Press events at a glance

Press events at BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2024

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Press conference to kick off BIOFACH and VIVANESS in NCC Ost, Level 3, Room Shanghai

• 10 a.m.: Opening press conference NürnbergMesse on BIOFACH and VIVNAESS

with Petra Wolf, Member of the Management Board NürnbergMesse, Tina Andres, Chairwoman of the Board Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft, Mirja Eckert, Owner THE NEW / Publisher Naturkosmetik Branchenmonitor

Registration after accreditation at press@biofach.de

• 11 a.m.: Industry review press conference among others with IFOAM and BÖLW, among others

with Diana Schaack, Market Analyst for Organic Agriculture, Agrarmarkt Informationsgesellschaft (AMI), Tina Andres, Chairwoman of the Board, Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft (BÖLW), Dr Helga Willer, Department for Advice, Education and Communication, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Marco Schlüter, Managing Director, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM – Organics International)

NATRUE at VIVANESS 2024

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Hall 3C, Stand 3C-350

Contact for registration: Paula GÓMEZ DE TEJADA, pdetejada@natrue.eu

IFOMA Organics Europe Business Day

Paul Holmbeck, Holmbeck EcoConsult, Jan Plagge, Bioland e.V., Eduardo Cuoco, IFOAM OE

10:30-12:00 p.m

NCC Ost, Level 3, Room Seoul

Opening of BIOFACH and VIVANESS

Keynote: Dr Antje von Dewitz, CEO of Vaude

Impulse Talk: Tina Andres, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Federation of Organic Food Producers (BÖLW), Karen Mapusua, President of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM - Organics International)

Other speakers: Marcus König, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NürnbergMesse and Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Janusz Wojciechowski, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture

13:00-15:00 p.m., reception from 12.30 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 3, Hall Tokio

Tour of the BIOFACH and VIVANESS trade fairs

Following the opening

Start: NCC Ost, Level 3, Hall Tokio

The German organic market: facts, figures, analysis 2024

Mod: Peter Röhrig, BÖLW e.V.

Diana Schaack, Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, Fabian Ganz, bioVista GmbH, Klaus Braun, communications consultancy Klaus Braun

15:00-15:45 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 3, Room Shanghai

Handover of the gold certificate for organic out-of-home catering to a company canteen by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Stefan Hipp, CEO HiPP // Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture

Approx. 15:25 p.m.

HiPP exhibition stand (Hall 7A, Stand 7A-211)

BIOFACH World: Trends and news of the organic markets in Saudi Arabia and the United States

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Suliman Alkhateeb
               Sarah Gorman

15:30-16:15 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Oslo

The World of Organic Agriculture – Latest Statistics

Mod: Sarah Compson, Soil Association

Xhona Hysa, IFOAM – Organics International, Marco Kräuchi, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Amarjit Sahota, Ecovia Intelligence, Dr. Helga Willer, FiBL CH

15:45-16:45 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Petersburg

Organic in out-of-home catering: Dream solution or pipe dream?

Rainer Roehl, a'verdis, Dr. Burkhard Schaer, Ecozept, Michael Böhm, Ecozept

16:00-17:00 p.m.

Hall 3A, Forum HoReCa

How AI is Transforming the Natural Cosmetics Industry's Supply Chain and Customer Relationships - Insight and exchange on current developments

Mod: Maria-Liisa Bruckert, IQONIC.AI, Lisa Terks, IQONIC.AI

17:00-17:45 p.m.

VIVANESS Workshop Area 3C

The European Market for Organic Food

Mod: Dr. Susanne Padel

Lee Holdstock, Soil Association, Diana Schaack, Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH, Raffaele Zanoli, Università Politecnica delle Marche UNIVPM, Sarah LE DOUARIN, Agence Bio, Jan Trávníček, Czech Organics

17:00-18:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Petersburg

Wednesday, 14.02.2024

Organic sector in Germany: Who are you? TRANSFORMATION | CONSTELLATION | COMMUNICATION

Self-optimisers and super-agers. The new lifestyle trends up to 2040 and how the organic sector can adapt to them

Dr Eike Wenzel, Institute for Trend and Future Research 

10:00-10:45 a.m.

