Conferences

Reserve your place at the conferences you're interested in

2° Dairy Culture and Civilization Forum. Distribution: between production and market, in the name of quality.
 Caravaggio Room   9:30 am - 11:30 am

The aim is to generate a constructive discussion on the strategic importance of distribution, seeking a virtuous alliance with production in the relationship with the consumer.

Speakers:

  • Angelo Rossi, Clal CEO
  • Paolo Zanetti, President Assolatte
  • Antonio Auricchio, President AFIDOP
  • Alessandro Masetti, Head of Fresh and Frozen Foods at Coop Italy
  • Mario Gasbarrino, Managing Director Decò Italia
  • Edoardo Gamboni, Sales Director VéGé Group
      • Moderator: Angelo Frigerio, Director of Formaggi e Consumi

Mountain agriculture and cooperation
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Promoted by CONFCOOPERATIVE

With the involvement of dairy cooperative supply chains, USEFUL project aims to identify innovative solutions to increase the quality and efficiency of production processes of PDO Grana Padano and Taleggio cheeses. Innovative technologies have been applied to improve the quality of the productions. During the event we will show the first results of the activities will be shown to improve the technological and microbiological quality of the milk destined for cheesemaking in Grana Padano DOP and Taleggio DOP will be presented.

Innovative supply chain tools for economic planning and extraordinary finance of agri-food enterprises.
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Promoted by BPER

How a large banking group can support dairy companies in the challenges of the market: sustainability, digital transformation, energy, internationalisation.

From visitor to customer: 5 steps to turn a potential contact into a buyer
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Promoted by Ellecubica

Most companies approach international trade fairs with superficiality dictated, often, by experience. We have always done it this way, however, in the modern post-pandemic competitive environment it is no longer enough. To emerge and excel, it is necessary to deploy cross-cultural persuasion skills by adapting the approach to the customer's culture, use the enormous potential of social media to reach a wider audience by defining process KPIs and optimising the budget.

Speakers:

  • Dr.ssa Lucilla Rizzini - CEO & Founder Ellecubica - Certified Business Coach & Trainer
  • Dr. ssa Chiara Covelli - Digital Marketing Strategist - Business Coach
  • Dr. Claudio Arrigoni - CEO & Founder Direzione AFC

CHEESE AND FUTURE: digital, sustainability and new milk and dairy supply agreements for sector competitiveness 
 Caravaggio Room   2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Promoted by PwC Italia

How to design your strategy from a collaborative perspective, considering the new milk and dairy supply agreements. Opportunities and new possible areas of application of digital transformation to enhance the supply chain approach improving ESG performance.

Speakers:

  • Gaia Giussani, Partner PwC Italia, ESG Services
  • Marco Busti, Imprenditore, Caseificio Busti
  • Nicola Davanzo, Business Development Manager, Alibaba.com
  • Fabio Donà, Director PwC Italia
  • Michele Falzetta, Direttore Generale, Latteria Soresina
Moderator: Andrea Guolo, Giornalista specializzato in economia dei settori agroalimentare, moda e design

National ripeners meeting
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Promoted by Cheese refiners

Debate on the role of the cheese refiner, often the protagonist of high-value productions and yet today a professional figure not regulated and not recognised by Italian law

Think Cheese: make, Tell, Eat.
 Caravaggio Room   4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Promoted by ITALIA A TAVOLA, PASTIFICIO FELICETTI, PENTOLE AGNELLI, OROBICA PESCA 

Dedicated to the valorisation of cheese in all spheres, but particularly in catering (in chefs' recipes and on cheese carts), and in distribution (with presentation at the counter), the conference aims to emphasise the importance of professional training. Knowledge and competence are the first tools for an effective promotion in the Italian dairy world with infinite nuances and a variety of typical products that requires increasingly specialised people. On the same occasion, the Nominations for the national dairy contests: Pasta & Caci and Formaggi d'aMARE will be announced.

Speakers:

  • Renato Bosco, titolare network pizzerie Saporè by Renato Bosco, inserito nella guida Euro-Toques
  • Angelo Biscotti, executive chef Cast Alimenti (BS), responsabile junior team Nazionale Italiana Cuochi
  • Antonio Danise, chef ristorante hotel Villa Necchi Portalupa (PV), responsabile corsi e formazione Nazionale Italiana Cuochi
  • Cristian Fagone, chef-patron ristorante Impronte Bergamo (1 stella Michelin)
  • Matteo Felter, chef-pat Osteria Felter alle Rose Salò (BS)
  • Nicolò Quarteroni, direttore generale Agriturismo Ferdy (Lenna BG)
  • Francesco Tassi, maître insignito del riconoscimento di Alto Maestro della Ristorazione da Associazione Maître Italiani Ristoratori e Alberghi
  • Cristiano Tomei, chef-patron Ristorante L’Imbuto (LC) e personaggio televisivo
Moderated by: Antonio Lupini, Direttore di Italia a Tavola

Luxury Food&Beverage quality awards
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Promoted by Formaggi e consumi

Luxury Food&Beverage Quality Awards, the accolade reserved for the best high quality food products for the catering industry

The European proposal to revise Geographical Indications (PDO and PGI): benefits and risks of a strategic game worth 16 billion for Italy.
 Caravaggio Room   9:30 am - 11:30 am
Promoted by REGIONE LOMBARDIA

Italy is the European country with the largest number of agri-food products with geographical indication: 838! There is a strong link between Italian agri-food excellences and their territory of origin. The EU Geographical Indications system promotes the enhancement of production and local economy and it ensures greater guarantees to consumers thanks to the central role of Protection consortia.

