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Stay tuned today for live coverage of the international seminar to celebrate World Olive Day with the Georgian authorities in collaboration with the Executive Secretariat. The seminar will address trends in the international olive oil market. International experts will discuss key economic issues and topics of great interest for the world consumer. Click on the link below to join us:
https://zoom.us/j/97306247482?pwd=M1JtOThaQ1BucUpmN1kxTGZURWd4UT09
Meeting ID: 973 0624 7482 Passcode: 20216, 2021
Presidential Palace of Georgia, Malkhaz Abdushelishvili St. 1, Tbilisi, Georgia
AGENDA
Official Part
11:30 – 12:00 Welcome Speeches
Working Language:
Simultaneous Interpretation –Georgian- English-French; Consecutive Translation – Arabic-Georgian
Facilitator- George Svanidze
Welcome speeches:
- Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Mr. Levan DavitashviliMinister of
- Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Natela Turnava;
- George Svanidze – Chair of International Olive Council ;
- Abdellatif Ghedira, Executive Director of International Olive Council (IOC);
- Janusz Wojciechowski European Commissioner for Agriculture ;
- Minister of Agriculture of the Kingdom of Jordan, Kaled Musa Al Henefat;
- Minister of Agricolture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Tunisia, M. Mahmoud Elyes Hamza
International Seminar
On the occasion of the World Olive Day
Main Topic: Trends in the International Market of Olive Oil
12:30 – International Market of Olive Oil
– Mr. Jaime Lillo, Deputy Executive Director, International Olive Council
12:50 – Current situation and trends in the European Union Market
– Mr. Gabriel Vigil, Responsible for the olive sector in the European Commission
13:10 – Current situation and trends in the US Market
- Joseph R. Profaci, Executive Director, North American Olive Oil Association
13:30 – BREAK
14:30 – The worldwide olive oil consumer profile
– Mr. Juan Vilar, Co-director of the Master’s Degree in Administration and Management of Olive Companies.
15:20 – Future trends: Plant Forward Kitchen
- Presented by Santi Mas on behalf of Mr. Greg Drescher, Vice-President of Strategic Initiatives and Industry Leadership, Culinary Institute of America (USA)
15:40 – Georgian Olive production – current situation, challenges and prospective
- Zviad Bobokashvili Scientific-Research Centre of Agriculture – Head of department of fruit crop research
16:20 – Closure of the seminar
