8.00 am Registration

Paper 1: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Palm Oil Sector - a Sime Darby PerspectiveDr. Simon Lord, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sime Darby Plantation Berhad, Malaysia

10.30 am

Paper 2: Renewable Energy Directive Post-2020, With a Reference to Palm Oil Simo Honkanen, SVP Sustainability & Public Affairs, Neste, Finland

11.00 am

Paper 3: The Sustainable Palm Oil Journey in AfricaAudrey Lee, Sustainablity General Manager, Olam International Ltd, Singapore

11.30 am

Paper 4: Sustainable Oil Palm Cultivation In Malaysia – Is Peatlands A Suitable Choice?Dr. Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, Deputy Director General (Research & Development), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

12.00 pm

Q & A Session12.30 pm

Session 1: Palm Oil - Agricultural Commodity and Sustainable Development Catalyst

Session 2: MSPO Forum – How Far Are We?

10.00 am Coffee Break

Lunch

9.00 am Opening Remarks by YBhg Datuk Dr. Kalyana Sundram,CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)

CONFERENCE DAY 1 | Wednesday, 19 September 2018

9.10 am

Plenary Paper 1: Forests and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities – the Palm Oil PerspectiveDr. Eva Muller, Director, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO), Italy

Paper 1: The Dynamics for Mandatory Scheme to be Successfully ImplementedDr. Sanath Kumaran, Acting CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council (MPOCC)

2.00 pm

Paper 2: Cooperation Between Smallholder Groups and the Industry To Build an Efficient Mechanism for Certification Dr. Ainie Hj. Kuntom, Senior Research Fellow, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

2.15 pm

Paper 3: Progress on How Industry is Adapting to Emerging Mandatory National Standards Syed Mahdhar Syed Hussain, Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA)

2.30 pm

Paper 4: Roles of NGOs as a Catalyst to Build a Sustainable Malaysian Palm Oil SectorNithi Nesadurai, Malaysian Environmental NGOs (MENGO)

2.45 pm

Paper 5: Strengthening MSPO Principles and Criteria and Benchmarking Against ISCC Sustainability Requirements Andreas Feige, Managing Director, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany

3.00 pm

3.15 pm

Session 3: Palm Oil Sustainability Certification – Diverging or Consolidating?

Paper 1: High-risk vs Low-risk ILUC Biofuel Feedstocks – Where Does Oil Palm Fit In?Prof. Gernot Klepper, Senior Researcher, Kiel Institute (IfW), Germany

4.00 pm

1.00 pm

Tea Break3.30 pm

Programme

Q & A Session

Paper 3: CSPO Opportunities and Challenges in Europe Andreas Feige, Managing Director, ISCC System GmbH, Germany

4.40 pm

5.00 pm

Q & A Session

5.20 pm

5.35 pm

Networking5.45 pm

Evening Forum6.00 pm- 7.30 pm

8.00 am Registration

9.00 am

9.10 am

Paper 4: Sabah’s Conservation Concern: Addressing the Elephant in the RoomDr. Senthilvel Nathan, Assistant Director, Sabah Wildlife Department

9.30 am

Paper 2: Land Use and Conservation Status in SarawakOswald Braken Tisen, General Manager - Protected Areas & Biodiversity Conservation Division, Sarawak Forestry Corporation

Paper 3: IUCN Report on Palm Oil and Biodiversity: The Borneo Case Dr. David Gaveau, Research Associate, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia

10.00 am

10.10 am

Q & A Session

Paper 1: Palm Oil, Conservation and Public PerceptionRobert Hii, Founder, Friends of Borneo

11.00 am

Paper 2: The Chain Reaction of NDPE PoliciesQuek Karl Yen, Regional Lead, The Forest Trust Malaysia

11.20 am

Paper 3: Together Possible - WWF, Malaysia and Sustainable Palm OilElizabeth Clarke, Global Palm Oil Lead, WWF International

11.40 am

Paper 5: European Market Perspective on Palm OilJoshua Lim, Global Lead on Sustainable Supply Chains, Wilmar International, Singapore

12.20 pm

Paper 4: Greenpeace’s Views on Malaysia’s Palm Oil Sustainability EffortsKiki Taufik, Global Project Leader of Indonesia Forest Campaign, Greenpeace Southeast Asia

12.00 pm

Q & A Session12.40 pm

Session 5: Views on the State of Palm Oil’s Sustainability

10.30 am Coffee Break

Session 4: Addressing Conservation and Deforestation

CONFERENCE DAY 2 | Thursday, 20 September 2018

Programme

Plantations and Conservation : Can We Walk the Talk?

Paper 5: HCV - National InterpretationSurin Suksuwan, Regional Director, Proforest Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Paper 2: Views on ILUC to Determine Biofuel Sustainability Using Palm Oil and Rapeseed as ExamplesDatuk Dr. Kalyana Sundram, CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)

4.20 pm

Welcome Remarks YBhg Dato’ Lee Yeow Chor, Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)

Keynote Address and Official Opening IPOSC 2018YB Puan Teresa Kok, Minister of Primary Industries, Malaysia

Paper 1: Comparison of Palm Oil Sustainability Certifications (Video Presentation) Pierre-Marie Aubert, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), France

9.50 am

Session 6: Stating the Case for Palm Oil’s Sustainability

Lunch

Paper 1: The Role of CPOPC in the Global ScenarioMahendra Siregar, Executive Director, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC)

2.00 pm

Paper 2: The Truth About Orangutan NumbersDr. Marc Ancrenaz, Scientific Director, HUTAN

2.30 pm

Paper 3: Malaysian Palm Biodiesel’s Sustainability Challenges and OpportunitiesUR Unnithan, President, Malaysian Biodiesel Association (MBA)

3.00 pm

Paper 4: Palm Oil Sector Transformations : Are They Going Into the Right Direction?Johan Verburg, Pro-Poor Value Chains Advisor, Oxfam Novib, Netherlands

3.30 pm

Expert Panel Debate: Sustainable Palm Oil – More Uncertainties or a Brighter Future?

Chairman : Datuk Dr. Kalyana Sundram, CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council

4.00 pm

Q & A Session3.50 pm

• Sustainable Development and Palm Oil Denys Munang, Director-Sustainability, Eagle High Plantations, Indonesia

• Sustainable Development and Palm Oil – Malaysia’s Perspective Dr. Surina Ismail, Group Head of Sustainability, IOI Corporation Berhad

• Renewable Energy in Europe Simo Honkanen, SVP Sustainability & Public Affairs, Neste, Finland

• Smallholders Sustainability Robert Hii, Founder, Friends of Borneo

• CSPO Certification Elizabeth Clarke, Global Palm Oil Lead, WWF International

1.00 pm

End of IPOSC 2018 / High Tea and Networking 5.30 pm

Programme

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