Event

Agricultural Policy in Transition: What Next?

14 January 2009

15:00 – 17:00 p.m.

Polak Room, International Press Centre, Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, Brussels

The University of Missouri is pleased to invite you to a conference on the future of transatlantic agricultural policy. This dialogue occurs at a time of extreme volatility and complexity. 2009 will witness a change of administration in Washington DC and a new European Commission and Parliament in Brussels. The EU is also engaged in the CAP health check and budget review deliberations.

Roller coaster food and oil prices, a heated debate about biofuels and the global economic crisis are all having a direct impact on agricultural policy and markets on both sides of the Atlantic. Since the only certainty is that things will not be the same as before, this conference will provide a timely opportunity to ask how agricultural policy priorities may change in Europe and America.

Draft Programme

Opening Remarks

Brady Deaton – Chancellor, University of Missouri

Keynote speech
Lars Hoelgaard – Deputy Director General, Directorate-General—Agriculture, European Commission

Roundtable discussion
Pavel Vavra – Agricultural Economist, OECD

Pat Westhoff – Co-Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Institute, University of Missouri

Michel Petit – Professor, Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen (Montpellier)

Neil C. Conklin — President, Farm Foundation

Discussant

Willi Meyers – Co-Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Institute, University of Missouri

Moderator: Brady Deaton

Reception in Residence Palace foyer

RSVP: TAC_Conference@missouri.edu

For additional information, please contact: Fritz Cropp, Transatlantic Center, University of Missouri, croppf@missouri.edu, 573-882-1930.