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Tuesday 14 September 2010

13.00 – 14.30               WUWM Board Lunch (by invitation only) at Bahía Mediterráneo Restaurant

14.30 – 17.30               WUWM Board Meeting (by invitation only)

16.00 – 20.00               Delegate and partner registration in Hotel Meliá Palas Atenea

19.00                            Departure by bus to the Bellver Castle

19.30                            Welcome Cocktail at the Bellver Castle (sponsored by Palma Municipality)
                                                                      
21.00                            Return to hotels

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Partners Programme: 09.00-17.00 Visit to “Sierra Norte” of Mallorca and the village of Valldemossa, where the writer George Sands and the musician Frederic Chopin lived. Including a visit to the village Sóller - return by train.

08.00 – 12.00               Delegate registration in the Hotel Meliá Palas Atenea

08.55                            Delegates seated in Acropolis room in the Hotel Meliá Palas Atenea

                                     
09.00 – 09.30              Welcome and Opening Ceremony

        • Graham Wallace, WUWM Chairman
        • Ignacio Cruz Roche, Mercasa President
        • Aina Calvo Sastre, Mayoress of Palma

09.30 – 11.15              Session 1: Wholesale Market Sector Trends

          Chairperson: Montserrat Gil de Bernabé, General Director, Mercabarna, Spain

09.30-09.50                 Speaker 1: Andrew McLay, Senior Consultant, Promar International, UK

09.55-10.15                 Speaker 2: Roger Gaspa Maynou, Cerdá Institute, Spain.

10.15-11.15                 Round Table     

Panelist 1: Christian Berthe, Manager, Lyon Market, France.
Panelist 2: Antonio Sanchez, Chairman Wholesalers Association, Mercapalma, Spain.
Panelist 3: George van Eldik, Senior Project Manager, Vroegop Ruhe & Co, Netherlands.
Panelist 4: Torben Flinch, Managing Director, Copenhagen Markets, Denmark,
                                      

11.15 – 11.30               Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.15                Session 2: Environmental Management. Social Responsibility and Business Opportunities

            Chairperson: Lola Román, Deputy Director, Mercamadrid, Spain

11.30-11.50                   Speaker 1: Kim Joo-soo, SAMACO President, Republic of Korea.

11.55-12.15                   Speaker 2: David Chica, Facilities Director, Mercasa, Spain.

12.15-13.15                   Round Table

Panelist 1: Torsten Berens Managing Director, Hamburg Wholesale Market.
Panelist 2: Joseph Calza, Manager, Nice Market, France.
Panelist 3: Aitor Argote, Manager, Mercabilbao, Spain.
Panelist 4: Martín Peña, Manager, Mercamurcia, Spain.

13.30 – 15.00              Lunch at Bahia Meditteraneo Restaurant
 
15.00 – 16.45              Session 3: Retail Markets... Commercial Format of the Future. Formation and Management

          Chairperson: Constancio Ibañez, Director General, Mercazaragoza

15.00-15.20                 Speaker 1: Angel Pujol, Managing Director, Institute for the Industrial development in the Balearic Islands, Spain.

15.25-15.45                 Speaker 2: Malcolm Veigas, Nabma, UK.

15.45-16.45                 Round Table

Panelist 1: Jordi Torrades, Barcelona Markets, Spain.
Panelist 2: Rodolfo Rodriguez, Pima Cenada, Costa Rica.
Panelist 3: Antoni Crespí, President Olivar Retail, Spain.
Panelist 4: Jean-Paul Auguste, GroupeGeraud, France.

16.45                           Evening free

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Partners Programme: 09.00 – 17.00 Visit to famous “Caves of Drac”, and visit to Perlas Orquídea´s factory.

09:00 – 11.00              Session 4: The Wholesale Market in the New Economic Climate

          Chairperson: Agustín García- Cabo, Director General, Mercasturias, Spain.

09.00-09.20                 Speaker 1: José Antonio Caldés, Tea-Cegos Deployment, Spain.

09.20-9.40                   Speaker 2: João Alberto Paixão Lages, President, ABRACEN/CeasaMinas, Brazil.

09.40-11.00                 Round Table:

Panelist 1: Javier Casares, Economics Professor, Spain.
Panelist 2: Juan Dueñas, Director General, Mercapalma, Spain.
Panelist 3: Don Darnall, Executive Director, MFCA, USA.
Panelist 4: Elton Zhang, Director of International Relations, Shenzhen Market, China.
                                    

11.00-11.15                Coffee Break

11.15-12.45                 Session 5: Food Safety and Contributions Wholesale Markets Can Make to Consumer Habits

          Chairperson: José Joaquin García, Director General, Mercavalencia, Spain.

11.15-11.35                 Speaker 1: Didier Delmotte, Manager, Lille Market, France.

11.35-11.55                 Speaker 2: David Verano Cañaveras, Agrarian and Food Sector Manager, AENOR, Spain.

11.55-12.30                 Round Table

Panelist 1: Philippe Binard, General Delegate, FRESHFEL EUROPE, Belgium
Panelist 2: José Miguel Herrero, Ministry of Agriculture, Spain.
Panelist 3: Raúl Calleja Director of Fruit Attraction (IFEMA), Spain.
Panelist 4: Helen Evans, Communications Manager, Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA), London, UK

12.30-13.00                 Closing Ceremony:

                                      - Graham Wallace, WUWM Chairman
                                      - Ignacio Cruz Roche, Mercasa President
                                      - Juan Dueñas, Director General de Mercapalma

13.00 – 15.00                Lunch at Bahia Meditterraneo sponsored by Mercamadrid International Market. Presentation of the Mercamadrid Extension Project.

15.00 – 16.00             WUWM Regional Meetings
                                      - Europe (Acropolis room)
                                      - The Americas (Marte room)

16.00 – 17.00              -  Asia/Pacific (Acropolis room)

Evening free

 

Friday, 17 September 2010

The partners will be welcome to the visit Mercapalma and the El Olivar Retail Market able – thereafter they are free to visit the historical and commercial center of the city of Palma de Mallorca

 

07.00                            Depart for Mercapalma

07.30-09.00                 Visit Mercapalma Market

09.00-09.30                 Breakfast in Mercapalma Market

09.30                            Depart to the Retail Market Olivar

10.00-10.30                 Visit Olivar Market

10.30                            Depart for Hotel Meliá Palas Atenea

11.00 – 13.00               WUWM Membership Meeting. Coffee.

13.30                            Lunch at Bahia Meditteraneo Restaurant

Afternoon free

20.30                            Depart to Gala Dinner Venue by bus

21.00                            Gala Dinner “ES MOLÍ DES COMTE” Restaurant sponsored by Conselleria de Comerç de Govern de les Illes Balears

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23.30                           Return to Hotels

 

Saturday 18 September 2010 Optional Tourist Programme (additional payment)

10.00 – 17.00     Agri-tourism: guided visit to several estates/museums in Mallorca serving typical gastronomy from the island.

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