-    A few words on how the initiative came about and what the ambitions are, and clarifying the running order and expectations for the day
-    Introductions of participants

10.30-11:00: Introductions & Welcome: Kenneth Haar, CEO
-    A few words on how the initiative came about and what the ambitions are, and clarifying the running order and expectations for the day
-    Introductions of participants

11.00-13.00: What’s the problem? And what can be done about it?

Tim Jones, WDM (20 minutes)
- About the food crisis of 2008
- About recent similar developments in 2010
- About the basics of food speculation with some mentioning of emission trading speculation

5 minutes clarification

Nick Hildyard, Corner House (20 minutes)
- What are the necessary steps to curb speculation
- Speculation as a form of hedging, and other plausible forms of hedging
- short term options to improve transparency and reduce volatility
- looking ahead, ideas and options for rolling back speculation and achieving systemic change to food markets

5 minutes clarification

David Frenk/Mike Masters & Steve Suppan (20 minutes)
- What the US already decided, and how it will curb speculation, its limitations and what else needs to be done
- Loopholes?

5 minutes clarification

45 minutes discussion

Discussion

13:00-14:00  Lunch

14.00-14.45: The EU process, update on related areas of financial reform
Contributors: Markus Henn, WEED and Sony Kapoor, Redefine
- About regulation or the lack of it at EU level (and why)
- About the statements of Commissioner Barnier
- About the plans of the Commission
- Who decides what on EU derivative trading regulation

35 minutes, 10 minutes clarification

14.45-15:45: What are our objectives?
Contributors: Steve Suppan, IATP (20 minutes) and Myriam Vander Stichele (20 minutes)
- What is going on elsewhere on the globe, including the US? Would the same set of demands raised by campaigns elsewhere be suitable and workable for campaigning in the EU?
- What reforms are we working for at the EU level?
- G20: What international opportunities exist?

(Some conclusions will be written down)

16-16.15: Coffee & Cookies  break

16.15 -17.30: Campaigning and advocacy
Facilitators: Julian Oram, WDM and Antonio Tricarico, CRBM
- What kind of campaigning is needed and what do we want? What possibilities for lobbying parliamentarians nationally and at the EP? What possibilities for national and EU level campaigns?
- Who does what? Should there be division of labour between public campaigning and political lobbying, national and EU level, …? both levels
- Who else should be involved? Should we combine the campaign with campaigns against emission trading derivative speculation and how?
- Who can take care of basic coordination, provided there is support for a concerted effort?
- Next steps

17.30-18.30: Preparation of hearing on the 21st of September
Facilitators: Myriam Vander Stichele, SOMO and Sony Kapoor, Redefine
- Who will go?
- Division of labour?
- What do we want to achieve?

18.30: Byebye

Dinner for those who can stay on.

How to register
To register, simply send an email with your name and organization to
kenneth@corporateeurope.org by September 15.

Free but no covered
Participation is free but regrettably we cannot cover any costs for
transportation, accommodation and food.