Organic Agriculture Development in Greece
Friday, 11th of March 2011 at 17:00 in Hall C, N. Germanos Conference Centre, THESSALONIKI
Meeting Coordination: Dr Petros Dasopoulos, CEO/Business Strategist, DASO Business Performance
Welcome Greetings: Mr Dimitris Symeonidis, President of the Organic Products Cluster and Mr John Koutsoukos, Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Food
Presentations:
17:20 – 17:30: “Financial Tools for the Development and Promotion of Organic Agriculture”, by Mr Evangelos Divaris, Special Secretary, Department of Community Resources and Infrastructure, Ministry of Rural Development and Food.
17:30 – 17:40: “Organic Products Business Development Figures in today’s Economic Environment”, by Mr Efthymios Tsimpidis, Director, Green Bay Ltd.
17:40 – 17:50: “Organic Products in International Markets – The case of Saffron”, by Mr Nicholas Patsiouras, President, Cooperative of Saffron Producers of Kozani.
18:00 – 18:10: “Development of Organic Products in the Super Market Stores”, by Mr Pericles Lazidis, Purchasing Director, Masoutis Group SA
18:10 – 18:20: “Export Challenges for Packaged Organic Products”, by Mr Constantinos Constantinidis, Managing Director, Pelopac SA
18:20 – 18:30: “Consumers’ Requirements and Demands on the Organic-Product Range”, by Mr Nick Kompotis Sales Manager, Anadromi SA.
18:30 – 18:40: “Bridging the Gap between Consumers and Producers”, by Mr Lefteris Xanthakis, Lakoniko Liotrivi Co.
18:40 – 19:00: Questions & Discussion
The Information Meeting is organized by the ORGANIC PRODUCTS CLUSTER, the HELEXPO and the HELP-FORWARD NETWORK