2017 Programme, 4th edition
09 am | Opening Session
- Paulo Ribeiro Managing Director of Cooperativa de Olivicultores de Valpaços, CRL
- Jaime Lillo Deputy Director of the International Olive Council
- Luís Medeiros Vieira Portuguese Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food
09.30 am | 1st Panel: Olive Oil and Health
- SPEAKER Maria do Rosário Bronze Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon / Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
- MODERATOR José Alberto Pereira Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
- COMENTATOR Fernando Salvador Portuguese Order of Physicians
- COMENTATOR Iara Rodrigues Nutritionist
- COMENTATOR Paula Bico Portuguese Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Affairs
10.15 am | 2nd Panel: Carbon Sequestration in the Olive Grove and Carbon Footprint of the
- SPEAKER Carlos Correia Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
- SPEAKER Francesco Serafini International Olive Council
- MODERATOR João Filipe Branco Quercus
- COMENTATOR Ana Paiva Brandão Agroges
- COMENTATOR Elói Ribeiro Olive-grower
- COMENTATOR Pedro Santos Consulai
- COMENTATOR Tatiana Valada Projecto Terraprima
11.15 am | Coffee-break
12.00 pm| Honourable Session of the National Olive Oil Congress
- Amílcar de Castro Almeida Mayor of Valpaços
- Eduardo Oliveira e Sousa Chairman of Confederação de Agricultores de Portugal (Confederation of Farmers of Portugal)
- Awards Ceremony of the Virgin Olive Oil Contest of the National Olive-growing Fair His Excellency the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
1.00 pm | Visit by His Excellency the President of the Republic to the National Olive-Growing Fair
2 pm | Congress Lunch
4 pm | 2rd Panel: Olive Oil Designations of Origin and Geographical Indications
- SPEAKER Francisca Garcia González and Lucia González Designation of Protected Origin – “Priego de Cordoba” Olive Oil
- MODERATOR Ana Soeiro Qualifica Origin Portugal
- COMENTATOR Carlos Carvalho Mayor of Tabuaço
- COMENTATOR Fernando Mourão Vieira Cooperativa de Olivicultores de Valpaços, CRL
- COMENTATOR Henrique Palma Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Fishing of the North
- COMENTATOR João Pereira Chairman of Associação de Produtores de Azeite da Beira Interior (Association of Olive Oil Producers of Beira Interior)
5 pm – Closing Session
- António Branco Chairman of Associação de Olivicultores de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
- Santiago Macias Chairman of Associação para o Desenvolvimento dos Municípios Olivícolas Portugueses
- Gonçalo Morais Tristão Managing Director of Centro de Estudos e Promoção do Azeite do Alentejo (Centre for the Study and Promotion of Alentejo Olive OIl)
- Luís Capoulas Santos Portuguese Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development
