15th Annual World Food & Agribusiness Symposium
Paper Presentations and Discussion Sessions

Monday, June 27, 2005 - 9:00AM - 10:00AM
Opening Session - Change and Change Management
Mr. Jack Ablin - Chief Investment Officer, Harris Bank, USA

Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:45AM - 12:15PM
Creating Value Through Coordination
Moderator: Mr. Lynn White - Vice President, Global Ag. Services, John Deere, USA
Mr. Jeff Gargiulo - President and CEO, Sunkist Growers, USA
Mr. John Johnson - President and CEO, CHS Cooperatives, USA
Ms. Annalisa King - Sr. Vice President, Vertical Coordination, Maple Leaf Foods, Canada

Monday, June 27, 2005 - 2:00PM - 3:30PM
The Changing Consumer: Demanding but Predictable
Moderator: Mr. Gianluigi Zenti - Executive Director, Academia Barilla, Italy
Mr. Bill Bishop - President, Willard Bishop Consulting, USA
Mr. Hans Jöhr - Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestec, Switzerland
Mr. George Hoffman – President & CEO, Restaurant Services Inc., USA

Monday, June 27, 2005 - 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Redefining the Distribution Channel: Lean but Responsive
Moderator: Dr. Mike Boehlje - Professor, Agricultural Economics, Purdue Univ., USA
Dr. Don Bowersox - Professor, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State Univ., USA
Mr. Craig Watson - Vice President, Quality Assurance, Sysco Corporation, USA
Mr. Mark Foster - Vice President, Supply Chain, SUPERVALU, USA

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 9:00AM - 10:30AM
The Farmer of the Future: Buying Behavior and Market Potential
Moderator: Mr. Hector Laurence - President and CEO, McLaren Holdings, Argentina
Dr. Steve Sonka – Partner, Centrec Consulting & Director, Tech. Research Initiative, Univ. of Illinois, USA
Dr. Allan Gray - Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Univ., USA
Mr. Terry Mosier - Director of Strategic Marketing, John Deere, USA
 

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 11:15AM - 12:45PM
International Suppliers: Challenges and Potential
Moderator: Mr. Steven Jaffee – Senior Economist, World Bank, USA
Dr. J.P. Singh - Ministry of Agriculture, India
Dr. Thomas J. Herlehy - Chief of Party, EL SHAMS Project, CARE-Egypt
Mr. Daniel Miller - Agriculture Development Officer, Rebuilding Ag. Markets Program, USAID-Afghanistan
 

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 12:45PM - 2:15PM
Doing Business in China
Introduction: Mr. Bill Whipple - Executive Vice President, Food Group, Harris Nesbitt, USA
Mr. Robert Martin - Managing Director & Regional Executive, BMO Financial Group, Hong Kong, China
Mr. Eric J. Joiner - President/COO, AJC International, Inc., USA
 

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 2:30PM - 4:00PM
Financing the New Food Industry
Moderator: Ms. Erica Kuhlmann - Managing Director, Food Group, Harris Nesbitt, USA
Ms. Mary Burke - Principal, The Food Partners, USA
Mr. Bing Graffunder – CEO, Fairmount Food Group, USA
Mr. Pieter Kodde, Managing Director, Financial Sponsors Group, Rabobank, USA
 

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:15PM - 4:45PM
Positioning to Compete in the New Food Industry
Moderator: Dr. Walt Armbruster - President, Farm Foundation, USA
Mr. Hans Jöhr - Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestec, Switzerland
Mr. Hector Laurence - President and CEO, McLaren Holdings, Argentina
Mr. Bill Whipple - Executive Vice President, Food Group, Harris Nesbitt, USA
Mr. Gianluigi Zenti - Executive Director, Academia Barilla, Italy
Mr. Lynn White - Vice President, Global Ag. Services, John Deere, USA