Speakers:

  • Fabio Rolfi, Councillor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems
  • Alberto Brivio, President Coldiretti Bergamo
  • Riccardo Crotti, Regional President Confagricoltura
  • Fabio Perini, President Confcooperative FedAgriPesca Lombardia 
  • Paolo De Castro, Agricultural Policies European Parliament
  • Gian Marco Centinaio, Undersecretary of State for Agricultural Food and Forestry Policies
  • Antonio Auricchio, President AFIDOP
Moderated by: Angelo Frigerio, Director of Formaggi e Consumi

Vegetarian cheese made with non-animal rennet
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   10:30 am - 11:30 am
Promoted by FATTORIE FIANDINO

CHEESES WITH REAL VEGETABLE RENNET
An important ethical choice that rediscovers ancient values and provides important cheese characteristics for modern consumers. The following speakers will be present at the conference:

     
  • Marco Dalmasso, salesman and cheese expert from Caseificio Fiandino, will discuss the subject of rennet from a technical point of view.
    •  
  • Egidio Fiandino, owner of Caseificio Fiandino, will talk about the history of the company and the choice in 2010 to use real vegetable rennet from Cynara cardunculus flowers for the first long ripening cheese with vegetable rennet, Kinara.
    •  
  • Marco Busti, owner of Caseificio Busti, will tell the story of the company and the choice to produce Tuscan pecorino with vegetable rennet.
    •  
  • Simone Sargentoni, owner of the Caseificio Il Fiorino, will share with those present the history of the company and the inclusion of vegetable rennet in production.
  • Bartolomeo Casula, owner of the Val d'Apsa cheese factory, will share his experience of mixed milk cheeses, enhanced by the choice to use vegetable rennet.

First summit on mountain cooperation
 Caravaggio Room   11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Promoted by CONFCOOPERATIVE

THE ROLE OF DAIRY COOPERATION TO MEET CHALLENGES, SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES AND SAFEGUARD THE MOUNTAIN TERRITORY
The word from mountain dairy cooperative enterprises
WHAT FUTURE AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR AGRI-FOOD CHAINS IN MOUNTAIN AREAS
Open discussion between the regional councillors for agriculture of Lombardy, Veneto (tbc), Piedmont (tbc), Friuli Venezia Giulia (tbc) , autonomous province of Trento and autonomous province of Bolzano (tbc)

Moderator: Giovanni Guarneri, coordinator of the dairy sector of the Italian Cooperative Alliance - Agro-food sector

The identity card of Grana Padano PDO from the Torre Pallavicina cheese factory, the first to use blockchain to guarantee supply chain traceability.
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Promoted by Caseificio Torre Pallavicina

  • Gianmaria Bettoni President Caseificio Torre Pallavicina
  • Gianpaolo Sara President Euranet
  • Pietro Grassano Business Solutions Director Europe Algorand
  • Michele Zema Sales Manager CSQA

Awarding of prizes in the EXPOQUEJIO 2022 Cheese Competition
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Promoted by Onaf Nazionale

Moderated by Maria Grazia Mercalli di Onaf Bergamo y

You are what we eat: animal nutrition, between taboos, production, safety and welfare
 Colleoni Room - Ground Floor   3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Promoted by DOX-AL, EFSA

The quality of food products is closely linked to the diet of animals and environmental conditions. Nutrients, probiotics, trace elements, quality control, exact dosages, environmental dispersions, are all ingredients of the dishes that reach our tables.

Speakers:

  • Luigi Bertocchi, Veterinary manager, Institute for the Prevention of Animal Disease for the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna Regions
  • Andrea Formigoni, Professor at the Department of Medical Veterinary Sciences
  • Luigi Bonizzi, Professor at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Orthodontical Sciences
  • Flavio Veneroni, Presidente Dox-al Italia S.p.A
  • Stefania Veneroni, Consigliere Delegato Dox-al Italia S.p.A
Moderated by: Maurizio Ferrari, Giornalista economico

Dairy production in mountain pastures: The role of veterinarians in protecting food safety and enhancing traditional and P.D.O. productions.
 Caravaggio Room   4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Promoted by ATS

TBD

OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON THE HYGIENIC AND SANITARY QUALITY OF MILK-BASED PRODUCTS OBTAINED IN ALPINE DAIRIES: ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN THE LOMBARDY REGION METHODS OF CONDUCTING OFFICIAL CONTROLS IN MOUNTAIN PASTURE DAIRIES: PRACTICAL ASPECTS AND MAIN CRITICISMS

  • DR. GIUPPONI MASSIMO
  • DR. SORICE ANTONIO
  • DR. SCIOSCIA STEFANO
  • DR. CECCHETTO MARCO