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PROGRAMME
“MARKET VISIONS WITH RESULTS”
TUESDAY, 22 APRIL 2008
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12:00 - 18:00
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Delegates registration at the lobby of the Hotel Marquis Reforma
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13:00 - 15:00
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WUWM Board lunch
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15:00 - 18:00
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WUWM Board Meeting in The Presidential Lounge at the Hotel Marquis Reforma (by invitation only)
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18:30 - 20:00
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Welcome cocktail for all delegates and partners. Hotel Marquis Reforma, the Atrium
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20:00
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Free Evening
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WEDNESDAY, 23 APRIL 2008
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07.30
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Delegates meet in hotel lobby of President Intercontinental Hotel
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07:45 - 09:00
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Transfer to Mexico City Wholesale Market (CEDA)
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09:00 - 10:00
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Welcome:
- Ing. Raymundo Collins Flores, CEDA Director and General Administrator
- Mr. Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Chief of Government of the City of Mexico
- Mr Donald Darnall, WUWM Chairman
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10:00 - 12:00
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Mexico City Market technical visit
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12:00 - 13:00
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Buses depart for Conference venue: Torre Mayor, Piso 51 (Floor 51)
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12:30 - 17:30
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Registration desk opens at venue
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch at Restaurant Magnolia, Torre Mayor
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14:00 - 15:30
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WUWM Regional Working Group Meetings
- European meeting in the Conference Hall in Piso 51
- America’s meeting in the Auditorium in Piso 51
- Asian meeting in the Annex of the Conference Hall in Piso 51
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15:30 - 17:00
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Session 1: Conference Hall in Piso 51
Latin-American markets – future challenges and opportunities
Chairperson: Mr Michel Escoffier, Secretary General FFMIN, France
Speaker 1: Mr Alejandro Escobar, Operations Specialist, BID, New York, USA
Speaker 2: Mr Antonio Satorius, E.N. Mercasa, Madrid, Spain
Speaker 3: Mr Ken Shwedel, Head of Food and Agribusiness Research Mexico, Argentina and Chile, RABOBANK, USA
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17:00 - 17:15
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Coffee break
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17:15 - 18:45
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Session 2: Conference Hall in Piso 51
Panel discussion: Market ownership and management models for the 21st Century
Chairperson: Mr Donald Darnall, Executive Director MFCA, Baltimore, USA
Panellist 1: Mr Marc Spielrein, Chairman, Rungis Market, France
Panellist 2: Mr Graham Wallace, Group Manager, Glasgow Markets, Scotland
Panellist 3: Mr Rongqi Li, Vice General Manager of Beijing Glorious Land Agricultural Co.,Ltd, China
Panellist 4: Mr Eulalio Blanco Valdez, Director Monterrey Market, Mexico
Panellist 5: Mr Gonzalo Bravo Baltra, General Manager, Santiago de Chile
Panellist 6: Mr Felipe Solis, Market Manager CEDA, Mexico
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19:00
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Evening free (except for the Board of Directors and their partners, informal dinner)
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THURSDAY, 24 APRIL 2008
Partners are welcome to join Conference delegates to the technical visit.
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07:30
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Buses depart for Tultitlan Market with boxed breakfast
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08:45 - 11:30
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Technical visit to the Tultitlan Market and light lunch
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11:30 - 12:45
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Buses depart for Teotihuacán Pyramids
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12:45 - 15:00
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Visit to the Pyramids
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15:00 - 17:30
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Early dinner and show in a typical Mexican restaurant, “La Gruta” at the pyramids
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17:30 - 19:00
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Buses depart for the conference hotels
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19:00
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Free Evening
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FRIDAY, 25 APRIL 2008
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08:30
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Buses depart from conference hotels to the Torre Mayor, Piso 51(Conference Hall)
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09:00 - 10.15
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Session 3:
Creating a sustainable environment with the market
Chairperson: Mr David Smith, Head of Corporation London Markets, UK
Speaker 1: Ms Maria Rodriquez, Managing Director, ByOEarth, Guatemala
Speaker 2: Mr Torsten Berens, Managing Director, Hamburg Market, Germany
Speaker 3: Mr Uwe Kluge, Chairman GFI, Bremen, Germany
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10:15 - 10:45
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Coffee break
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10.45 - 12.00
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Session 4:
Developing network strategies to support market operations – case studies
Chairperson: Mr Manuel Estrada, International Director, E.N Mercasa, Madrid, Spain
Speaker 1: Mr Agustin Argelich, Argelich Ingenieros, Barcelona, Spain
Speaker 2: Mr Raymundo Collins Flores, General Administrator, CEDA, Mexico
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12:00 - 13:15
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Lunch at Hotel Marquis
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13:15 - 16:00
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WUWM Membership Meeting and Elections
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16:00 - 16:15
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26th WUWM Congress Presentation - Copenhagen, Denmark
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16:15 - 16:30
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Conference Conclusions
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16:30 - 16:45
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Closing Ceremony
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16:45 - 17:00
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Buses depart for the hotels
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17:00 - 20:00
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Free time
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20:00 - 20:30
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Buses depart from Conference hotels to the Gala dinner
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20:30 - 00:30
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Gala Dinner (Formal) at Hacienda de los Morales, Restaurant El Jardin
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00:30
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Buses depart for the conference hotels
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