Day one

WED, 24 MAY

11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Day two

THU, 25 MAY

11:00 AM – 6.00 PM

RECEPTION

11

On-Site Registration

MAIN STAGE

11

Opening Note

  • Ramy Boujawdeh, COO at Berytech

MAIN STAGE

11

Lebanon Innovate: Knowledge and Innovation Communities

  • Moderated by Suha Hallab, Program Manager at Berytech
  • Mohab Anis, CEO at Innovety

MAIN STAGE

11

Rural Entrepreneurs In Agrifood (REAF) Program: Featuring Impact in Rural Areas

  • Moderated by Malek Ghanem,Business Development Specialist – REAF
  • Cedars Trail Riding
  • ChocoZoo
  • Farming Bee
  • 3a Droub Zahle
  • Crispy Fried Onions
  • Green Taqa
  • Lebotanica

MAIN STAGE

– 12

Innovation in Rural Development

  • Moderated by Nicolas Gholam, Rural Development Researcher &  Practitioner at Mawsam Beirut | LEAD Expertise 
  • Thomas Mueller, GIZ Country Director
  • Ghassan Mokhaiber, Lawyer and Rural Development Expert
  • Nizar Hani, Manager at Shouf Biosphere Reserve

MAIN STAGE

– 1

Innovation in Waste and Side Stream Valorization

  • Rimane Aziz, Co-Founder and Factory Director at Agrofitt SAL
  • Zeina Hobaika, Head of the Department of Life and Earth Sciences-Biochemistry at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)

MAIN STAGE

– 1

Innovation in Wheat and Vegetable Value Chains

  • Mario Mrad, Co-Founder at NatBio 
  • Sandro Allouche, Owner at Beirut Farm
  • Karim Ghamrawi, Co-Founder at Seed in a Box & Agri-Movement

Main Stage

– 2

Lebanon Export Academy Graduation Ceremony

Main Stage

– 2

Empowering AgriFood SMEs under the USAID-funded Scaling-Up Agri-Food Innovations (SAFI) Project

  • Moderated by Yara Hamdar, Accelerator Manager at Berytech
  • Carla Moukarzel, Program Director at The USAID-funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity
  • Melissa Abs, Founder of Bites of Delight
  • Nada Ghanem, Founder of Douda Solutions
  • Suhad Hamad, Founder at Dimples

Main Stage

– 3

The Agrifood Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the MENA Region

  • Moderated by Ramy Boujawdeh, COO of Berytech
  • Dalia AbulFotuh, Economist at FAO
  • Hany Ayaad, Assistant Professor and Vice Dean at Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
  • Nancy Saliba, Director at Asher Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ACIE)

Main Stage

– 3

FAO Digitization Projects in the Lebanese Agrifood Sector

  • Elie Harfouche,Agriculture Field Officer at FAO
  • Soraya El Khalil, Social Protection Specialist at FAO

Main Stage

– 4

The Food System Challenge Closing Ceremony

  • Michelle Iseminger, Head of Programmes at WFP Lebanon

Main Stage

– 4

Innovation Through Clustering

  • Moderated by Roger Van Hoesel, Managing Partner at Ecosystem Navigators
  • Nadine El Khoury, COO of Robinson Agri and QOOT Cluster President 
  • Marc Beyrouthy, CEO of Nature by Marc Beyrouthy 
  • Christian KamelProject Director at BIEEL
  • Maxence Duault, General Director at ESA Business School

Main Stage

– 6

Agrifood Innovation Award (AFIA)

RECEPTION

11

On-Site Registration

MAIN STAGE

– 12

Opening Ceremony

  • Maroun N. Chammas, Chairman & CEO of Berytech
  • H.E. Hans Peter van der Woude, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Lebanon
  • Claudio Pasqualucci, Director of Beirut at Italian Trade Agency (ITA)
  • Nadine El Khoury, COO of Robinson Agri and QOOT Cluster President 

MAIN STAGE

– 1

Sustainable Agriculture Production: Technology For A Better Future

  • Moderated by Kassem Jouni, Programme Policy Officer at WFP – World Food Programme
  • Hadi Jaafar, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Agriculture at FAFS AUB 
  • Aline Bsaibes, Entrepreneur at Agtech Expert
  • Patricia Hakim Massamiri, Founder & Principal Consultant at DDD Consulting (Distill, Discover, Design)

MAIN STAGE

– 1:30 

Keynote Speech

  • Peter Kruger, Chairman at Agrifood-tech Italia

MAIN STAGE

– 1:45 

Keynote Speech

  • Aline Bsaibes, Entrepreneur at Agtech Expert 

MAIN STAGE

– 2

Future of Food: Alternative, Blue Economy and Beyond

  • Moderated by Soha Nasser, Program Manager of ACT Smart Innovation Hub
  • Alejandro Rodarte, Senior Manager at FoodDrinkEurope
  • Lara Hanna-Wakim, Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, Canada at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

MAIN STAGE

2

Italian Trade Agency's Support for Innovation

  • Claudio Pasqualucci, Director of Beirut at Italian Trade Agency (ITA)

MAIN STAGE

– 3

Startup Fundraising Journey

  • Moderated by Elie Akhrass, Fund Manager at iSME Programme 
  • Richardos Lebbos, Founder and CTO at Startchy Inc.
  • Pierre Angot, Accelerator Program Lead at Hectar / Incubateur HEC

MAIN STAGE

– 3

Applied Science & Knowledge Transfer in Agrifood

  • Moderated by Imad Bou-Hamad, Associate Professor at American University of Beirut
  • Sandra Sarkis, Lebanon SoftShore Cluster-Manager at Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
  • Carl Safi, Senior Project Manager at Wageningen University and Research
  • Giordano Dichter, Advisor at CIHEAM Bari

MAIN STAGE

– 4

Promoting Gender Inclusion in the MENA Region in Agrifood

  • Moderated by Yasmine Ossaily, Gender Consultant at International Finance Corporation 
  • Wafaa ElDikah Hamze, Member of the Executive Council at Arab Women Organization (AWO)
  • Reem Nejdawi, Chief, Food and Environment Policies Team at United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

MAIN STAGE

– 5

Insights on Accessing New Markets

  • Moderated by Rima Saad Azar, Partner, General Manager at Sea Sky Services SARL & UK LTD
  • Hassan Ezzeldine, Executive Chairman at Gray Mackenzie Retail Lebanon
  • Sven John Van De Wynkele, Managing Partner at Libons
  • Sally El Armaly Yacoub, Head of Food and Beverage at Fattal Group
  • Hania Chahal, Business Export Coach at CBI

MAIN STAGE

– 6

Agrytech Startups Special Edition

  • Startup pitching

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