Cairns Group Farm Leaders Meeting

Santa Cruz, Bolivia
17 - 21 October 2002

Seminar Program

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Saturday 19 October – Day 1

09:00                                Farmers’ Statement to Ministerial Opening

10:00                                Welcome to Seminar

                                  Dr Juan Armando Antelo Parada, Chairman,
                                  National Agriculture Confederation, Bolivia

10:30                                Overview of Bolivian Agriculture

11:00                                Panel Discussion – Global Advocacy to promote

                                         Agricultural Trade Reform

                                  Dr Marcos Jank, Inter-American Development Bank

                            Mr Jason Haftmeister, Office of the U.S. Trade
                                 Representative (Invited)

                            Dr Andy Stoeckel, Centre for International Economics

12:30                               Lunch

14:00                              Global Advocacy for Sugar Trade Reform

                                        Eduardo Carvalho, Brazil

  Bruce Vaughan, Chairman, Global Alliance for Sugar Trade

  Reform

 

15:15                              Afternoon Tea

           

15:45                              Global Beef Liberalisation Magellan Project Phase 2

 

                                            Daniela Alfaro, Direccion Estudios Agroeconomicos ion Rural de

                                           Uruguay

                        Dr Peter Barnard, Meat & Livestock Australia

17:00                       Close

19:00                       Seminar Dinner

Sunday 20 October 2002 - Day Two

09:00                             Opening Remarks

                               Dr Juan Armando Antelo Parada
                          Chairman, National Agriculture Confederation, Bolivia

09:10                            Alliance for Global Dairy Reform

                                      Ricardo James, Brazil Dairy
                               Alejandro Delfino, Sociedad Rural Argentina
                              Peter Gallagher/John McQueen, Australian Dairy Farmers                                Federation

10:15                           Morning Tea

10:45                           Discussion on US Ag Negotiating Proposal in the WTO 

                              USDA/USTR spokesperson

12:00                           Lunch

13:00                         Discussion on Cairns Group Farm Leaders Strategy in the WTO

15:00                          Afternoon Tea

15:30                         Discussion on Cairns Group Farm Leaders Strategy in the WTO

16:45                         Closing Remarks

Program

Thursday 17 October               Farm Study Tour

Agricultural tour around Santa Cruz

Friday 18 October                    Farm Leaders Meeting

Preparation of Joint Statement
Cocktail Reception with Ministers, 6:00pm

Saturday 19 October              Farm Leaders Meeting

Attend Ministers Opening Ceremony
Seminar Program

Sunday 20 October                 Farm Leaders Meeting

Seminar Program

Monday 21 October            Farm Leaders Meeting with Ministers, 9:00am