| Time | Session title | Speaker |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome address | LUKE –Anu Kaukovirta – Vice President of Production Systems unit, LUKE
Agrinatura Stephen Onakuse |
| 9:15 -11:00 | Agrinatura Projects Impact on Informed Decision Making for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation | Keynote speaker:
Prof. Sheryl Hendriks, NRI of University of Greenwich Moderator: Prof. Paolo Sarfatti, Agrinatura, NRF · VCA4D, Frédéric Lançon, Olimpia Orlandoni · DeSIRA-LIFT, Helena Posthumus · NRF, Dimitrios Petalios · SASi-SPi, Konstantinos Karantininis |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Host’s Message | Prof. Ritva Toivonen, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki |
| 11:45 – 13:15 | CEA-FIRST: Advancing Research and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation in Europe and Africa | Moderator: Antti Autio, University of Helsinki
1. Dr Aggrey Agumya. Executive Director. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa. 2. Stephen Onakuse, Agrinatura. 3. Ioannis Dimitriou, SLU. 4. Graciela Romero-Vasquez, ACU.
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| 13:15-14:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30 -16:00 | Harnessing the power of collaborative action to enable impactful R&I | Moderator: Sélim Louafi (CIRAD)
Panel: 1. Orsolya Frizon Somogyi Deputy Head of Unit F2 2. Research Prof Jarkko Niemi, LUKE. 3. Patrick Okori – RUFORUM.
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| 16:00-16:15 | Concluding remarks and wrap-up | Dr Stephen Onakuse |