NCC Ost, Level 3, Room Shanghai

BIOFACH World: Trends and news of the organic markets in China and Japan

Speaker:  Eliezer Barshap
                Katsutoshi Hisatake
                Daisy Xiong

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Ort: NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Oslo

Customer-orientated. Regional. Organic. - How community catering can inspire guests and support regional businesses

Silvia Bender, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Karl Kempkens, BMEL, Sabine Kurtz, Federal Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg, Herrmann Oswald, EPOS Bio Partner, Rainer Roehl, a'verdis, Dr Tanja Busse, Busse, Andreas Greiner, Ökonsult GbR, Peter Kotzan, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (Vienna Health Association), Peter Kotzan, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (Vienna Health Association). Tanja Busse, Busse, Andreas Greiner, Ökonsult GbR, Peter Kotzan, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Jessica Nixon, Bremen, Mirjam Pekar-Milicevic, Stadt Lauf, Britta Walthelm, Stadt Nürnberg Referat für Umwelt und Gesundheit Ref. III, Christoph Ehret

10:15-12:15 a.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Kopenhagen

New models for the specialised trade

Mod: Florian Koch, iniciato Gbr

Matthias Schlessmann, Biowelt, Marie Coppulus, Supercoop Berlin, Sascha Damaschin, Bodan GmbH

10:15-11:00 a.m.

Hall 9, 9-350

Antersdorfer X Anton Schmaus

Presentation of an innovative touchpoint concept for the organic trade with star chef Anton Schmaus and Johann Priemeier, owner of Antersdorfer Bio-Mühle

11:00 a.m.

Hall 7A, Stand 7A-411

Natural Cosmetics Industry Monitor

Mirja Eckert, THE NEW, Meike Sommer, Circana GmbH

11:15-12:15 p.m.

Hall 3C, VIVANESS Congress

BIOFACH trend tour, with keynote speech by Eike Wenzel

11:30-12:30 p.m.

Start at the BIOFACH novelty stand (Hall 4A, Stand 3A-537)

Buying organic food effectively and sustainably - using regional and supra-regional organic value chains

Rainer Roehl, a'verdis, Bertold Kohm, Servicegesellschaft Nordbaden

12:00-13:00 p.m.

Hall 3A, meeting point HoReCa Forum

BioThesis Award Ceremony - Organic Food Industry Research Prize

Dr Alexander Beck, Association of Organic Food Producers e.V., Dr Niels Kohlschütter, Schweisfurth Foundation, Dr Christoph Reiber, Demeter Lebensverband Baden-Württemberg e.V., Albrecht von Schultzendorff, Specialist agency for ecological products, Petra Wolf, Member of the Management Board NürnbergMesse GmbH, Paula Henzl, University of Hohenheim / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Silke Bettina Oppermann, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Giulia Vogel, Büro Lebensmittelkunde und Qualität GmbH, Prof. Dr Martin Welp, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Sabine Zikeli, Head of the Centre for Organic Farming at the University of Hohenheim

12:30-14:15 p.m.

Forum Future needs Network (Hall 9, Stand 9-565)

"The international scenario of the organic sector - market data and the results of the 'Being Organic in EU' project"

Aldo Cervi, FederBio, Steffen Reese, Naturland e.V., Joanna Wierzbicka, IFOAM Organics Europe, Domenico Lunghi, Bologna Fiere

Registration for the press conferences at: ufficiostampa@absolutgroup.it

12:30 - 13:30 p.m.

Hall 7A-355 I Naturland Lounge

VIVANESS trend tour, with keynote speech by Mirja Eckert

13:00-14:00 p.m.

Start at the VIVANESS novelty stand (Hall 3C, Stand 3C-072)

Overview of the global organic market

Mod: Dr Helga Willer, FiBL CH, Karen Mapusua, IFOAM - Organics International

Marco Schlüter, Naturland e.V., Josefine Pettersson, Australian Organic Limited, Tia Loftsgard, Canada Organic Trade Association, Julia Lernoud, IFOAM - Organics International, Jennifer Chang, IFOAM Organics Asia

13:30-15:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Petersburg

Antersdorfer X Anton Schmaus

Presentation of an innovative touchpoint concept for the organic trade with star chef Anton Schmaus and Johann Priemeier, owner of Antersdorfer Bio-Mühle

14:00 p.m.

Hall 7A, Stand 7A-411

BIOFACH novelty stand: Sustainability in packaging

14:00-14:45 p.m.

Novelty stand BIOFACH (Hall 4A, Stand 3A-537)

Ways into the organic mainstream

Mod: Erich Margrander, bioPress Verlag KG

Reinhild Benning, Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V., Theresia Quint, Edeka Quint, Christoph Zimmer, Bioland e.V.

14:00-15:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Istanbul

Creator Economy and Markenbildung

Podium 40 min + 10 QA min

Mod: Mirja Eckert, THE NEW – Analyse. Impulse. Perspektiven.

15:15-16:00 p.m.

