Fourth Multi-stakeholder platform meeting

15-17 October 2013 - Ottawa, Canada

15 October

• The Agenda: Where we are, how we got here, and the way foward
• Operating Sustainability in food and agriculture
• Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock in Latin America: 500 years of Solitude
• Global agenda session plenary session statements
• Animal Task Force: a science based re-enforcement of a sustainable European livestock production sector
• Romeo Volonté President of FUCREA
• Key note: Sustainable Livestock Sector Development
• Snapshot of Canada's Livestock and Poultry Industry
• Aperçu de l'industrie du bétail et de la volaille au Canada
• Proving and Improving Sustainability of the Canadian Beef Industry
• A Snapshot of Canadian Pork Sector sustainability Initiatives
• Sustaining our Future and Customer
• Assurance de notre viabilité future et de notre considération du client
• Cérémonie d'ouverture Allocution de M. Jean-Guy Vincent, président, Conseil canadien du porc
• Opening Statement of Guiding Group, Neil Fraser

16 October

• Recap - 15 October
• Focus Area 1
  
• Focus Area 2
• Focus Area 3
• Stakeholder breakout groups
• Academia breakout groups
• Social movements / NGOS breakout group
• Private sector breakout group
• Public Sector Group
• Focus Area breakout groups

Parallel section 1

• Implementation Agenda Sustainable Livestock
• Australia: A research and extension case study on raising productivity and reducing emissions
• Challenges for integrative stakeholder involvement for sustainable livestock production in Namibia
• The Brazilian Roundtable for Sustainable Livestock Production (GTPS)
• Animal Task Force: science based re-enforcement of a sustainable European livestock production sector
• Managing grasslands for productivity and environmental performance in Uruguay
• Building Strong Stakeholder Support for Collaborative Actions:The Case of the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) Project

Parallel section 2

• Building New Partnerships in Sustainable
• Livestock: The Climate and Clean Air Coalition's Agriculture InitiativeAgri-benchmark, a global network at the service of livestock development
• Exploring the potential to link smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya to carbon markets
• The role of private sector organizations in supporting the o IE animal welfare standards
• Improving animal welfare in the supply chain
• Building effective solutions for a sustainable and productive livestock sector: integrating efficiency, sustainability and animal welfare

17 October

• Recap - 16 October
• Focus Area 1
  
• Focus Area 2
• Summary of FA2 Group Discussion
• Focus Area 3
• Greenhouse gas emissions along livestock supply chains and options for mitigation
• IMS Member Commitments
• Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock
• Building industrial dairy business based on smallholders: ‘laiterie du berger’ experiences
• The way we work – Issues and Options