DurumDays 2023

Thursday, May 17, 2023
09am – 1pm (Italian time)

The participation is free, live or remotely, with mandatory registration at the following link:

DURUMDAYS 2023 REGISTRATION FORM

DurumDays Agenda

09:00
Participants Registration

09:30
Conference Opening
Damiano Gelsomino, President, Chamber of Commerce, Foggia
Vincenzo Cardellicchio, District Commissioner, Foggia
Donato Pentassuglia, Agriculture Alderman, Regione Puglia

09:45
Introduction, Daniele Castagnaviz, Coordinatore del settore grandi colture e servizi, Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane Agroalimentare

DurumDays | Technical Session

10:00
New CAP and impacts for the Durum Wheat supply chain
Luca Palazzoni, Researcher, Università degli Studi di Perugia

10:15
Roundtable moderated by Antonio Boschetti, Director, Informatore Agrario

Participants:

Gennaro Sicolo, Vice President, CIA
Filippo Schiavone, Board Member, Confagricoltura
Tommaso Battista, President, Copagri
Tommaso Brandoni, President, Sezione Cereali, Assosementi
Dario Manuello, CP Arables Marketing Manager, Syngenta Italia

DurumDays | Market Session

11:05
Canadian Durum Wheat production expectations
Leif Carlson, Director-Market Intelligence and Trade Policy, Cereals Canada

11:25
Durum Wheat in Italy, crop conditions and expected production
Nicola Pecchioni, CREA Centro di ricerca cerealicoltura e colture industriali di Foggia

11:40
Durum Wheat global market overview, 2023/2024 forecasts
Filippo Bertuzzi, Senior Analyst, Areté – The Agrifood Intelligence Company

12:00
Roundtablemoderated by Antonio Boschetti, Director, Informatore Agrario

Participants:

Carlo Piccinini, President, Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane Agroalimentare
Emanuele Blasi, Associate Professor, Università della Tuscia
Fabio Manara, President, Compag
Enzo Martinelli, President of the Sezione Molini a Frumento Duro, Italmopa
Margherita Mastromauro, Pasta Sector, Unione Italiana Food
Stefano Vaccari, General Director, CREA

12:30
End of DurumDays

13:00 – 14:30
light lunch

Durum Science Workshop @Durum Days
Durum wheat production in the 2020’s: solutions and perspectives for sustainable intensification

14:30
Introduction and Chair
Roberto Ranieri, Open Fields

14:40
Durum wheat: prospects for a warmer future
Marco Moriondo, Istituto per la BioEconomia – CNR-IBE, Italy

15:05
Interaction between durum wheat and soil microorganisms to improve the response to environmental stress
Raffaella Balestrini, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante – CNR-IPSP, Italy

15:30
Variety vs. Environment: how ICARDA uses science to develop durum wheat varieties suitable for arid regions
Filippo Bassi, ICARDA, Marocco

15:55
Breeding strategies for the simultaneous improvement of durum wheat yield and quality
Pasquale De Vita, Centro di Ricerca Cerealicoltura e Colture Industriali, CREA, Italy

16:20
Intensification of durum wheat: today’s requirements and tomorrow’s possibilities
Karim Ammar, CIMMYT, Mexico

16:45
Conclusions: sustainable intensification for food security
Nicola Pecchioni, Centro di Ricerca Cerealicoltura e Colture Industriali, CREA, Italy

17:00
end of the conference