Registration has closed: The in-person registration fee is $150.00. A partial refund of $100.00 will be made if a cancellation notice is received before June 1, 2025. No refunds will be given after June 1, 2025. Notify Jennifer Shelton at jennifershelton@vt.edu if you need to cancel your registration.
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Programme: Subject to change
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| Wednesday – 18 June 2025 |
| Time/Room | JRC – Expo Building
Calle Inca Garcilaso 3, PICASSO room |
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Welcome and introductory speeches
Welcome from JRC, Ignacio Perez Dominguez, European Commission Policy Series
Closing & Plan for Symposium, Jason Grant, Virginia Tech |
| 18:00 | Cocktail reception with tapas |
| 20:30 | Optional Networking Dinner |
| Thursday – 19 June 2025 |
| Time/Room | Maestranza Room | Alcázar Room |
| 9:15 – 10:30 | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Networking Break – Catedral Room | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Session 3 | Session 4 |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Opening Day Speaker:
Joseph Glauber (virtual) Chair: Jason Grant |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch – Feria Room | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 5 | Session 6 |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Networking Break – Catedral Room | |
| 20:30 | Optional Group Dinner (Self-Pay) |
| Friday – 20 June 2025 |
| Time/Room | Maestranza Room | Alcázar Room |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Antoine Bouët, Director, CEPII
Chair: Christian Elleby |
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| 10:15 – 11:45 | Session 7 | Session 8 |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Break – Catedral Room | |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Closing Speaker:
Lars Brink Chair: Ignacio Perez Dominguez |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch – Feria Room | |
| 14:30 | Adjourn |
Thursday – 19 June 2025
Hotel Eurostars Torre Sevilla
Maestranza and Alcázar rooms
9:15 – 10:30
Session 1 – Moderator: Christian Elleby – Weather, Domestic Support, and Trade
| S. McCorriston | Openness, Extreme Weather and Food Inflation: The Experience of the UK
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| 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: Christine Wieck – 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 |
10:30 – 11:00
| Networking Break – Catedral Room |
11:00 – 12:15
Session 3 – Moderator: Amanda Countryman – Deforestation and Environmental Sustainability Measures
| O. Boysen | How could the EU Deforestation regulation affect cocoa markets and related deforestation |
| A. Deuss
O. Du Bois |
Environmental sustainability initiatives related to highly traded agricultural commodities: Case study of the Australian beef and wheat sectors |
Session 4 – Moderator: Tassos Haniotis – 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 |
12:15 – 13:00 Plenary Speaker
| Joseph Glauber
Chair: Jason Grant |
Impacts of Tariffs on Global Agricultural Trade Flows |
13:00 – 14:30
| Lunch – Feria Room |
14:30 – 15:45
Session 5 – Moderator: Jason Grant – 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 |
| S. Ikeme | A New NTM Dataset: Estimating Ad-Valorem Equivalents Using Different Sources of Data |
Session 6 – Moderator: Ian Sheldon – Productivity, Market Structure, and Trade
| 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 |
| S. Ashour | Regional Crises and Trade Costs: Addressing Non-Tariff Barriers to Food Security in Jordan |
15:45 – 16:15
| Networking Break – Catedral Room |
20:30
Optional Networking Dinner (At Own Expense)
Join fellow attendees for an informal dinner at Lola Cazerola. This is a great opportunity to network and relax. Participants are responsible for their own meals.
Location: Lola Cazerola
Address: Calle Castilla 36, 41010 Seville
Friday – 20 June 2025
Hotel Eurostars Torre Sevilla
Maestranza and Alcázar rooms
9:30 – 10:15 Plenary Speaker
| Antoine Bouët
Chair: Christian Elleby |
“Reciprocal tariffs on pause? An estimation of the economic impact of the trade policy decisions since January 20, 2025”
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10:15 – 11:45
Session 7 – Moderator: D. Debnath – Protein Supply and GHG Emissions
| M. Himics | Greenhouse gas reduction potential in the EU livestock sector |
| A. Haniotis | Global challenges and the EU’s shifting agri-trade goalposts |
| T. Fellman | EU protein supply and demand: Balancing agricultural productivity and competitiveness while advancing a sustainable food system transition |
Session 8 – Moderator: Annelies Deuss – Free Trade Agreements in the 21st Century
| A. Countryman | Effects of NAFTA on Rural U.S. Employment and Wages |
| L. Cosnard | Evolution of EU agri-food trade flows following the implementation of trade agreements |
| C. Emlinger | Assessing the impact of EU trade agreements in the 21st centure: an ex-post evaluation |
11:45 – 12:15 :
| Networking Break – Catedral Room – Catedral Room |
12:15 – 13:00 Plenary Closing Speaker
| Lars Brink
Chair: Ignacio Perez Dominguez |
Closing Thoughts and Reflections |
13:00 – 14:30
| Lunch – Feria Room – 34th floor |
| IATRC SUMMER SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANT LIST – JUNE 2025 |
| No. | Name | Affiliation |
| 1 | Arsov, Spire | European Commission |
| 2 | Ashour, Sara | Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin |
| 3 | Awokuse, Titus | Michigan State University |
| 4 | Boysen, Ole | European Commission |
| 5 | Bouet, Antoine | Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales |
| 6 | Brink, Lars | Independent Consultant |
| 7 | Cosnard, Lionel | European Commission |
| 8 | Countryman, Amanda | Colorado State University |
| 9 | Debnath, Deepayan | City of Columbia, Missouri |
| 10 | Deuss, Annelies | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 11 | Du Bois, Olivia | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 12 | Elleby, Christian | European Commission |
| 13 | Emlinger, Charlotte | Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales |
| 14 | Farkas, Beatrice | European Commission |
| 15 | Fellmann, Thomas | European Commission |
| 16 | Grant, Jason | Virginia Tech |
| 17 | Haniotis, Anastassios | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| 18 | Himics, Mihaly | European Commission |
| 19 | Ikeme, Sionegael | Colorado State University |
| 20 | Kavallari, Aikaterini | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| 21 | Kumar, Balram | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research |
| 22 | Liu, Jianwen | World Bank |
| 23 | Lohmar, Bryan | California Polytechnic State University |
| 24 | McCorriston, Steve | University of Exeter |
| 25 | Mensah, Kristina | Kristina M. Mensah Consulting |
| 26 | Nechifor, Victor | European Commission |
| 27 | Onel, Gulcan | University of Florida |
| 28 | Patterson-Andrews, Hazel | University of West Indies |
| 29 | Pemberton, Carlisle | Anglican Church, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 30 | Perez-Dominguez, Ignacio | European Commission |
| 31 | Pieralli, Simone | European Commission |
| 32 | Rafajlovic, Juanita | Government of Canada |
| 33 | Rege, Sameer | European Commission |
| 34 | Rogna, Marco | European Commission |
| 35 | Sahoo, Amarendra | European Commission |
| 36 | Seale, James | University of Florida |
| 37 | Sheldon, Ian | The Ohio State University |
| 38 | Shelton, Jennifer | Virginia Tech |
| 39 | Tillie, Pascal | European Commission |
| 40 | Wahl, Thomas | North Dakota State University |
| 41 | Wieck, Christine | Universitat Hohenheim |