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Food Retail Forum

 22 November, 2010
Location: Hall 10 Seminar Theatre A
 
The Food Retail Forum will explore and discuss the latest issues, ideas, trends and opportunities in the Middle East food retail industry.
Hosted by Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
   
10.00 Welcome Address
  Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 
10.30 Government agencies role in support of the retail of food
  Health and safety of food
Mr. Saeed Al Amiri, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority


The impact of rising prices in food retail
Alaa El-Din Hassan Moussa, Senior Economic Researcher, Department Of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi

The role of standards and quality systems in support of food product retail
Basem Hamad AL-Tarawneh, Senior Standardization Officer, Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology

   
12.00 Break
   
12.30 Current situation and the prospects for food retail
  - Current situation of food trade
 - Obstacles and challenges to retail food
- Solutions and the future
   
  Speakers:
Mr Saleem VI, Group GM of EMKE Group

Mr Hisham Al Jamil, Managing Director, Horeca Trade

Dr Ahmed El Tigani, General Manager, Al Rawabi Dairy Co. and Chairman, UAE Dairy & Juice Group

Mr Bejoy Thomas Pulickel, Marketing and New Initiatives Manager, Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society
   
14.00 End of Forum
   
16.00




Inaugural Ceremony of SIAL Middle East and the 4th International Date Palm Festival
With the presence of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority

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First GCC Ministerial Forum on Integrated Food Policies

Day 2, 23 November
Location: Al Maared Hall, ADNEC, Abu Dhabi

10.00–10.05            
Welcome speech of the Patron
HH The Patron of SIAL Middle East
   
10.05– 10.35    
Keynote Address
   
  Dr Jacques Diouf
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
   
10.35 – 11.05 Keynote Address
  Fawzi Al Sultan
Chairman, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 
   
13.05 – 14.00

Ministerial Discussion on the implementation an integrated food policy in the GCC and the Abu Dhabi Declaration - by invitation only
  The main points of discussion will be:
- The establishment of a common system and standards for food safety
- The creation of a GCC organisation to assess risks in food
- The establishment of a common policy and standards for nutrition
- The establishment of an emergency response system and communication strategy for imminent risk
- The establishment of strategic food reserves

Ministers:
H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment & Water, UAE
H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, UAE
H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister for Foreign Trade, UAE
H.E. Dr. Fahd Bin Abulrahman Balghunaim, Minister of Agriculture, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Salem bin Hilal Al Khalili Minister of Agriculture, Sultanate of Oman

Other participants:
Abdurrahman Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Secretary General of the GCC
Tarik Bin Mousa Zadjali, Director General, Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Chairman of Islamic Development Bank
   
   

Trends & Innovations in Food

 23 November, 2010
Location: Hall 10 Seminar Theatre 
   
14.00 - 15.00 Trends and Innovations in food
  Understand world innovation and trends in food products

XTC World Innovation will present the major trends in matter of food innovation of the world:
  • Facts and figures of food innovation in the world and in major continents
  • New insights, new trends, new flavours …
  • Selection of drivers of innovation, illustrated by outstanding examples

Speakers:
Xavier Terlet, XTC World Innovation
Olivier Hausheer, XTC World Innovation

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Radiation Seminar

Day 3, 24 November 2010
Location: Hall 10 Seminar Theatre

Organised by the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, this seminar will explore the application of nuclear technology in food production and issues surrounding radiation.
10.00    
Opening Speech
  Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority
  Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
   
10:30


 
Atoms for food and agriculture: Meeting the challenge, the application of nuclear techniques in food and agriculture
David Byron, IAEA, Australia

 
  Nuclear Regulations in UAE
   
11:00


 
Radiation Safety in the UAE: the role and operations of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
Dr Jon Loy, FANR, UAE

 
11:30 Break
   

Nuclear Techniques in Food Authenticity
   
 11:45

 
Recent applications of stable isotopes techniques for authenticity of honey and other food products
Marcel Dumoulin, EUROFINS, France
   
12:15
 
Utilization of 40K to discriminate between honey and date syrup
Dr. Mabrouk O. Allagi, ADFCA, UAE
   
12.45

 
Lunch Break

Food Irradiation
 
 14.00

 
Food irradiation
Prof. Dieter A. Ehlermann, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Karlsruhe, Germany
   
 14:30
 
Methods for irradiated food testing and identification
Dr. David Sanderson, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
   
 15:00
 
Irradiated food legislation in EU
Prof. Alan Reilly, Food Safety Authority of Ireland
   
15:30
 
Forum Conclusion and Recommendations
Dr. Mabrouk O. Allagi, ADFCA, UAE
 
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