Tigran Richter (President Europatat)
“This year we are looking at a very interesting edition of our Congress in Poland, a very important market for potatoes. The Congress will provide a lot of substantive discussions for colleagues around Europe and beyond on the future of the potato trade given the current geopolitical and economic constraints.”
Tomasz Bieńkowski (President PPF)
“We are very excited to bring the Europatat Congress 2023 to Poland for the first time ever. Currently, we are the second largest producer of potatoes in the EU and the potato industry has a significant share in Polish food production, which annual turnover reaches several billion zlotys.”
Europatat Congress public session
Venue: Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdansk (Poland)
Tuesday 6 June
- 10:00h – 11:00h: Registration and welcome coffee
- 11:00h – 11:30h: Opening speeches
- Tigran Richter, President Europatat
- Tomasz Bienkowski, President Polish Potato Federation
- Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development
- 11:30h – 12:30h: Keynote speech: The place of the potato in a changing market
- Grzegorz Łapanowski, food expert, culinary journalist, creative chef
- 12:30h – 14:00h: Networking lunch
- 14:00h – 15:30h: Panel discussion: The Changing Geopolitical Landscape and the Future for Potato Trade
- Mykola Mykola Gordiichuk, Vice-President of Ukrainian Potato Growers Association
- Geoffroy d’Evry, President of NEPG (North European Potatoes Growers)
- Jörg Renatus, Managing Director of Europlant International
- Jarosław Wańkowicz, Supply Chain Director at Farm Frites Poland SA
- 15:30h – 15:45h: Closing
- Berta Redondo Benito, Secretary General Europatat