13:00 - 14:15 CEST
OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Mr QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
OPENING REMARKS
H.E. Renato Alvarado Rivera, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
H.E. Virginijus Sinkevicius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Union
H.E. Tang Renjian, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs, People’s Republic of China
H.E. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
H.E. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
SETTING THE SCENE
- Reconnecting biodiversity above and below ground, Mr Eduardo Mansur, FAO
- ARTISTIC VIDEO: Photographing soil animals, Mr Andy Murray
14:15 - 15:45 CEST
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | Setting the scene for GSOBI21
- Ms Rosa Poch, ITPS chair - Introduction to GSOBI21
- Ms Diana Wall, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, USA - Soil biodiversity: where are we and how it can help in addressing the global challenges?
- Mr Wim Van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, the Netherlands - Soil borne diseases and ecological intensification
- ARTISTIC VIDEO: When soil biodiversity meets with art, Mr Christopher Marley
- Ms Daphne Miller, University of California, USA - Soil biodiversity, nutrition and human health
- Mr Felipe Pasini, farmer, Agenda Gotsch, Brazil - Ecosystem restoration starting from the ground: is it really feasible?
15:45 - 16:00 CEST
LAUNCH OF THE SCIENTIFIC POSTER EXHIBITION AND CONTEST
LAUNCH OF THE COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON SOIL BIODIVERSITY, Ms Laura Berta Reyes Sanchez, IUSS