurizio Rivolta – Sustainable energy, the new perspective starts from the land

15:40 Two concrete examples of biodynamic farms:
Francesco Micheli – Investing in agriculture: indispensable alliance.
Alex Terzer – 25 years of experience of the Osiris Cooperative

16:00 Enrico Amico – Biodynamic agriculture for the rebirth of the territory

16:20 Fabio Brescacin – Economy: practice of selfishness or practice of altruism?

Conclusions and questions

17:00 ñ 17:30 Break

Parallel sessions of in-depth training and debate

17:30 – 19:00 See detailed program

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21 February – Bocconi University, Aula Magna Gobbi

ALLIANCES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE TERRITORY
Moderator Claudia Sorlini
9:30 Andrea Carandini – Rural landscape and cultural heritage

9:50 Richard Sennet – video conference
Salvatore Veca – Reasons and motivations of sharing

10:10 Two concrete examples of biodynamic farms:
Giorgio Rossi Cairo – La Raia: not only a farm
Paola Santi – Di Vaira: aggregate chain and integration with the consumer

10:30 Claudia Sorlini – Agriculture and sustainable tourism

10:50 Conclusions and questions

ALLIANCES FOR FOOD AND HEALTH
Moderator Paolo Carnemolla

11:10 Angelika Ploeger – From the living soil to human health: an approach to food quality
In English with simultaneous translation

11:40 Franco Berrino – The European Code Against Cancer and the health institutions

12:10 Giovanni Dinelli – Cultivating health: the VIRGO Project

12:30 Enea Burani, Giovanni Ongaro – Biodynamics in the hill

12:40 Urs Niggli – 90 years of organic and biodynamic farming. The scientific perspective
In English with simultaneous translation

13:10 – 14:30 Lunch break

ALLIANCES FOR SOIL WATER AND POISONS

14:30 Giulia Maria Mozzoni Crespi – Let’s create alliances: Yes, we can

14:50 Andrea Agapito Ludovici – Agriculture, instability and climate

15:10 Guido Menapace – Brescia, land of fires of the North Italy

15:20 Antonello Russo – Biodynamic quality

15:40 Francesco Panella – Bees speak to us

16:00 Giuseppe Dadà – The cultivation of a flap of mineral water: interactions between the mineral world and the overlying environment

16:15 Paolo Carnemolla, Maria Grazia Mammuccini, Carlo Triarico – Conclusions and questions

17:00 – 17:30 Break

Parallel sessions of in-depth training and debate

17:30 – 19:00 See detailed program

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22 February – Franco Parenti Theatre

Open to all citizens

9:30 Opening of exhibition stands
Handicrafts, books, biodynamic products to feed “body and soul”

Other convention contributions

11:30 Stage show
Andrea Perdicca and Yo Yo Mundi – The loneliness of the bee
Stories and songs about the world of bees, currently in danger, but that man can save

12:30 Tastings guided by Slow Food
With products offered by biodynamic farms. Tastings and comparisons to recognize quality and taste