The Academy will take place in Porto (for 3 full days) and there will be short online sessions the previous weeks.
The online sessions will be devoted to a summary presentation of the main issues and will conclude with some questions and tasks for the participants to prepare the on-site sessions.
PROGRAMME
Part I - Online Modules
- Introduction to Vitivinicultural Law
Julien Chaisse | City University of Hong Kong - Introduction to Food Law
Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) - Introduction to WTO
Alexia Herwig | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium
“Wine & Sustainability Talk” organized by The Porto Protocol
10th May
18:00 - 19:00 | Moderation: Marta Mendonça - The Porto Protocol Allison Jordan | Wine Institute Tom Owtram | SWR Benneett Caplan | FIVS Luís Amado | Impact Entrepeneur |
Part II - ON Site Modules
17th May
09:15 - 09:30 | Institutional Greetings Manuel Fontaine | Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Miguel Poiares Maduro | CGSL |
09:30 - 10:30 | Session 1 - Foundations of Food Law Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 12:00 | Session 2 - Foundations of Food Law Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) |
12:00 - 13:00 | Session 3 - Foundations of Food Law Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 1 - WTO SPS Agreement Alexia Herwig | Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 2 - WTO TBT Agreement Alexia Herwig | Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium |
16:15 - 17:15 | Break |
17:15 - 18:15 | Session 3 - WTO Agreement on Agriculture Alexia Herwig | Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium |
Transfer: UCP-Porto - WoW | |
19:00 | Sustainable tasting and visit to the World of Wine (WoW) - Wine School |
18th May
09:30 - 10:30 | Session 1 - Vitivinicultural law: International Law and Comparative Perspectives Julien Chaisse | City University of Hong Kong |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 12:00 | Session 2 - Vitivinicultural law: International Law and Comparative Perspectives Julien Chaisse | City University of Hong Kong |
12:00 - 13:00 | Session 3 - Vitivinicultural law: International Law and Comparative Perspectives Julien Chaisse | City University of Hong Kong |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 4 - Vitivinicultural law: International Law and Comparative Perspectives Julien Chaisse | City University of Hong Kong |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 4 - Private food standards Alexia Herwig | Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium |
Transfer: UCP-Porto - Niepoort Cellars | |
17:30 - 18:45 | Visit to Niepoort Cellars |
19th May
10.00 - 11.00 | Session: Gastrodiplomacy José Alberto Azeredo Lopes | UCP - Porto |
11.00 - 11.15 | Break |
11.15 - 12.15 | Session 4 - Foundations of Food Law Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) |
12.15 - 13.30 | Lunch |
13:30 | Coffee tasting with Nespresso’s Coffee Specialist at UCP - Porto |
14.30 - 15.30 | Session: EU Internal Market: Free movement of Goods Miguel Poiares Maduro | CGSL Benedita Menezes Queiroz | CGSL / UCP – Porto |
Transfer: UCP-Porto - Graham’s Lodge (Symington) | |
16:45 - 17:45 | Round Table: Regulatory Challenges of Food and Wine at the 1890 Lodge – Graham’s - Symington - Sala de Seminários - Moderation: António José Couto | UCP - Porto Antonio Marquez Filipe | Symington Family Estates Alexia Herwig | Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium Alberto Alemanno | École des Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris) Patrícia Pais Leite | Comissão Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes Tbc | |
18:00-18:30 | Final Remarks, Award of Certificates and Farewell cocktail at Sala dos Baptismos | 1890 Lodge - Graham’s – Symington |
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