Conference What future for Milk?

The objective of the conference is to discuss the following issues: - Contractual relations between milk producers and dairies to better balance supply and demand on the dairy market - What can be done to strengthen the bargaining power of milk producers? - Are the existing market instruments appropriate? - Transparency for the benefit of milk producers, dairy industry and consumers - Information on markets and products (quality, health and labelling issues) - Innovation and research with a view to render the sector more competitive - A futures market in dairy? - Experience of systems in place in countries outside the EU The conference will be held on Friday 26 March 2010 in the Charlemagne Building, GASP Room, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, Belgium. The conference will bring together leading representatives from: - The High Level Group - Producers/cooperatives - Trade/retailers - Industry - Workers - Consumers - The European institutions The languages of the conference will be English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish. Participation to the conference is on invitation only.