Alphabetical order 

Mr Jan AHLSKOG – Senior Director (FIPRA) and Secretary General (European Regulation and Innovation Forum) 

Dr Nevena ALEXANDROVA-STEFANOVA – Lead for Policies, Systems and Foresight (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 

Prof Engel ARKENAU – Deputy Director General for Digital and Data Policy, Innovation and Transfer (German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) 

Mr Esteban ARRIAGA MIRANDA – Chief Executive Officer (FEBA / European Food Banks Federation) 

Mr Pierre-Marie AUBERT – Director, Agriculture and Food Policy Program (IDDRI) 

Ms Iliana AXIOTIADES – Secretary-General (Coceral) 

Ms Valentina BARBAGALLO – EU Government Relations Consultant (The Global Poverty Project) 

Ms Katarzyna BAŁUCKA-DĘBSKA – Head of Policy & EU Affairs (Climate KIC) 

Ms Elina BARDRAM – Director for Adaptation & Resilience, Communication, and Civil Society Relations (DG CLIMA) 

Dr Klaus BEREND – Director for Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation (DG SANTE) 

Dr Jérôme Van BIERVLIET – Managing Director (VIB) 

Mr Damian BOESELAGER – Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA, Co-Founder of the Volt Party 

Dr Nadine BONGAERTS-DUPORTET – Founder (Amplicon Advisors) and former Chief Innovation Officer (Gourmey) 

Dr Ana Maria BRAVO – Director of Public Affairs (IFF) 

Mr Brantley BROWNING – Senior Program Officer (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) 

Ms Maria Teresa BUCO – Senior Public Affairs Manager (Novo Nordisk Foundation) 

Ms Sofie CARSTEN NIELSEN – Director (European Biosolutions Coalition); Former leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party 

Mr Paolo de CASTRO – Former Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies of Italy and Member of Re-Imagine Europa’s Advisory Board 

Dr Oskar CHMIEL – Senior Social Sciences Researcher (CASE) 

Mr Nis CHRISTENSEN – Deputy Permanent Secretary (Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries)  

Ms Luisella CIANI – Director-General (European Food Forum) 

Mr John A. CLARKE – Special Advisor on Trade Policy (FIPRA) & Former director of international relations at the European Commission, and former head of the EU Delegation to the WTO and UN 

Mr Marco CONTIERO – Director for Agriculture (Greenpeace) 

Mr Eduardo COUCO – Director (IFOAM-Organics)

Dr René CUSTERS – Regulatory & Responsible Research Manager (VIB) 

Dr Mette DAMGAARD NIELSEN – Senior Scientific Manager – Biotech (Novo Nordisk Foundation)

Mr Koen DEKEYSER – Policy Analyst on Food Systems and Climate Action (ECDPM) 

Ms Christel DELBERGHE – Director General (EuroCommerce) 

Ms Giulia DEL BRENNA – Head of Unit, Textiles, Food and Retail (DG GROW) 

Prof Marijke D’HAESE – Head of Department and Professor in Rural Development Economics (Ghent University) 

Ms Oana DIMA – Science Policy Manager (VIB-UGent Center for Plan Systems Biology); Coordinator (EU SAGE) 

Ms Lidia DIMITRAKOPOULOU – Associate Director for Sustanaible Food Systems (Re-Imagine Europa)

Ms Sandrine DIXSON-DECLÈVE – Honorary President (Club of Rome) and former UN Food System Summit Resilience Task Force Co Lead 

Mr Philippe DUMONT – Head of International Relations & Member of the Board of Directors (French Plant Biotechnology Association) 

Ms Maira DZELZKALEJA BURMISTRE – Vice-Chairwoman (Latvian Farmers Parliament) 

Dr Wieke EDINGER – Senior Manager Public Affairs (Novonesis) 

Mr Garlich von ESSEN – Secretary General & CEO (Euroseeds) 

Dr Claus FELBY – Senior Vice-President Biotech (Novo Nordisk Foundation) 

Mr Flavio FERGNANI – Liaison Officer – Brussels Office (European Food Safety Authority) 

Ms Catherine GESLAIN-LANÉELLE – Director for Strategy & Policy Analysis, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (European Commission) 

Ms Heather GRABBE – Senior Fellow (Bruegel) 

Mr Ilias GRAMPAS – Deputy Director (European Bureau for Conservation and Development) 

Ms Nelli HAJDU – Managing Director (Starch Europe)

Ms Anna GANDSCHUH – Founder and Managing Director (Future Affairs)  

Mr Bernd HALLING – Head of Policy and Outreach (Re-Imagine Europa) 

Mr Kris HEIRBAUT – Farmer (Kris en Ginny Heirbaut) 

Ms Ellen HOF – Sustainability Advocate (#SustainablePublicAffairs) 

Mr Casper HOLL – Stategic Change Manager (Rabobank) 

Mr Alex HOLST – Deputy Head of Policy (The Good Food Institute Europe) 

Dr Dirk INZE – Emeritus Professor (Ghent University) and former Science Director (VIB) 

Ms Louise JOHANSEN – Secretary General (European Vegetarian Union) 

Ms Valentina JUG – Digital Agricultural Specialist (FAO) 

Mr Daniel KAISER – Senior Science Policy Officer (ALLEA) 

Dr Peter KEARNS – Director for Sustainable Food Systens and Innovation (Re-Imagine Europa) 

Mr Stefan KÖHLER – Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Chair of the European Food Forum (European Parliament) 

Prof Lise KORSTEN – President (African Academy of Sciences), Co-Director of the Department of Science and Innovation, Centre of Excellence in Food Security (University of Pretoria) 

