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Draft Programme: Subject to change
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Wednesday – 18 June 2025
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| Time/Room | JRC – Expo Building Calle Inca Garcilaso 3, PICASSO room |
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Welcome and introductory speeches
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| 18:00 | Cocktail reception |
Thursday – 19 June 2025
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| Time/Room | Maestranza Room | Alcázar Room |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Welcome Speaker | |
| Chair: TBD | Seth Meyer (invited), Office of the Chief Economist, USDA | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Break – Catedral Room | |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Session 3 | Session 4 |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch provided | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 5 | Session 6 |
15:45 – 16:15 Networking Break – Catedral Room
Friday – 20 June 2025
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| Time/Room | Maestranza Room | Alcázar Room |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Antoine Bouet (invited), Director, CEPII | |
| Chair: TBD | TBD | |
| 9:45 – 11:00 | Session 7 | Session 8 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Break – Catedral Room | |
| 11:30 – 12:45 | Session 9 | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch provided | |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Closing Speaker
Chair: TBD |
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| 15:30 | Adjourn |
DETAILED SCHEDULE
Wednesday – 18 June 2025
JRC – Expo Building
Calle Inca Garcilaso 3, PICASSO room
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Welcome and introductory speeches |
| 18:00 | Cocktail reception |
Thursday – 19 June 2025
Hotel Eurostars Torre Sevilla
Maestranza and Alcázar rooms
10:00 – 11:15
Session 1 – Moderator: TBD – Weather, Domestic Support, and Trade
| S. McCorriston: | Openness, Extreme Weather and Food Inflation: The Experience of the UK |
| B. Kumar | State Procurement at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and Farmgate Price Distortions: Evidence from Rice and Wheat Markets |
| S. Rege | Trade analysis of all major crops in ten African countries linking farm optimization and general equilibrium models using supply elasticity |
Session 2 – Moderator: TBD – Food Security
| C. Wieck | Navigating geopolitical risks for food security: strategic lessons from country-specific experiences |
| M. Rogna | Impact of Energy Price Shocks on Local Food Prices: A Transmission Analysis |
| E. Ayesu | Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Maritime Transport Infrastructure on Intra-African Agricultural Trade |
11:45 – 13 :00
Session 3 – Moderator: TBD – Deforestation and Environmental Sustainability Measures
| A. Deuss,
O. Du Bois |
Environmental sustainability initiatives related to highly traded agricultural commodities: Case study of the Australian beef and wheat sectors |
| O. Boysen | How could the EU Deforestation regulation affect cocoa markets and related deforestation |
Session 4 – Moderator: TBD – Productivity, Trade Costs and AI
| A. Kavallari | The role of agricultural productivity gaps versus trade costs in determining the intensity of intra-regional agrifood trade |
| G. Onel | U.S. Agricultural Competitiveness in the Age of AI: The Role of Robotics in Shaping H-2A Guest Worker Needs |
| D. Debnath | Impact of India’s agricultural productivity growth during the era of uncertain trade policy on international trade |
14:30 – 15:45
Session 5 – Moderator: TBD – State Trading and International Trade Costs
| B. Lohmar | The Increasing Role of State Trading in China’s Agricultural Imports: Implications for Future Imports and Global Markets |
| J. Grant | Estimating Ad-Valorem Equivalent Bilateral Trade Costs between the U.S. and Major Trading Partners |
Session 6 – Moderator: TBD – Productivity, Sustainability, and Competitiveness
| H. Patterson – Andrews | The productivity of animal production in Trinidad and Tobago and implications for increased importation of animal products from the European Union |
| I. Sheldon and S. McCorriston | CBAMs, (Dis) embodied Emissions and Market Structure: The Case of Fertilisers |
Friday – 20 June 2025
Hotel Eurostars Torre Sevilla
Guadalquivir and Cartuja rooms
9:45 – 11:00
Session 7 – Moderator: TBD – Free Trade Agreements in the 21st Century
| L. Cosnard | Evolution of EU agri-food trade flows following the implementation of trade agreements |
| A. Countryman | Effects of NAFTA on Rural U.S. Employment and Wages |
| C. Emlinger | Assessing the impact of EU trade agreements in the 21st centure: an ex-post evaluation |
Session 8 – Moderator: TBD – Non-Tariff Measures and Food Trade
| S. Ashour | Regional Crises and Trade Costs: Addressing Non-Tariff Barriers to Food Security in Jordan |
| S. Ikeme | A New NTM Dataset: Estimating Ad-Valorem Equivalents Using Different Sources of Data |
11:30 – 12:45
Session 9 – Moderator: TBD – Protein Supply and GHG Emissions
| M. Himics | Greenhouse gas reduction potential in the EU livestock sector |
| A. Haniotis | Does the EU really have a “protein deficit”? Persistent myths and stubborn trade realities |
| T. Fellman | EU protein supply and demand: Balancing agricultural productivity and competitiveness while advancing a sustainable food system transition |