Christiane Lambert President of COPA |
Born into a family of farmers, Christiane LAMBERT has been running her own dairy and pig farm since 1980, beginning in Massiac in her native Cantal region. At just 19 years of age, she joined the Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA) union where she rose through the ranks, firstly as President of the Massiac CCJA (local JA center) from 1981 to 1984, then as Vice-President of the Cantal CDJA (county JA union) from 1982 to 1988, then as the first woman President of the Auvergne CRJA (regional JA union) in 1986. In 1989, she changed regions when she and her husband took over her in-laws’ pig farm in the Maine-et-Loire département. She continued her union activities and became the first woman President of the CNJA (national young farmers union) from 1994 to 1998. Her term of office was marked by the “National charter for young farmers starting up”, which was subsequently rolled out to the départements, and by her emphasis on territorial and environmental issues. In 1999, Christiane LAMBERT was elected to the board of the FDSEA union in Maine-et-Loire, before becoming President from 2001 to 2011. She joined the FNSEA board in March 2002, became a member of the Bureau in 2005, and then in 2010 she was elected first lady Vice-President in charge of strategic issues such as the environment and responsible food supply. She was also head of the Sustainable Growth and Society section. Christiane LAMBERT also chaired the FARRE forum (Forum of responsible and environment-friendly farmers) from 1999 to 2004, and VIVEA, the continuous training fund for livestock entrepreneurs, from 2005 to 2017. She has been Vice-President of several other organizations such as IFOCAP, the training institute for farm managers. From April 2017, Christiane LAMBERT was elected President of FNSEA, thereby becoming the first woman to hold this position. She has fought to fight for priorities such as the defense of farmers’ income, recognition of the many ways in which agriculture contributes to society, such as the adaptation of agriculture to climate change and the re-establishing of food sovereignty, as well as the need for a stronger Europe with greater clout in global trade. Immediately after her election in FNSEA, Christiane LAMBERT set up a Stakeholders’ Committee aimed at developing and strengthening dialogue. In April 2023 she decided do not pursue her mandat and devote herself to her international position at COPA. On the strength of her pro-Europe convictions, in September 2020 she was elected President of COPA (Comité des organisations professionnelles agricoles), the biggest farmers’ union in Europe.
Presentation title: Land management and water resilience, European farmers point of view |
Radu Claudiu Fierascu |
Graduated from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Radiochemistry section in 2005, Radu Claudiu Fierăscu has been active since 2006 within the National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry - ICECHIM Bucharest. He is currently senior researcher and Technical Director of ICECHIM. Since 2023 he serves as President of the Scientific Council of ICECHIM for a four years mandate. Since 2019 he is also PhD supervisor within the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Chemical Engineering field. He led, as project manager/partner responsible several research-development-innovation projects, with a total value over 9 million euros. He is the main author/co-author of more than 170 ISI papers (Hirsch Index SCOPUS – 26), having more than 2000 citations, author/co-author of more than 20 books/book chapters and more than 30 granted patents/invention patent applications. He is special editor of several special issues, member of the Editorial Board of national journals, as well as reviewer for multiple prestigious journals, member of several professional associations (Society of Chemistry in Romania, Romanian Association of Pteridology, Associate Member of the Association of Conservators and Restorers in Romania, EuChemS – European Chemical Society, American Chemical Society), having over 100 awards at the Invention and Innovation Salons. His scientific research activity was carried out in the field of development of new materials and technologies with applications in the field of increasing the quality of life (including environmental protection, preservation of cultural heritage and biomedical applications). At national level, he developed the field of phytosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles (the use of natural extracts for the synthesis of nanomaterials), establishing in 2018 in ICECHIM the research group Emerging Nanotechnologies.
Presentation title: Phytonanotechnology – a multidisciplinary research area |
Neven Voća University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, Croatia |
Dr. Neven Voća is a full professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, consulting and research in the broad field of biomass and biofuel production, energy production and waste management in agriculture. He has been involved in many national and international R&D projects as a responsible leading partner. Prof. Voća has published more than 200 scientific and technical articles in various national and international journals. He was a member of the organising committee for several a few international conferences and symposium. In addition, Prof. Voća was the Director of the Croatian Environmental Agency and Croatia's representative on the Management Board of the European Environmental Agency from 2012 to 2015. Main research interests:
Presentation title: Environmental benefits: investigating the effects of sewage sludge on the productivity and energy quality of miscanthus |
Sven-Erik Jacobsen |
Sven-Erik Jacobsen (SEJ) is managing director and founder of the company Quinoa Quality ApS for the promotion of quinoa and other high value, alternative crops for enhancing biodiversity, soil fertility and food security in Europe and globally. SEJ has a MSc in Agronomy in 1982 from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, and a Phd in Crop Science, 1993, at University of Copenhagen. SEJ has 25 years of employment at the University of Copenhagen, where he was leading the Research group on Tropical Crops, covering subjects as stress physiology, agroecology and agrobiodiversity, focusing on developing countries, in teaching and research. SEJ has participated with Quinoa Quality in several projects:
SEJ position 2002-2018 was as Assoc. Prof. at University of Copenhagen, running a range of projects, such as Coordinator of “Development of high quality food protein through sustainable production and processing” (PROTEIN2FOOD). EU Horizon2020. (from 2015). The project had 19 partners - www.protein2food.eu Selected publications:
Presentation title: Introduction of new climate proof crops for Romania |
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