2024 Edition

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Participation in the conferences and workshops is free for all B2Cheese ticket holders.

Wednesday, September 25

Sala Caravaggio

TIMETITLEABSTRACTSPEAKERS
11:00-12:00The Dairy Industry Facing Inflation.
Transferring the cultural and economic value of milk and cheese from the farm to the consumer: The word to the industry players.


Promoted by B2Cheese in collaboration with Formaggi & Consumi
A round table among dairy industry players. A moment of discussion involving representatives from the farming sector, industry, and distribution, without forgetting the political world and the last link in the chain: the consumers. The debate will focus on the valorization of milk and its derived products from the farm to the shelf, and into the homes of Italians. The dairy sector is paying the price of inflation, and not only. Production costs have increased, shelf prices have risen, and consumption has slowed down. But in 2024, although there are significant uncertainties, inflation should slow down. Here are some questions to reflect on: What is the right price for milk, and how can the agricultural sector be supported? How can value be transferred along the supply chain? How do Italians perceive cheese and dairy products? And how can their cultural, social, and economic value be promoted in Italy and abroad?Participants in the round table:
  • Alessandro Beduschi - Regional Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry of Lombardy.
  • Antonio Auricchio - President, Afidop
  • Paolo Zanetti - President, Assolatte
  • Nicola Bertinelli – Vice President, Coldiretti
  • Francesco Martinoni - President FNP - Lattiero Casearia
  • Stefano Giannelli - Responsible for Coop branded dairy products
  • Vincenzo Giuliani - Conad Fresh Produce Purchasing Manager
  • Angelo Rossi – General Manager, Clal


Moderator: Angelo Frigerio - Director, Formaggi & Consumi
TIME11:00-12:00
TITLE
The Dairy Industry Facing Inflation.
Transferring the cultural and economic value of milk and cheese from the farm to the consumer: The word to the industry players.


Promoted by B2Cheese in collaboration with Formaggi & Consumi
ABSTRACT
A round table among dairy industry players. A moment of discussion involving representatives from the farming sector, industry, and distribution, without forgetting the political world and the last link in the chain: the consumers. The debate will focus on the valorization of milk and its derived products from the farm to the shelf, and into the homes of Italians. The dairy sector is paying the price of inflation, and not only. Production costs have increased, shelf prices have risen, and consumption has slowed down. But in 2024, although there are significant uncertainties, inflation should slow down. Here are some questions to reflect on: What is the right price for milk, and how can the agricultural sector be supported? How can value be transferred along the supply chain? How do Italians perceive cheese and dairy products? And how can their cultural, social, and economic value be promoted in Italy and abroad?
SPEAKERS
Participants in the round table:
  • Alessandro Beduschi - Regional Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry of Lombardy.
  • Antonio Auricchio - President, Afidop
  • Paolo Zanetti - President, Assolatte
  • Nicola Bertinelli – Vice President, Coldiretti
  • Francesco Martinoni - President FNP - Lattiero Casearia
  • Stefano Giannelli - Responsible for Coop branded dairy products
  • Vincenzo Giuliani - Conad Fresh Produce Purchasing Manager
  • Angelo Rossi – General Manager, Clal


Moderator: Angelo Frigerio - Director, Formaggi & Consumi

Sala Colleoni

TIMETITLEABSTRACTSPEAKERS
12:30-13:30The new frontier of Grana Padano PDO: the world’s first Blockchain-traced cheese wheel reaches tables globally.

Promoted by Torre Pallavicina.
Two years after the project's official launch, Torre Pallavicina dairy presents the results of its program, which has created a complete 'passport' for this Made in Italy excellence. Through Blockchain technology, the entire journey of each cheese wheel—from field to barn, through aging and distribution, both in Italy and internationally—can now be fully traced.
Validated on June 18, 2024, by Csqa, a leading agri-food certification body, the first fully Blockchain-traced wheel will be showcased at Torre Pallavicina's booth during B2cheese in Bergamo.
Blockchain technology has allowed Torre Pallavicina to securely and immutably trace the entire Grana Padano supply chain, becoming the first dairy to provide real-time data, ensuring transparency, sustainability, and food safety for consumers.
Institutional Greetings: Alessandro Beduschi - Lombardy Regional Councillor for Agriculture

Speakers:
  • Gianmaria Bettoni - President, Torre Pallavicina Dairy
  • Gianpaolo Sara - President, Euranet
  • Michele Zema – Head of Sales, CSQA
14:30-15:30Sustainability is easy to discuss, but what are the merits and responsibilities of small-scale dairy producers?

LoST-EU Project
A group of small Italian PDOs, part of the European LoST project, seeks to explore the role and responsibilities of dairy production in supporting their regions, local communities, and preserving cultural traditions, both past and future. Could these initiatives hold the key to fostering a dignified life in areas often seen as peripheral compared to urban and metropolitan centers? What drives these projects, largely born from the commitment of producers, local leaders, and stakeholders closely connected to their territories? And what are the contemporary challenges, especially as sustainability becomes more urgent, yet often treated superficially?
  • Alvaro Ravasio - president of the Consortium for the Protection of Strachitunt Valtaleggio and co-owner of casArrigoni.
  • Cristina Grasseni - Professor in Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University
  • Arnaud Sperat-Czar – editor and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Profession Fromager", founder and president of the "Fondation pour la biodiversité fromagère"
  • Davide Pedrolli - ambassador of Puzzone di Moena PDO.
  • Massimo Todaro - Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo. He represents the Vastedda del Belice and Pecorino Siciliano consortia.


