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Monday 21st November
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Food Retail Forum
10:00 Refreshments
10:30 – 10:35 Opening Speech
Rashed Tarish Al Qubaisi, Executive Director Business & Trade Development Sector, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
10:40 – 11:05 Food Retail in Abu Dhabi
Tariq Al Tenaiji, Lead Inspector, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA)
11:05 – 11:25 Food prices - challenges and solutions
Stephan Rieckert, Standard Chartered Bank
11:25 – 12:00 Discussion
12:00 – 12:20 Break
12:20 – 12:40 Trends and developments in food retail in the Middle East
Sana Toukan, Research Manager, Euromonitor International
Vietnam seafood for a sustainable future
14:00 Welcome
14:15 – 14:20 Opening speech
H.E. Tran Ngoc Thach, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in UAE
14:20 – 14:30 Speech
Abdullah A Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, UAE
14:30 – 14:40 Regulations, conditions and policies on Seafood imports to U.A.E
Basem Hamad Al- Taraweh - Senior Standardization Officer - Standardization Department – Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology
14:40 – 14:50 Speech
Abdul Razzaq Abdulla Ahmad/ Ahmed Abdalrahman Al Janahi, Ministry of Environment and Water
14:50 – 15:00 The Overview, priorities and cooperation of Vietnam Fisheries
Nguyen Viet Manh - Head of International Relations Department- Directorate of Fisheries of Vietnam
15:00 – 15:20 Introduction about the potential of Vietnam Fishery processing and exporting
industry
Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung – Vice Chairman, VASEP
15:20 – 15:55 Questions and answers
15:55 – 16:00 Closing speech and thanks
Ngo Khai Hoan, Commercial Counselor
Food safety programs and the creation of the new MENAFoST
16:15 – 16:35 Towards a 2020 Paradigm in GAFTA Food Trade
- Food Science at core of Food Safety, Security and Sustainability
- Environmental Considerations shaping our 2020 Paradigm
- The role of MENAFoST * in harmonizing 2020
- Capacity Building in GCC states and related GAFTA & WTO Accords
Atef Idriss, CEO, MENA Food Safety Associates (MEFOSA sarl)
16:40 – 17:00 IUFoST and Food Security
The role of small and medium sized companies in:
- Food industries
- Improving the quality and safety of foods from the MiddleEast for
- Improved domestic, regional and international trade
- Improved nutrition
John Lupien, Former Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy