North Sea Commission Food Event, Dundee, Scotland

From: 31-08-2006
To:      01-09-2006

Conference Programme

Networking Study Tours Brochure

Background to the Food Event

Below you find the programme and the Power Point presentations to the speekers. click on the Bold text for uploading the presentations in PDF. Warning: Some of the files are very big.

Day One - Thursday 31 August, Morning Session

Welcome to Dundee College - Iain Ovens, Principal, Dundee College
Opening of the conference - Lord Provost John Letford JP, and
Audrey Findlay, Vice- President, North Sea Commission

Keynote Speeches

• Food and Innovation - Helge Bergslien, Managing Director, Norconserv, Stavanger, Norway

• Food and Sustainability -  Dr Phil Lyon, UK Institute of Consumer Sciences 

• Food and Tourism - Richard Pinn, Head of Sector Development, VisitScotland

• Food and Health - Patricia Ferguson, Scottish Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 

Afternoon Session

• Interreg North Sea Programme Update - Jon Jordan, North Sea Interreg Programme Contact Point, UK

• EC Rural Development programmes, from Leader + to mainstream programmes -  Iain Matheson, Head of Leader and State Aids branch, Rural Development Division,  Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Dept.

Parallel Workshops - Presentations 

• Health  Chair – Councillor Kathleen Matheson
   Presenters:

  • Gwen Grandison, Head of School, Dundee College

  • Jenny Ross, Head Teacher, Mid Craigie Primary School, Dundee

  • Caroline Nicol, ‘Eating for Health’ Assistant, Mid Craigie Primary School, Dundee

  • Lisa Forbes, ‘Eating for Health’ Assistant, St Clements Primary School, Dundee

• Tourism  Chair – Councillor Alan Livingstone
   Presenters:

  • Gerard van Keken, Zeeland Tourist Office, Middelburg, The Netherlands 

  • Barbara Foulkes, Area Director, VisitOrkney

• Innovation  Chair – Councillor Rinska Kruisinga
   Presenters: 

  • Sylvia Wilson, Scotherbs, Dundee, Scotland

  • Dag Terje Klarp Solvang, General Manager, Culinary Institute of Norway

• Sustainability  Chair – Councillor Henrik Ringbæk Madsen
   Presenters:

  • Terje Inderhaug, Senior Consultant, Department of Culture, Hordaland County Council, Norway

  • Julie West, Deputy Chief Executive, Tastes of Anglia Ltd, UK Eastern Region

Coffee/tea

Parallel Workshops – Discussions (continue in the same groups)
Plenary – Turning Words into Actions – Establishing Networking Groups for Day 2

Evening Dinner and entertainment hosted by Perth & Kinross Council at the traditional Scottish country house hotel,  the Huntingtower Hotel, Perth

Day Two – Friday 1 September, Morning Session

“Food for Thought”  Professor Hugh Pennington, Emeritus Professor, Aberdeen University,
Foundation Member of the Scottish Food Advisory Council and past Vice-chair of Broadcasting Council for Scotland

Networking Group Sessions – facilitated working groups for network building and project development etc.
Coffee

Plenary session Chaired by the Vice President of the NSC, Councillor Audrey Findlay
Feedback from workshops and networking group meetings

Afternoon and evening session

Delegates leave on coaches for: Networking Study Tours including Evening Dinner
 Themes:
• Fish and Soft Fruit – hosted by Angus Council 
• Dundee Food and Flower Festival – hosted by Dundee City Council
• Tourism and Food – hosted by Fife Council
• Whisky and Organic Food – hosted by Perth and Kinross Council

End of conference