INAUGURAL SESSION

9^th February 2012

Registration: 10.00 am to 05.pm
Inauguration of  World Spice Congress 2012

05.00 pm -06.00 pm   

Inauguration of Exhibition: 06.00-6.30 pm               

BUSINESS  SESSIONS

10^th February 2012                                                             

Session- I         Crops and Markets

09.00 am to 01.00 pm    

Lunch 01 pm to 02 pm

SessionII  Contaminants

02 pm to 4.30 pm

Issues on Global Harmonisation
of Standards

11^th  February 2012

09.00 am to 9.40 am

Session III

09.40 am  to 01.00 pm

Lunch 01 pm to 02 pm         

Session IV     

02 pm to 3.30 pm

Session V       

3.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Valedictory Session

4.30 to 5.00 pm

Dr.M.S. Swaminathan

 Mr.Madhusudan Prasad IAS
 Additional Secretary
 Department of Commerce 

Government of India

                                                                                    Chilli & Turmeric

Mr Sanjeev Bisht

M/s. ITC  Limited

India

Onion & Garlic

Mr Mike Liu

M/s  Sun Ray Inc .USA                                                                                                  Pepper

Mr.Gerwald Kras

M/s.Olam International

The Netherlands

                                                               Nutmeg

Mr Shinya Haba

M/s Vox Trading, Japan

Mr Masakazu Shiga

M/s. Vox Trading, Indonesia

Cumin / Coriander Seeds

Mr Milind Chaudhari 

M/s  Jabs International, India

                                                                      Herbs

Mr Stefano Trumpy

M/s Webb James

Italy

Price Discovery  of Pepper , Chilli and Cumin

Mr.Vijay Kumar

Chief Business Officer

M/s NCDEX, India

Aflatoxins / Ochratoxins

Dr Ramesh Bhat

Consultant 

Member Technical Panel

World Spice Organisation [WSO]

                                                       Pesticides

Ms Ingrid Fiordaliso

M/s Drogheria  Alimentari

Italy

Illegal Dyes

Mr Aju Jacob

M/s  Synthite Industries Ltd

Sustainability initiatives in spices

Ms Margriet Glazenborg

M/s IDH , Netherlands

Sustainability and Food Safety

Indian Perspective

Mr.Philip Kuruvilla

Chairman, World Spice Organisation & Member, Spices Board

Supply Chain Challenges for Producers      

India

Mr Bharat Maskai

M/S Laxmi Enterprises

India

                                                                  Indonesia

Ms Yuliani Widejaya 

M/S Putrabali , Indonesia  

Sri Lanka

Mr Sarada de Silva

Chairman

intercom  Group & Spice Council

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Ms Vuong Ngoc  Bich

M/s United Spice Co Ltd,

Vietnam

Supply Chain Challenges for Consumers

USA

Mr Greg Somerville

M/s Mc Cormick , USA

USA - Food  Safety Modernization Act-

Mr Bruce Ross / Dr John Sproul 

US FDA New Delhi 

Europe

Ms Marianne Van Keep,

M/s Verstegen Spices & Sauces B.V.

The Netherlands

Japan

Mr Toru Asami

M/s Stange KK , Japan

 

Emerging Market Trends

Organic Spices

Mr.Gerald Herrmann

Director,

M/s. Organic Services Gmbh Germany

Rain Forest Alliance

Mr Per Bogstad

M/s. Rain Forest Alliance, UK