Keynote Speakers:

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, UK

Klaus-Dieter Borchardt
Deputy Head of Commissioner Fischer Boel’s Cabinet, European Commission

For more than twenty years Agra Europe’s OUTLOOK conference has been one of the most important meetings for debate on the future of agriculture and food policy in Europe

Now in its 28th year OUTLOOK 2009 gives you the opportunity to hear from the people at the business end of European farm policy-making.  Keynote presentations address all the most topical farm policy issues, including the future for biofuels, the reform of the Single Farm Payment system, the impact of the Commission's proposed increase in cash transfers between the CAP's first and second 'pillars', and latest prospects for a WTO Doha Round agreement.

Our expert team of speakers will look in detail at the growing importance of biomass and bioenergy production, the challenges facing the global meat and livestock industry and the impact of high commodity prices and rising input costs on agricultural production.

Join us in London to network with leaders and opinion-formers from government, agriculture and the food industry and debate the major issues currently facing the European agriculture sector.