Ms Katarzyna KOWALCZEWSKA – Expert on Agriculture, Climate and LULUCF Regulation (European Environment Agency) 

Prof Godelieve LAUREYS – President (Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts – KVAB) 

Ms Kasia LEMAŃSKA – EU Representative (AidsFonds) 

Ms Camilla LIPUT – Director of EMEA Government Relations (ADM) 

Ms Agnese LITTI – Senior EU Affairs Manager (EU Specialty Food Ingredients) 

Ms Tine LUND-BRETLAU – Expert – Strategic communication on Climate Change (European Environment Agency) 

Prof Szymon MALINOWSKI – Professor at the Institute of Geophysics (University of Warsaw) 

Dr Doris MARQUARDT – Programme Officer for EU policies and contact person for agriculture in the DG (DG CNECT) 

Prof Erik MATHIJS – Professor of Agricultural Economics (KU Leuven) 

Prof Alan MATTHEWS – Professor Emeritus of European Agriculture Policy (Trinity College Dublin) 

Prof Piet van der MEER – Lecturer Biotechnology Regulation and Program Coordinator Sustainable Food and Biomass Systems (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) 

Mr Leonard MIZZI – Head of Unit – Sustainable Food Systems & Fisheries, DG INTPA (European Commission)

Ms Alejandra MORALES – Senior Communications Officer – Agriculture, Freshwater & Climate Adaptation (WWF) 

Prof Urs NIGGLI – President (Institute of Agroecology) 

Prof Andrzej NOWAK – Chief Narrative Scientist (Re-Imagine Europa) 

Mr Patrick PAGANI – Deputy Secretary General (Copa-Cogeca) 

Ms Camila PALLA – Government Affairs Manager (CropLife International)

Mr Alix PÉCOUD – Organic Farmer 

Mr Rafael PINTO – Senior Policy Manager (European Vegetarian Union) 

Ms Annick PLEYSIER – Head of EMEA Agricultural Affairs (Bayer Crop Science)

Ms Priscila QUAINI JACOBITZ – Senior Government Affairs Manager (CropLife International)

Dr Matthew RAMON – Team Leader Strategic Engagement (European Food Safety Authority) 

Mr Jan RIELAENDER – Head of Unit – Country Diagnostics and Statistics (OECD Development Centre) 

Ms Ji-Yeun RIM – Head of Unit – Climate and Development (OECD Development Centre) 

Dr Andrew ROBERTS – Chief Executive Officer (Agriculture & Food Systems Institute) 

Ms Anna Sophia ROBERTS – Policy Associate (Cascade Climate) 

Ms Ana RODRÍGUEZ CASTAÑO – Secretary General for Agricultural Resources and Food Security (Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 

Ms Maria João RODRIGUES – President (Foundation for European Progressive Studies); Chairwoman of Re-Imagine Europa’s Advisory Board

Ms Maria RONALD – Project Manager (ALLEA)

Ms Pernille RYPE ELLEY – Head of Secretariat (European BioSolutions Coalition) 

Ms Irene SACRISTÁN SÁNCHEZ – Head of Unit for Biotechnology, European Commission (DG SANTE) 

Ms Meghan SAPP – Director for Advocacy and External Relations (European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture) 

Ms Océane SAUBESTY – EU Affairs Officer (European Bureau for Conservation and Development) 

Dr Mario SCHARFBILLIG – Knowledge Transfer and Data Management Officer (European Commission) 

Dr Thomas SCHILLING – Managing Director – Digital Farming (BASF) 

Mr Stephan SCHRAFF – Head of Public Affairs – European Union (Bayer AG)

Ms Kristin SCHREIBER – Director at DG GROW (European Commission)

Ms Aneke SCHWAGER – Director of Government Relations (Impossible Foods) 

Mr Claus SØRENSEN – Senior Advisory on Humanitarian and Development Policy & Chairman of the Board (Global Executive Leadership Initiative) 

Mr Ravi SREENATH – Managing Director (Ripple Research) 

Ms Erika STAËL VON HOLSTEIN – Chief Executive (Re-Imagine Europa) 

Mr Ivan STEFANIC – EIC Programme Manager for Food Chain Technologies and Novel & Sustainable Food (European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency) 

Mr Paolo Di STEFANO – Executive Director (Eat Europe) 

Dr Dominique van der STRAETEN – Senior Professor and Research Director of the Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology (Ghent University) 

Mr Will SURMAN – Deputy Director-General & Director for Strategic Communications, Public Affairs and ESG (FoodDrinkEurope) 

Mr Paul TEMPLE – Farmer (Global Farmer Network) 

Dr Laurent TITS – Team Leader Agriculture (VITO Remote sensing) 

Ms Annette TOFT – Director, Brussels office (Danish Agriculture and Food Council) 

Ms Irène TOLLERET – Former Member of the European Parliament, former co-president of the Intergroup: Wine, Spirits and Quality Products, and Founding Member of the European Food Forum 

Mr Bernard VALLUIS – President (FEBA / European Food Banks Federation) 

Dr Saskia VISSER – Head of Land Use, Agri-Food and Sustainable bio-economy (Climate-KIC)

Ms Katja VUORI – Chief Executive Officer (AgriCord) 

Ms Sofie van WAEYENBERGE – Agriculture Coordinator (Enabel) 

Ms Iga WASILEWICZ – Senior Public and Government Affairs Manager, Brussels Office (BASF) 

Ms Emily WIGENS – EU Director (The One Campaign) 

Dr Odd-Gunnar WIKMARK – Research Director – Gene Technology, Environment and Society (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre)  

Mr Justin ZAHRA – Senior Director of EU Agriculture Program (Environmental Defense Fund)