"The protection of the Greek production of dairy products and the enhancement of their competitiveness on the Greek and the International market"

Conference at the Festival of Greek Milk and Cheese

"The protection of the Greek production of dairy products and the enhancement of their competitiveness on the Greek and the International market"

5th October 2007
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Faliro

The European Organisation for Strategic Planning, in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Athens - Food Science and Technology Department - Laboratory of Dairy Research and the Hellenic Milk Organ, in the frames of the Festival of the Greek Milk and Cheese, organised a conference on 5th October 2007 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium with subject: "The protection of the Greek production of milk and cheese products and the enhancement of their competitiveness on the Greek and the International market". The conference was staffed by scientific and productive bodies that are related with the dairy production of the Greek region and the following issues were mainly discussed:

- The contribution of the stock-breeding industry to the development and reconstruction of the country-side
- The structure of the Greek agricultural sector and the role of stock-breeding
- The stock-breeding a priority in the 4th Programming Period
- The importance of sheep and goats breeding for the regional development
- The new Bill for the stock-breeding
- Need for forming the Milk Inter-professional Organisation

- Production of qualitative milk and dairy products
- The protection of the traditional races of our country
- Programs for genetic improvement of the animals
- Rationalisation of livestock
- The hygiene of milk and its products
- Traceability
- Influence of nutrition on the quality characteristics of milk and its products
- Utilisation of the sheep and goat milk
- The nutrition value of milk and its products
- Systems for quality assurance in units of milk production and procession

- Dairy Products with specific quality characteristics
- The richness of the Greek cheese production. Certification of the cheese products (PDO etc.)
- The protection of the name feta in the international markets
- Utilisation of the milk sub-products - Waste management
- Biological stock-breeding and its perspectives
- Connection of stock-breeding to the agrotourism

- The information society at the service of the stock-breeder
- Informatics Applications in the manufacturing of stock-breeding products

- Investment programs in the sector of milk production and processing
- Motives and support for modernising cheese-dairies
- Financing of cheese-dairies. Acquisitions - mergers
- The organisation and provision of the cooperating cheese-dairies
- Trade of dairy products. Exports of Greek cheeses - International competition

Program:

FRIDAY 5th OCTOBER 2007
Room B

09:00 - 09:30 Participants' Arrival
09:30 - 10:00 Greetings - Calling of Proceedings Opening
Theodoros Pavlidis, A' Vice-President of the Hellenic Milk Organ
Grigoris Panonidis, Agronomist, President of the Scientific Committee of the Conference

A' MODULE
The contribution of the stock-breeding industry to the development and reconstruction of the countryside
Presiding Board:
Theodoros Pavlidis, A' Vice-President of the Hellenic Milk Organ
Georgios Anastopoulos, General Secretary of EOSP
Spyros Kachrimanis, Secretary of the Agricultural Development EOSP
Andreas Varouchakis, former Mayor of Kissamos, Member of the Scientific Committee EOSP
Panagiotis Basakos, Mayor of Avia, Member of the Administrative Committee EOSP

10:00 - 10:15 "The structure of the Greek agricultural sector and the role of stock-breeding"
Kostas Skiadas, General Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food
10:15 - 10:30 "Stock-breeding: Priority in the 4th Programming Period - Motives and financing for modernising cheese-dairies"
Dimitris Papagiannidis, Special Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food
10:30 - 10:45 "Sheep and goat breeding: Concerns and perspectives"
Michalis Tziotzios, Vice-President of the Hellenic Milk Organ, President of the Federation of the Stock-breeding Associations Larisa Region
10:45 - 11:00 "Cattle-breeding: Concerns and perspectives, Representative of cattle-breeders"
Giorgos Kefalas, President of the Association of Cattle-breeders Dairy Producers

B' MODULE
Production of qualitative milk and dairy products
Presiding Board:
Stavros Gianniotis, President of the Department of Food Science & Technology, Agricultural University of Athens
Leandros Voutsinas, Regular Researcher A', Alternate Director of the Milk Institute of Ioannina, National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF)
Ioannis Kandarakis, Professor, Agricultural University of Athens

11:00 - 11:15 "Rationalisation of livestock: Prerequisite for the production of qualitative dairy products"
Eftychia Xylouri - Fragiadaki, Assistant Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
11:15 - 11:30 "The contribution of nutrition in the manufacture of quality products"
Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou, Lecturer, Agricultural University of Athens
11:30 - 11:45 "The Greek sheep races and the importance of maintaining them"
Ioannis Menegatos, Alternate Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
11:45 - 12:00 "Laboratory support for qualitative control of milk and dairy products"
Theofanis Sagris, Veterinarian, Hygienist, Head of the National Laboratory of Milk Report Larisa
12.00-12.15 "Systems of quality assurance (HACPP, ISO) at units of milk production and processing - Traceability"
Eleftherios Drosinos, Assistant Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
12:15 - 12:30 "Utilisation of sheep and goat milk"
Giorgos Kalantzopoulos, Emeritus Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
12:30 - 13:00 Break

C' MODULE
Traditional products
Presiding Board:
Anna Polychroniadou, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Giannis Giamas, President of the Chamber of Preveza
Theofilos Masouras, Lecturer, Agricultural University of Athens
Vaggelis Christofilakis, Economist, Member of the Scientific Committee EOSP

13:00-13:15 "The richness of the Greek cheese production. The traditional cheeses and the possibility of protecting the products with PDO-PGI"
Emmanouil Anyfandakis, Emeritus Professor, Agricultural University of Athens, President of the Greek National Committee of IDF
13:15 - 13:30 "The formation of inter-professional organisations as a key to protect the dairy products"
Anna Polychroniadou, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
13:30 - 13:45 "Feta PDO product: Possibilities of elaboration and establishment on the international markets"
Michalis Vasiliadis, Adjunct Director of the Hellenic Organisation of Foreign Trade
13:45 - 14:00 "The contribution of dairy products to the nutrition of Greek people"
Alexandra - Maria Michailidou, Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
14:00 - 14:15 "Biological dairy products"
Theofilos Masouras, Lecturer, Agricultural University of Athens

D' MODULE
The perspectives of development in the milk production and processing sector
Presiding Board:
Panagiotis Papadakis, Agronomist, Researcher and Consultant of production and energy investments
Nikos Trikalitis, Economist, Member of the Administrative Committee EOSP
Vaggelis Christofilakis, Economist, Member of the Scientific Committee EOSP

14:15 - 14:30 "Modern technology in the manufacture of qualitative dairy products"
Christos Apostolopoulos, Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Greek Industries of Dairy Products
14:30 - 14:45 "Utilisation of Whey"
Stelios Kaminaridis, Alternate Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
14:45 - 15:00 "Small and medium-sized units of milk utilisation and their perspective"
Dimitris Papakonstantinou, Vice-president of the Association of Cheese Manufacturers of Traditional Products
15:00 - 15:15 "Trade of dairy products. Export of Greek cheeses International Competition"
Ilias Vlachos, Lecturer, Agricultural University of Athens
15:15 - 15:30 "The society of information at the service of the manufacture of dairy products"
Thomas Bournaris, PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki