WOMEN & AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE 2011 PROGRAMME
9.00am Registration
9.30am Official welcome: Mairead Lavery, Editor, Irish Country Living
9.35am Official opening: Zoe Kavanagh, CEO of the National Dairy Council
9.45am Up the Energy I
Session 1:
FARMING – THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
10.00am Over the next five years, farming families will face many new challenges; the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; changes in the Single Farm Payment; the end of milk quotas and what’s needed to meet the ambitious targets set out by Harvest 2020.
Our panel of experts will examine these important issues so you and your family are better prepared to face what’s ahead.
Speakers:
Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods
Aidan Cotter, CEO of Bord Bia,
Pat Smith, General Secretary, Irish Farmers Association
Matt Dempsey, Editor and MD of the Irish Farmers Journal
11.15am Break
11.30am Farming, Food and Tourism - Stronger Together!
Speaker: Margaret Jeffares, MD of Good Food Ireland
11.50am Farm Family Finance – Forewarned is Forearmed.
Your questions answered and key financial advice from our panel.
Speakers:
Peter Young, Irish Country Living’s Money Mentor
Declan McEvoy, Senior Tax Planning Consultant with IFAC Accountants
12.40pm Fun and Frolics with our Surprise Act!!!
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2
TIME FOR YOU
2.15pm Up the Energy II
2.30pm Cooking with Neven.
Serve up your cooking queries to our own Neven Maguire.
2.50pm Women & Agriculture Awards. Meet our Inspirational Winners.
Speakers:
Ann Moore, Dairy Farmer from Midleton, Cork
Valerie Kingston, Dairy Farmer and Founder of Glenilen Foods, Dunmanway, Cork
Peter Ward, Bord Bia Taste Council and owner of Country Choice
3.30pm Your Health in your Hands.
Food and fitness advice from top nutritionist Paula Mee.
4.10pm Taking Adversity in your Stride.
Motivational speaker Caroline Casey will inspire you with her success story of looking at life through a different lens.
5.00pm Close