08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:30

Welcome Remarks

- Mr. Mao-Hsiang SU, Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Food Agency, Council of Agriculture, Chinese Taipei

- Dr. Huajun TANG, Lead Shepherd, ATCWG; Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, P. R. China

- Dr. Jizhi HAN, Deputy Director General, Policies & Regulation Dept., State Administration of Grain, P. R. China

- Mr. Thanawat SIRIKUL, Program Director, APEC Secretariat

09:30-09:40

Group Photo

09:40-10:00

Coffee Break

10:00-11:00

Keynote: Major Issues Relating to the Reduction of Food Losses in the Supply Chain of Fruits and Vegetables

Challenges and Solutions in Reducing Food Losses of Fruits and Vegetables in the Asia-Pacific Region

Mr.Wilhelmus van BON, Adviser to the BoD of Van Bon Cold Stores Holding BV, Amsterdam; Former Chairman of The Dutch Cold Stores Association (NEKOVRI) and of The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) based in Brussels

Moderator: Dr. Ching-Cheng CHANG, Chinese Taipei

11:00-12:00

11:00-11:20

11:20-11:40

11:40-12:00

Session 2: APEC Member Economies’ Voluntary Reports

      1. The Philippines

       Ms. Maria Cecilia R. ANTOLIN, Senior Science Research Specialist, Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, Department of Agriculture, the Philippines
       

      2. Chinese Taipei

       Mr. Wen-Ben YANG, CEO Sinon Corporation, Chinese Taipei
       

      3. Thailand

       Ms. Siriwat SUWANNASRI, Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand

Moderator: Dr. Jean C. BUZBY, the United States

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Session 3: Best Practices of Enhancing Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain of Fruits and Vegetables

       1. The Zespri System - An Integrated Supply Chain Approach to Quality
Mr. Matt CRAWFORD, Corporate Relations Manager, ZESPRI Jia Pei Fruit (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., New Zealand

       2. Key Challenges in the Public-Private Partnership in the Supply Chain of Vegetables and Fruits- Chinese Taipei’s APEC Multi-Year Food Losses Project

     Dr. Ching-Cheng CHANG, Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei

Moderator: Mr. Wilhelmus van BON

14:30-15:30

Session 4: Innovative Technologies and Management on Reducing Food Losses in the Supply Chain of Fruits and Vegetables

     1. Cold Chain System for Fresh Produce:Case Study of ZEN-NOH

     Mr. Minoru SHINOHARA, Deputy General Manager, Horticulture General Control Department, National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations, Japan

2. Innovative Technologies and Management on Reducing Postharvest Losses in the Supply Chain of ‘Irwin’ Mango: A Case Study from Chinese Taipei
Dr. Chun-Ta WU, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei

Moderator: Mr. Matt CRAWFORD, New Zealand

15:30-15:45

Coffee Break

15:45-16:45

15:45-16:15

Session 5: Developing Assessment Methodology and Dataset

      1. USDA’s Food Availability Data System and Food Loss Estimates
Dr. Jean C. BUZBY, Chief of Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA, the United States

      2. How to Evaluate the Losses in the Supply Chain of Vegetables and Fruits in Chinese Mainland?
Dr. Guangyan CHENG, Associate Professor, Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R China.

Moderator: Ms. Maria Cecilia R. ANTOLIN, The Philippines

16:45-17:15

Session 6: Roundtable Discussions

Topic 1 : Key Findings

Topic 2 : Follow-Ups

Discussion: All Participants

Moderator: Dr. Chen-Sheng HO, Chinese Taipei 

17:15-17:30

Concluding Remarks