VIVANESS Congress 3C

Award for the best organic shops in Germany

Mod: Daniel Anthes, moderator, author of "Sustainability Ninja", Oliver Scheiner, Head of Content Schrot&Korn

Dr Darya Hirsch, Federal City of Bonn, Office for Environment and Urban Greenery, Sabine Kauffmann, Managing Director bio verlag

16:00 p.m

NCC Mitte, Level 1, Hall Brüssel

Gender-Respect-Gap in science communication

Mod: Lennart Stein, Universität Greifswald

Tina Andres, BÖLW e.V., Dr. Jenny Lay-Kumar, Regionalwert Research GmbH, Dr. Amelie Michalke, Universität Greifswald, Olivia Riemer, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability

16:30-17:15 Uhr

NCC Ost, Ebene 2, Raum Oslo

Out of the organic bubble: what new communication channels can we use?

Lukas Nossol, BioMarkt Verbund, Lena Grießholm, BioMarkt Verbund

16:45-17:30 p.m.

Hall 9, 9-350

Cloud Dating: New conversations about the future of the organic sector 

Gesa Flüchter, iniciatio GbR, Florian Koch, iniciatio GbR, Sophie Löbbering, iniciatio GbR, Rosmarie Katrin Neumann, Impact Dialogue, Julia Rothamel, iniciatio GbR, Tania Shatto, iniciatio GbR, Christoph Spahn, iniciato GbR 

17:00-18:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 1, Room Hongkong

Thursday, 15.02.2024

Press conference organised by AMA Marketing GmbH and BIO AUSTRIA on the occasion of BIOFACH: "Current developments in the organic market and organic production in Austria and Europe"

Christina Mutenthaler-Sipek, AMA Marketing GmbH, Barbara Riegler, BIO AUSTRIA, Helga Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Switzerland

10:00 a.m.

NCC Ost, Level 3, Room Neu-Delhi

Global cosmetics and personal care trends

Susanne Krenz, Mintel

10:00-10:45 a.m.

Hall 3C, VIVANESS Congress

ORGANIC NEEDS CATERERS - OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND?

Mod: Rainer Roehl, a’verdis

Andrea Galotti, Slow Food Chef Alliance, Patrick Rothkopf, DEHOGA, Marcus Wewer, BÖLW, Dr. Ophelia Nick, BMEL

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Hall 3A, meeting point HoReCa Forum

Bio in der kommunalen Gemeinschaftsgastronomie - Beispiele aus Europa

Dr. Tanja Busse, Busse, Bernhard Kromp, Bio Forschung Austria, Claudio Serafini, Organic Cities Network Europe, Antonio Ferrentino, Citta del Bio Italien, Audrey Pulvar, Deputy Mayor of Paris for sustainable food, agriculture and supply chains Paris

10:00-11:30 a.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Kopenhagen

"ZÖL: Organic Strategy 2030 from strategy to action plan"

Mod: Prof Dr Hiltrud Nieberg, Thünen Institute of Farm Economics

Arlend Huober, HUOBER BREZEL GmbH & Co, Silvia Bender, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Tina Andres, BÖLW e.V., Antonia Aller, Aller's Wiesenhof

10:00-11:30 a.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Peter

START-UPS & PIONEERS: INNOVATION MACHINE BIO? START-UP CULTURE | INNOVATIONS | POTENTIALS

Julian Stock, blood // Good Food Collective, Jule Usadel, MOIN Bio Backwaren GmbH, Nora Taleb, Good Collective e.V., Vanessa Westphal, Choosy UG, Sabine Bingenheimer-Zimmermann, REGIONIQUE - Die Produktfabrik GmbH, Barbara Böck, NürnbergMesse GmbH, Christian Fenner, The nu company, Ralf Hoppe, Bauck GmbH, Kira Loy, foodloose GmbH, Finn Neujoks, Bohlsener Mühle GmbH & Co. KG, Philipp Rottmann, Piwi Kollektiv GmbH, Philippe Schenkel, gabana AG, Kristen Selle, Wholey – Green Grizzly GmbH

11:00-12:30 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 1, Room Hongkong

VIVANESS novelty stand: Sustainability in packaging

Mod: Carolina E. Schwaig

12:00-12:45 p.m.

Novelty stand VIVANESS (Hall 3C, Stand 3C-072)

Organic food in competition with other sustainability issues and the related question: What role does organic food play in sustainable community catering?

