The Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition has organized a panel debate on food, nutrition and environment, with an economic and social perspective.

Discussion has focused in particular on the Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition ‘Double Pyramid’: a unique model used to position foods in relation to their impact on both health and the environment.

PROGRAM

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

Entrance to Altiero Spinelli building, Rue Wiertz 60

9:00 - 9:15

Coffee

Room ASP 1G3

9:15 - 9:25

Welcome address

Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

9:25 - 9:35

Il Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition

Guido Barilla, Chairman, Barilla

9:35 - 9:50

Economic and social implications of sustainable food and nutrition

Mario Monti, Economist and President of Bocconi University, Milan

Part 1: Healthy Food, Healthy Planet – Promoting healthy eating styles

9:50 - 10:20

The importance of balanced diets for human well-being

Gabriele Riccardi, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Naples

How the European Commission contributes to the health and wellness of European citizens

Paola Testori Coggi, Director General, DG for Health and Consumers, European Commission

The food labelling debate: Enabling informed choices for consumers

Christel Schaldemose, Member of the European Parliament

Promoting healthy lifestyles: The consumer perspective

Speaker to be confirmed

10:20 - 10:50

Questions and answers session with the audience

Moderated by Jacki Davis, Giornalista

10:50 - 11:00

Coffee break

Part 2: Healthy Food, Healthy Planet - The impact of food production on environment

11:00 - 11:30

The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition ‘Double Pyramid‘

Barbara Buchner, Director, Climate Policy Initiative of Venice

Strategies and Action Plans of the European Commission

Karl Falkenberg, Director General, DG Environment, European Commission

Greening the agri-food sector: Knowledge and innovation from farm to fork

Mairead McGuinness, Member of the European Parliament

Global environmental impacts of food consumption

Mark Driscoll, Head of Sustainable Consumption Policy and Lead for One Planet Food, WWF UK

11:30 - 12:00

Questions and answers with the audience

Moderated by Jacki Davis, Journalist

12:00 - 12:15

Factors underlying social and economic welfare: The well-being index

Valerio De Molli, Managing Partner, The European House-Ambrosetti

12:15 - 12:30

Closing Remarks

Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship 

12:30

Cocktail