18-21 NOVEMBER 2002   BRIGHTON, UK

  THE MONDAY SYMPOSIUM

The Global Challenge - Sustainable Food Production

Timetable
Programme
How to Register

Monday 18 November 2002
The Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel

THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE - SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

The world faces the challenge of how food production can meet consumers' expectations of safety, nutrition, quality, price, environmental concerns and social issues. At the same time there are the challenges imposed by legislation, population dynamics, climate change, international trade, diminishing resources and of course, the ever-changing nature of pests and diseases?

For food production to be sustainable, it must deliver materials that satisfy the needs and aspirations of the customer, i.e. the marketplace, whilst coping with the many and diverse factors that impinge on agricultural production practices. The nature of market demands and impinging factors varies with time, and is often specific to particular geographical regions.
Furthermore, legislative constraints are likely to have a major impact on available pest and disease control agents, whilst international trade places greater demands on mutually recognised quality assurance schemes and protocols.

This Symposium explores how some of the market demands and factors have developed over time and how they differ between three major regions of the world. Building on these observations will enable the development of crop protection strategies to contribute towards the global challenge over the next 25 years.
 TIMETABLE
Monday 18 November 2002
From 09:00 Registration
10:30 Symposium commences
12:30 -14:00 Lunch (not provided)
16:30 Symposium ends
 THE PROGRAMME

Chairman's introduction
Mike Calvert
Royal Agricultural Society of England, Stoneleigh, UK

Market demands and impinging factors on food supply
Jon Woolven
IGD, Watford, UK

Consumer attitudes with respect to crop protection
Willemien Bax
Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, Brussels, Belgium

Crop production systems and practices in China
John Chapple
New Millennium, Qingdao, China

Food safety and quality assurance
Dr Christopher Knight
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association, Chipping Campden, UK

Meeting the challenge of global food sufficiency
Professor Dennis Avery
The Centre for Global Food Issues, Indianapolis, USA

Environmental management and food industry sustainability
Professor Nigel Roome
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

An industrial model for food supply security
Dr Eduard Bruckner
Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland

Sustainable crop production - the next 25 years
Sir Brian Heap
University of Cambridge, UK

Discussion led by the Chairman

Chairman
Mike Calvert
Royal Agricultural Society of England, Stoneleigh, UK

Session Organisers
Martin Hall
CCFRA, Chipping Campden, UK &
Patrick Mitton
Aventis CropScience, Ongar, UK
 DELEGATE REGISTRATION

To register for the 'The Global Challenge - Sustainable Food Production' seminar, simply fill in and return the secure Delegate Registration Form.

This form may be printed out locally and then mailed to the BCPC Symposium Secretariat along with the registration fee. Payment must be made by cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank and paid in pounds sterling payable to 'British Crop Protection Enterprises Ltd'.
Alternatively you can complete and pay for your registration via the internet. Payments are encrypted to ensure security.

Registration Fee
All delegates        £70
(inclusive of VAT at 17.5%)
The registration fee entitles the delegate to:

  1. attend the Monday Symposium only
  2. a copy of the Proceedings of the Monday Symposium
  3. morning and afternoon coffee and tea
  4. access to the BCPC exhibition and cyber café

Registration enquiries
All registration enquiries should be directed to:
BCPC Conference Secretariat, 5 Maidstone Buildings Mews, Bankside, London. SE1 1GN, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7940 5367/5555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7940 5361/5577
Email: conference@bcpc.org
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