Moderator: Paolo Confalonieri - professional journalist. He was the editor of the magazine Orobie.
16:00-17:00ITS Academy Agroalimentare – A Pathway Through Industries and Production

Promoted by the ITS Academy Agroalimentare Foundation
Products of the Dairy Supply Chain: A Conversation with Latteria Sociale di Chiuro and Latteria Sociale Valtellina.

Guided tour of the B2CHEESE Fair, led by Sara Invernizzi, a collaborator with the Strachitunt Protection Consortium for research and communications.
  • Stefania Palma - Executive Board Member of the ITS Academy Agroalimentare
TIME12:30-13:30
TITLE
The new frontier of Grana Padano PDO: the world’s first Blockchain-traced cheese wheel reaches tables globally.

Promoted by Torre Pallavicina.
ABSTRACT
Two years after the project's official launch, Torre Pallavicina dairy presents the results of its program, which has created a complete 'passport' for this Made in Italy excellence. Through Blockchain technology, the entire journey of each cheese wheel—from field to barn, through aging and distribution, both in Italy and internationally—can now be fully traced.
Validated on June 18, 2024, by Csqa, a leading agri-food certification body, the first fully Blockchain-traced wheel will be showcased at Torre Pallavicina's booth during B2cheese in Bergamo.
Blockchain technology has allowed Torre Pallavicina to securely and immutably trace the entire Grana Padano supply chain, becoming the first dairy to provide real-time data, ensuring transparency, sustainability, and food safety for consumers.
SPEAKERS
Institutional Greetings: Alessandro Beduschi - Lombardy Regional Councillor for Agriculture

Speakers:
  • Gianmaria Bettoni - President, Torre Pallavicina Dairy
  • Gianpaolo Sara - President, Euranet
  • Michele Zema – Head of Sales, CSQA
TIME14:30-15:30
TITLE
Sustainability is easy to discuss, but what are the merits and responsibilities of small-scale dairy producers?

LoST-EU Project
ABSTRACT
A group of small Italian PDOs, part of the European LoST project, seeks to explore the role and responsibilities of dairy production in supporting their regions, local communities, and preserving cultural traditions, both past and future. Could these initiatives hold the key to fostering a dignified life in areas often seen as peripheral compared to urban and metropolitan centers? What drives these projects, largely born from the commitment of producers, local leaders, and stakeholders closely connected to their territories? And what are the contemporary challenges, especially as sustainability becomes more urgent, yet often treated superficially?
SPEAKERS
  • Alvaro Ravasio - president of the Consortium for the Protection of Strachitunt Valtaleggio and co-owner of casArrigoni.
  • Cristina Grasseni - Professor in Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University
  • Arnaud Sperat-Czar – editor and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Profession Fromager", founder and president of the "Fondation pour la biodiversité fromagère"
  • Davide Pedrolli - ambassador of Puzzone di Moena PDO.
  • Massimo Todaro - Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo. He represents the Vastedda del Belice and Pecorino Siciliano consortia.


Moderator: Paolo Confalonieri - professional journalist. He was the editor of the magazine Orobie.
TIME16:00-17:00
TITLE
ITS Academy Agroalimentare – A Pathway Through Industries and Production

Promoted by the ITS Academy Agroalimentare Foundation
ABSTRACT
Products of the Dairy Supply Chain: A Conversation with Latteria Sociale di Chiuro and Latteria Sociale Valtellina.

Guided tour of the B2CHEESE Fair, led by Sara Invernizzi, a collaborator with the Strachitunt Protection Consortium for research and communications.
SPEAKERS
  • Stefania Palma - Executive Board Member of the ITS Academy Agroalimentare

Thursday, September 26

Sala Caravaggio

TIMETITLEABSTRACTSPEAKERS
11:30-12:30ESG in the Dairy Industry: Challenges and Best Practices.

Promoted by PwC Italia
The conference will explore the crucial role of digital technologies in ensuring more sustainable and high-quality products. Through direct testimonies from some of the main players in the sector, best practices in sustainability will be shared, and the ways companies can face the challenges imposed by this process will be explored.
  • Andrea Guerini - Senior Manager PwC Italia
  • Silvana Signori - Docente Università degli studi di Bergamo
  • Giulia Leonardi - Sustainability Manager IGOR
  • Franco Ferrario - Amministratore Delegato Blu H
  • Rhoman Rossi - Marketing Food & Beverage presso SIAD S.p.A. (Logistica del Freddo)
  • Christian Curlisi - Director of the Italian Biogas Consortium
  • Francesco Ferrara - Sustainability Leader PwC Italia
  • Antonio Auricchio - Presidente Gennaro Auricchio e Presidente Consorzio Gorgonzola Dop


Moderator: Andrea Guolo - Giornalista
16:30-18:30Exporting Dairy Products to Non-EU Countries: Regulations and Health Certifications.