Peter Röhrig, BÖLW e.V., Reiner Erben, Netzwerk Bio-Städte, Dr. Tanja Busse

12:00-13:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Kopenhagen

Organic. Quadis - How can the organic trade survive. A pool of ideas

Ansgar Deelmann, bio Verlag GmbH

13:00-13:45 p.m.

Hall 9, 9-350

ORGANIC CONTEMPORARY: REGENERATIVE & DISTRIBUTIVE?  ARE WE STILL LEADING THE PATH TOWARDS THE ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE?

Cherrie Atilano, AGREA Argicultural Systems International Inc., Gautam Mohan, Tea Promoters India, Nora Taleb, Good Collective e.V., Paul Holmbeck, Holmbeck EcoConsult, Julian Stock, blood // Good Food Collective, Anne Floor van Dalfsen, Tradin Organic Agriculture B.V., Dr Anke Buhl, Dr Bronner's Europe GmbH

13:00-14:30 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 1, Room Hongkong

Natural cosmetics in turbulent times - what does the future hold?

Mod: Elfriede Dambacher, naturkosmetikkonzepte

Lisa Brommenschenkel, Brommenschenkel GmbH, Dr. Susanne Eichholz-Klein, IFH Köln GmbH, Meera Ullal, WALA Heilmittel GmbH

13:30-14:30 p.m.

Hall 3C, VIVANESS Congress

How environmentally friendly are the big eight food retailers in Germany?

Mod: Dr Christian Schader, FiBL

Felix Harrer, FiBL, Alexander Liedtke, Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG, Dr Hyewon Seo, UBA, Kerstin Wortmann, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

14:00-15:15 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Kiew

BIOFACH trend tour

14:30-15:30 p.m.

Start at the BIOFACH novelty stand (Hall 3A, Stand 3A-537)

More organic outside the home - new rules, logos and support services

Rainer Roehl, a'verdis, Nina Faiß, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Martin Sommer, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Jochen Neuendorff, Society for Resource Conservation

14:30-15:30 p.m.

Hall 3A, meeting point HoReCa Forum

EU Organic Regulation - challenges and opportunities

Lea Bauer, IFOAM OE, Michel Reynoud, IFOAM OE

15:00-16:00 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Petersburg

Economy for the Common Good presents holistic sustainability label "ECOnGOOD"

Mod: Fenja Petersen, Utopia

Christian Felber, author and co-founder of the Economy for the Common Good. Julius Palm, Green CMO of the year 2023, Alma Spribille, CEO WeTell

15:00-16:15 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 3, Room New Delhi

Presentation of the OLIVE OIL AWARD

Richard Wolny

15:00-16:00 p.m.

Experience the World of OLIVE OIL (Hall 4, Stand 4-157)

They all have it in them! How corporate culture drives change

Barbara Gremmler, Senior PR Consultant Sustainable Communication & Transformation modem conclusa gmbH, Sofia Macarro, PR Consultant modem conclusa gmbH

15:30-17:45 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 1, Room Hongkong

Women in the organic sector: Where are they? Promoting equal opportunities and potential during training and studies

Mod: Prof Dr Jan Niessen, Nuremberg Institute of Technology

Oliver Groß, Sonett, Rebecca Kramer, Sonett, Katrin Schwanke, Nuremberg Institute of Technology

15:45-16:45 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Oslo

Women as pioneers for sustainability

Clara Behr, Biodynamic Federation Demeter International e.V.

17:00-17:45 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room Kiew

Workshop on the topic of generations on the Internet. How baby boomers, X, Y, Z and Alpha search for products (impulse and exchange of experiences)

Mod: Beatrice Köhler, Kampagnenreiter GmbH

17:00-17:45 p.m.

Hall 3C, VIVANESS Workshop area

BlueNight stand party of BIOFACH World & IFOAM – Discover, experience, celebrate

18:00-21:00 p.m.

Stand 3A-517

Aperó

18:00-21:30 p.m.

Entrance Mitte

Access only possible with a valid ticket. For further information please contact the PresseCenter

Clubbing

21:30-01:00 Uhr

NCC Mitte, Hall Brüssel

Access only possible with a valid ticket. Further information is available from the PresseCenter.

Friday, 16.02.2024

Climate neutrality – opportunity or threat?

Hanna Winkler, IFOAM OE

11:30-12:30 p.m.

NCC Ost, Level 2, Room St. Petersburg

Award ceremony the Best New Product Award BIOFACH

13:00-13:45 p.m.

Novelty stand VIVANESS, (Hall 3C, Stand 3C-072)

Award ceremony the Best New Product Award BIOFACH

14:30-15:15 p.m.

Novelty stand BIOFACH, (Hall 3A, Stand 3A-537)