Food system resilience, sustainability and the COVID-19 crisis: looking ahead to the German Presidency of the EU

15 June 2020. FFA Regional Online Live. The FFA held its first online event. As the pandemic puts a new focus on supply chains and the food system, FFA wanted to share the expertise and experiences of our panel and look forward to the German Presidency of the Council of the EU.

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• To read the opening speech from Janez Potočnik click here
• To view the final Mentimeter poll results Click here

The first edition connected Brussels with Berlin to discuss food system resilience, sustainability and the COVID-19 crisis.

Heike Zeller, Moderator
Janez Potočnik, Chair FFA2020 and Chairman RISE Foundation

3:10pm - 3:20pm

Tête-à-tête discussion (from Brussels)

Janez Potočnik, Chair FFA2020 and Chairman RISE Foundation
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Deputy Head of Cabinet for EU Commissioner Wojciechowski

3:25pm - 4:10pm

Panel discussion (from Berlin)

We move to Berlin, where our panellists will discuss food system resilience, sustainability and the COVID-19 Crisis.

• Gero Hocker, Member of the German Federal Parliament
• Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein, Chairman of the BÖLW (Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft)
• Julia Köhn, CEO & Founder at PIELERS GmbH; Chairwoman, German AgriFood Society