Promoted by ATS of Bergamo
International food trade must meet the need to ensure food safety in relation to the protection of human health, but also the need to prevent the spread of animal and plant diseases from one country to another. For this to happen, it is necessary to know the health status of the production areas, limiting the shipment of at-risk food products or those coming from geographical areas that may present risks due to the nature of the food product. During the conference, the main national and community provisions that regulate the issuance of health certificates by Official Veterinarians of the Veterinary Departments will be described, as well as the procedures that companies must follow to be included in the lists of exporting establishments to certain Third Countries.Institutional Greetings: Dr. Massimo Giupponi - General Director ATS Bergamo

Introduction: Dr. Antonio Sorice - Director of the Veterinary Department ATS Bergamo

Speakers::
  • Dr. Marco Cecchetto - Head of U.O.S. Hygiene of Breeding and Livestock Production, Veterinary District "A", ATS of Bergamo
  • Dr.ssa Chiara Caslini - Veterinary Manager, ATS of Bergamo
TIME11:30-12:30
TITLE
ESG in the Dairy Industry: Challenges and Best Practices.

Promoted by PwC Italia
ABSTRACT
The conference will explore the crucial role of digital technologies in ensuring more sustainable and high-quality products. Through direct testimonies from some of the main players in the sector, best practices in sustainability will be shared, and the ways companies can face the challenges imposed by this process will be explored.
SPEAKERS
  • Andrea Guerini - Senior Manager PwC Italia
  • Silvana Signori - Docente Università degli studi di Bergamo
  • Giulia Leonardi - Sustainability Manager IGOR
  • Franco Ferrario - Amministratore Delegato Blu H
  • Rhoman Rossi - Marketing Food & Beverage presso SIAD S.p.A. (Logistica del Freddo)
  • Christian Curlisi - Director of the Italian Biogas Consortium
  • Francesco Ferrara - Sustainability Leader PwC Italia
  • Antonio Auricchio - Presidente Gennaro Auricchio e Presidente Consorzio Gorgonzola Dop


Moderator: Andrea Guolo - Giornalista
TIME16:30-18:30
TITLE
Exporting Dairy Products to Non-EU Countries: Regulations and Health Certifications.

Promoted by ATS of Bergamo
ABSTRACT
International food trade must meet the need to ensure food safety in relation to the protection of human health, but also the need to prevent the spread of animal and plant diseases from one country to another. For this to happen, it is necessary to know the health status of the production areas, limiting the shipment of at-risk food products or those coming from geographical areas that may present risks due to the nature of the food product. During the conference, the main national and community provisions that regulate the issuance of health certificates by Official Veterinarians of the Veterinary Departments will be described, as well as the procedures that companies must follow to be included in the lists of exporting establishments to certain Third Countries.
SPEAKERS
Institutional Greetings: Dr. Massimo Giupponi - General Director ATS Bergamo

Introduction: Dr. Antonio Sorice - Director of the Veterinary Department ATS Bergamo

Speakers::
  • Dr. Marco Cecchetto - Head of U.O.S. Hygiene of Breeding and Livestock Production, Veterinary District "A", ATS of Bergamo
  • Dr.ssa Chiara Caslini - Veterinary Manager, ATS of Bergamo

Sala Colleoni

TIMETITLEABSTRACTSPEAKERS
15:00-16:00AI, Innovation and Technology: Opportunities for the Dairy Industry.

Promoted by PwC Italia
The meeting will focus on the opportunities related to process automation and the potential offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI, increasingly useful tools to improve performance, increase margins, and create value in companies within the sector.Introduction: Andrea Guerini - Senior Manager PwC Italia

Speakers:
  • Enrico Beretta - Director PwC Italia
  • Federico Aguzzi - Director PwC Italia
  • Luca Passoni - Senior Manager PwC Italia
  • Marco Busti - Imprenditore Caseificio Busti
  • Ilaria Libani - Settore Trasferimento Tecnologico - Ufficio Open Innovation Direzione Innovazione e Valorizzazione delle Conoscenze Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Alessandro Pasquali - Senior Associate PwC Italia

TIME15:00-16:00
TITLE
AI, Innovation and Technology: Opportunities for the Dairy Industry.

Promoted by PwC Italia
ABSTRACT
The meeting will focus on the opportunities related to process automation and the potential offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI, increasingly useful tools to improve performance, increase margins, and create value in companies within the sector.
SPEAKERS
Introduction: Andrea Guerini - Senior Manager PwC Italia

Speakers:
  • Enrico Beretta - Director PwC Italia
  • Federico Aguzzi - Director PwC Italia
  • Luca Passoni - Senior Manager PwC Italia
  • Marco Busti - Imprenditore Caseificio Busti
  • Ilaria Libani - Settore Trasferimento Tecnologico - Ufficio Open Innovation Direzione Innovazione e Valorizzazione delle Conoscenze Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Alessandro Pasquali - Senior Associate PwC Italia