PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

  

 

28th  January, 2008

5.00  to     5.30 pm

5.30   to    7.00 pm  

7.15   to    9.00 pm

 

Exhibition Inauguration

Inaugural Session

Welcome dinner

  
Welcome address        

Shri  V J Kurian, I.A.S ,Chairman,  Spices Board
Presidential Address     

Shri K M Chandrasekhar., I.A.SCabinet Secretary, Govt. of India

Inauguration   &Key Note Presentation  

Shri  Jairam Ramesh ,Hon’ble   Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Inauguration of exhibition & Address

Shri Viswajith Rane,Hon’ble  Minister for  Agriculture & Health,Government of  Goa
Felicitations

Mr. Nandakumar, I.A.S, Secretary to Govt. of India,Food & Public Distribution

Mr. Jayashankar, I.A.S, Principal Secretary .Govt. of Bihar
Vote of thanks

Smt. Sushama Srikandath, Chairperson ,All India Spice Exporters Forum
  Welcome  Dinner  hosted by Organizing Committee World Spice Congress – 7.30 pm
 
 

SESSION I [29th January, 2008] Forenoon:  Sequence of Sessions & Speakers

Day 1: HARMONIZING 

Welcome, opening remarks on the structure of the Business Sessions & inviting speakers to the Stage   - Mr.  Sanjaya Mariwala, Chairman, Business and Conference Committee, WSC 2008.  9.00 am to 9.15  am

Chairman of the Session  :  Mr. Simon  Cripps of TCI International - UK

TIME

NAME OF THE SPEAKER

TOPIC

 09 15 to 10 .00 am

 Mr. Larry Keener      

 Global Harmonization  Initiative:  Progress in promoting harmonization of food safety legislation and regulation.

 10.00 to10.30 am

 

 Ms. Katrin Hoenicke

Eurofins Competence

 Centre, Hamburg

 Analytical methods in use in the industry – issues, challenges and harmonization opportunities

 10.30 to 11.00 am

 Mr. D. S. Chaddha

CII

 Food legislation in India; new developments

 11.30 to 12.00 noon

 TBC

 TBC

 12.15 to 12.30 pm 

 Ms. Cheryl Deem of IOSTA

 The role of IOSTA in the World  Spice Industry

12.30 to 12.50 pm 

 Dr. V. Prakash.CFTRI

 The  scientific way forward in Business of Spices.

 12.50 - 1.30 pm

 Q & A and floor debate

 01.30 to 01. 45 pm

Summing  up and concluding remarks    by   Mr. Simon Cripps, Chairman of Session

 01.45 to 01.55 pm

Memento distribution to Speakers & Chairman of the  Session - House Keeping and Announcements

 

 Lunch

7.30 pm Theme Dinner GOAN Carnival

 

SESSION II [30th January, 2008]  Day  2   ‘ TRENDZ ‘  

Chairman of the Session      Mr. Ravi  S Naware of  ITC
 

TIME

NAME OF THE SPEAKER

TOPIC

 

09.00 to 10 .00 am

 

Mr. Steve Rice ,RTS UK         

 

An overview of Growth in food sector and its impact of the demand for spices and seasoning.

10 .00 to 10.30 am

 Mr. Daniel Castillo – Givaudan

 Which spices and why? What flavour trends are growing? What type of products do people want? 

 10.30 to 11.00 am

 Mr. Ian Hart -Public Ledger

 Global Spice Industry-A quantitative analysis 

11.15 to 11.45 am

 

Mr. Anil Jain – Jain Irrigation

The New Drivers of growth and economies of scale in processing – The Cascade story

 11.45 to  12.15 

 

 

 Mr. G. Chandrasekhar, Business Line-Hindu

Developments in agriculture - Impact of Global warming on Spice crops, migration, yields and overall agricultural scenarios, policies, R&D, building competitive advantage to better serve the needs of the stakeholders.

 12.15 to 12. 45 

 

 Mr. Ashok Mittal of Karvy Comtrade 

 Analysis of the fundamental of Spices and price behavior.

 12.45 to 01.15

 Q & A and floor debate

 01.15 to 01.30

 Summing up and concluding remarks by Mr. Ravi  S Naware, Chairman of the Session

 01.30 to 02.00

 

 Concluding Session:

Distribution of mementos to Speakers and Chairman of the session  and Vote of thanks

 

Lunch

 

2008 Conference Concludes