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APEC Workshop on Reducing Food Loss and Waste by Strengthening Resilience and Digitalization in APEC Food System
- General Information
- Agenda
Date: July 20–21, 2023
Time: 09:00am – 17:30pm (UTC+8)
Location: Chateau de Chine Xinzhuang Hotel, New Taipei City
Organizer: Council of Agriculture
Host economy: Chinese Taipei
| Day 1: July 20, 2023 (Thursday) | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Arrival and Check-in |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
1. Vincent LIN, Council of Agriculture, Project Overseer 2. Su-San CHANG, Lead Shepherd, ATCWG, APEC 3. Teddy PAVON, Program Director, APEC Secretariat Group Photo |
| 09:10 –10:30 | Session 1– Challenges on reducing FLW through digitalization and innovations along the food supply chain
1. Global challenges and the need to strengthen evidence gathering and capacity development in reducing FLW. - Maximo TORERO, FAO 2. Challenges on digital solutions and implementation to foster collaboration among stakeholders to reduce FLW in the US - Dana GUNDERS, ReFED 3. The role of food loss and waste reduction in sustainable food systems - Brian LIPINSKI, WRI |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:40 – 12:00 | Session 2 – Digital and financial solutions to FLW reduction
1. Innovative digital solutions MaSS – An Inclusive mobility solution for on-demand food services and social resilience - Samuel HOU, Feng-Chia University 2. Role of infrastructure/skill investment and enabling environment to speed up digital adoption/integration - Kanjana KWANMUANG, National Agricultural Big Data Center (NABC) 3. Role of inclusive financial solutions and the growing use of ESG/CSR - Sophia CHENG, Cathay Financial Holding Co. |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | Session 3 – Building a sustainable food system
1. Best practices sharing on sustainable food upcycling and waste valorization from Singapore - Matthew TAN, Assentoft Aqua Asia Pte Ltd. 2. Food waste policies and management system in Korea - Kwang-Yim KIM, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network 3. Advancing food waste prevention: Monitoring and benchmarking hospitality performance in Asia Pacific - Rubina SRIKUREJA, Lightblue Environmental Consulting |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 15:50 – 17:10 | Session 4 – Member economy and survey report on progress and challenges in the food system during/post COVID-19 pandemic 0. Chile 
1. Indonesia 2. Malaysia 3. The Philippines 4. Chinese Taipei 5. Thailand 6. Viet Nam 7. APEC survey report - Kenneth DY, Academia Sinica |
| 17:10 – 17:20 |
Closing Remarks Ching-Cheng CHANG, Academia Sinica |
| Day 2: July 21, 2023 (Friday) | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Arrival and Check-in |
| 09:00 –10:30 |
Session 5 - Target-Measure-Act with the aid of technology ReFED Insight Engine: An interactive digital learning tools to monitor food waste, identify solutions, calculate impacts, and plan out funding strategies - Asch HARWOOD, ReFED |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:40 – 11:40 |
Session 6 - Panel discussion 1. Key challenges and opportunities associated with capacity development and implementation for governments, NGO/NPO, domestic and cross-border supply chain stakeholders 2. Strategic planning associated with inclusivity, gender equity, public-private partnerships, financing gap, e-certificates, infrastructure investment, coordination in data accountability/security and more 3. Role of digital transformation for reducing FLW and target-measure-act cooperation under the APEC Food Security Roadmap Towards 2030 Panelists: Brian LIPINSKI Matthew TAN Kanjana KWANMUANG Kwang-Yim KIM Shih-Hsun Tony HSU |
| 11:40 – 12:00 |
Closing Session 1. Wrap up and Discussion on next step from workshop participants - Ching-Cheng CHANG, Academia Sinica 2. Closing remarks Vincent LIN, Council of Agriculture, Project Overseer |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Exhibition & Field Trip on reducing food loss and waste |
