Day 2 – 28 September 2023

Registration

Welcome speech

  • Jacques Vandenschrik, President, European Food Banks Federation (confirmed, onsite)
  • Pedro Miguel Llorca Llinares, President, Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (confirmed, onsite)
  • Jonathan Bennet, European External Relations Director, General Mills (confirmed, onsite)

Opening remarks

  • Ruth Paserman, Director, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission (confirmed, online)

Key-note speech

  • Tom Arnold, Board member, The Global FoodBanking Network (confirmed, onsite)

Responding to tough times: how has the food redistribution landscape been altered and have our necessary actions been adapted?

Moderated by: Lindsay Boswell – interim CEO, European Food Banks Federation

Thematic comments from a host and views and experiences from the audience

10 mins to get into the breakout rooms

Working sessions (in parallel, breakout rooms)

  1. From farm to Food Banks. How do we maximise the opportunity from the area of greatest waste and potential?

    Bernard Valluis, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  2. Manufacturers. Partnering creatively to deliver surplus food while giving value to donors.

    Katarzyna Bielawska, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  3. Collaboration with retailers. What is happening and what are the opportunities with distribution centres and stores?

    Jochen Brühl, Board member, European Food Banks Federation supported by Marco Koppe, General Director, Tafel Deutschland e.V.

  4. Extending life of products, including processing, freezing, and much more. Can we save more surplus food and what can we learn from success across the FEBA membership? What are the costs and the benefits?

    Pedro Castaños, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  5. New opportunities for food donation (e.g. special events, cruises, customs bonded warehouses). How can we innovate our business as usual and scale up our activities?

    Marco Lucchini, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

Lunch

Working sessions (in parallel, breakout rooms)

  1. From farm to Food Banks. How do we maximise the opportunity from the area of greatest waste and potential?

    Bernard Valluis, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  2. Manufacturers. Partnering creatively to deliver surplus food while giving value to donors.

    Katarzyna Bielawska, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  3. Collaboration with retailers. What is happening and what are the opportunities with distribution centres and stores?

    Jochen Brühl, Board member, European Food Banks Federation supported by Marco Koppe, General Director, Tafel Deutschland e.V.

  4. Extending life of products, including processing, freezing, and much more. Can we save more surplus food and what can we learn from success across the FEBA membership? What are the costs and the benefits?

    Pedro Castaños, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  5. New opportunities for food donation (e.g. special events, cruises, customs bonded warehouses). How can we innovate our business as usual and scale up our activities?

    Marco Lucchini, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

10 mins to get into the plenary room

Responding to tough times: is the world around us changing faster than we are?

Moderated by: Lindsay Boswell – interim CEO, European Food Banks Federation

Thematic comments from a host and views and experiences from the audience

10 mins to get into the breakout rooms

Working sessions (in parallel, breakout rooms)

  1. Commercial competition and alternative uses of surplus food: threat or opportunity? What can we learn and can this point towards solutions?

    Jozef Mottar, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

  2. If the demand is greater than the supply, are we giving food to the right partner organisations? Do we really understand and communicate the added value of social inclusion? How do we measure social return on investment? Lindsay Boswell, interim CEO, European Food Banks Federation
  3. Policy and legislative opportunities. Can we learn from other countries to change the climate for food donation in our country?

    Angela Frigo, Secretary General, European Food Banks Federation

  4. What are the opportunities and challenges of buying food? And how do we fund it?

    Paula Capodistrias, Board member, European Food Banks Federation

Dinner at La Quinta de Jarama