CIBE Congress 2018
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PROGRAMME

45th CIBE Congress – 15-18 May 2018
Handelsbeurs, Kouter 29, 9000 Ghent, BELGIUM
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Tuesday 15 May
12:30Welcome lunch
open to CIBE delegates only
14:00CIBE General Assembly
open to CIBE delegates only
18:30Opening Cocktail at Ghent City Hall, Botermarkt 1, 9000 Gent
open to all delegates and Accompanying persons

Wednesday 16 May
09:00Opening Session and Welcome speeches
09:30The beet sugar sector in Belgium
10.30Plenary Session 1 – The days after:
end of quotas and the position of beet growers in the sugar supply chain
12:30Lunch
14:00Plenary Session 2 – How to manage market volatility and risks in the EU beet sector?
16:00Plenary Session 3 – What should we expect from trade and from world markets?
18.00Visit of the city of Ghent
open to all delegates and Accompanying persons
Free evening

Thursday 17 May
09:00Plenary Session 4 – Sustainability of sugar beet:
how to respond to the expectations posed by the civil society?
10.30Plenary Session 5 – How to further gain in beet productivity?
12:30Lunch
14:00Plenary Session 6 – Sugar beet and the EU Bioeconomy: what future?
17:30Closing Session
Vote on Resolutions and Closing speech
19:30Cocktail and Gala Dinner invitation of CBB to celebrate its 50th anniversary and the 80th anniversary of its coordinating committees – Ghent Opera, Schouwburgstraat 3, 9000 Gent
open to all delegates and Accompanying persons

Friday 18 May
09:00Technical Visit at ILVO, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Caritasstraat 39, 9090 Melle
open to all delegates and Accompanying persons
12:00Lunch at ILVO
14:00Departure of the CIBE buses from ILVO to Zaventem airport and Ghent city center

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15 - 18 may 2018 Ghent Belgium
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