2015 INTERNATIONAL FOOD SAFETY CONFERENCE
Date: 15th June, 2015
Venue: Capital Hotel, Beijing, China
Theme: Food Safety and International Co-governance
14th June
18:00--20:00 Registration and Reception
15th June
08:00--08:45 Registration
08:45--09:45 Session I: Opening Remarks
Moderator:
YUAN Lin, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, China Food and Drug Administration
Speech by TENG Jiacai, Vice Minister of China Food and Drug Administration
Speech by LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Thesis: Food safety, a shared responsibility - UNIDO's role and its partnership with CFDA
Speech by Aart Jacobi, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Speech by Dr. Bernhard SCHWARTLANDER, Representative of World Health Organization in China
Thesis: Food Safety: the Importance of Communication, Trust, and International Cooperation
Speech by Bert HOFMAN, Country Director for China, Korea and Mongolia, the World Bank, on behalf of Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
Thesis: World Bank's Food Safety Engagements in China
09:45--10:50 Session II: Food Safety and Global Governance
(8 minutes per person)
Moderator:
Martin OLDE MONNIKHOF, Agricultural Counselor, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
YUAN Lin, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, China Food and Drug Administration
Thesis: Food Safety and Global Governance
Roger SMITH, Deputy Director-General China Relations, Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)
Thesis: Food Safety and Global Governance
Percy Wachata MISIKA, Representative of FAO in China
Thesis: Food Safety and Global Governance - FAO in Work
Prof. SUN Baoguo, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Beijing Technology and Business University
Thesis: Food Safety in China under Globalization
10:50--11:00 Tea Break
11:00--12:00 Session III: Frontier of Legal Framework on Food Safety (8 minutes per person)
Moderator:
CHEN Xu, Deputy Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, CFDA
Participants:
XU Jinghe, Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, China Food and Drug Administration
Thesis: Innovation of China Food Safety Legal System
Paul NEY, Head of Division for International Food Safety Policy, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany
Thesis: Implementation of the European food safety system in Germany – current functionality and future challenges
Patrick BOWEN, Assistant Country Director, FDA China Office
Thesis: Overview of the U.S. FDA's Regulatory System for Foods
TAM Lai-fan, Controller, Center for Food Safety, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong
12:00--13:00 Lunch