How to achieve 25 percent organics in the EU by 2030 - 18-19 August 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
Organic Summit 2025 is a unique event hosted by several Danish Stakeholders: The Danish Agriculture and Food Council, Organic Denmark, The Danish Food and Drink Federation, The City of Copenhagen and The Royal Danish Library
The whole program is structured around the three themes:
Farming (soil, plants and animals)
Industry (processing)
Market (retail, wholesale, catering, restaurants, public procurement)
PLENARY PROGRAM
- PRELIMINARY
MONDAY 18 AUGUST
OPENING 9.00 – 9.30
Welcome on behalf of the hosts: Connie Hedegaard, former Danish EU Climate Commissioner and Peter Sisseck, Winemaker and Forester
Official welcome: Jeppe Bruus, Minister for The Ministry Of Green Transition. - Presentation of the summit charter - International speaker - Artistic contribution
HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL PANEL 9.30 – 10.45
A NEW VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD AGRICULTURE
- Ifoam - Danish organic representative - High level eu com - High level dk presidency - Organic industry representative - Organic retail representative - Conventional food and far
FIRST BREAKOUT SESSION 11.15 – 12.30
Farming How to make more farmers turn organic - Presentations - Dilemmas - Discussion - Recommendations
Industry How to ensure enough raw materials - Organic/regenerativ - Presentations - Dilemmas - Discussion - Recommendations
Market How to turn public procurement more organic - Presentations - Dilemmas - Discussion - Recommendations
LUNCH 12.30 - 13.30
WHY ORGANICS – THE CASE FOR ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING
13.30 – 14.45
WHAT ARE THE COMMON GOODS CREATED BY ORGANIC METHODS
- Climate – resilience and carbon economy – professor marie trydeman knudsen, university of aarhus - Biodiversity - pascale bonzom, head og food and agricultural systems, iucn - Water quality - drinking water and the aquatic environment - christine watson, sruc (tbc) - Animal welfare – philip lymbery, ceo compassion in world farming - Food quality and public health – anna lappé, global alliance for the future of food - Certification and trust – lauren carlyle, ceo ioas (tbc) - Sustainability report standard, the role of organic – speaker to be confirmed.
Plenary - presentation from the breakout sessions in relation to the charter
ORGANICS HOW TO SCALE AND FINANCE 16.45 – 18.00
HOW DOES ORGANIC FARMING FIT INTO STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPING A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
- Setting the scene - Peter Cisseck - Fao: Bonnie Bratwaite, Senior Agriculture Officer Plant Production and Protection Division - The World Bank: Esben Lunde Larsen, Senior Agricultural Specialist, Agriculture and Food Global Department - World resources institute: Dr. Robert Mbeche, Director, Food Program - United Nation Foundation: Lasse Bruun, Director, Climate and Food - EU Commission (mep) (name tbc) - Novo Nordisk Foundation: Claus Felby, Vice President, Biotech - Representative from the finance sector - how to finance the transition towards more sustainable food systems
RECEPTION THE BLACK DIAMOND 18.30 – 20.30
- King Frederik x (tbc)
- Ms. Renate künast, former german minister of agriculture
- Artistic presentation
TUESDAY 19 AUGUST
ORGANIC AT ITS BEST 9.00 – 10.15
BRILLIANT EUROPEAN CASES FROM THE WHOLE VALUE CHAIN
- Farming (two or three): one from southern europe and one from northern europe (eu winners?) - Business – dairy/meat/alternative crops - Marketing - Public procurement – betina bergmann, public food procurement expert and team lead for strategic procurement and food, the city of Copenhagen - Retail - Restaurants/catering
Farming - How have the farmers been motivated and assisted in turning organic - Research, extension and conversion service – kirsten holst, ceo, innovation center for organic farming - Organic farming as a strategic tool to ensure environmental benefits – drinking water, aquatic environment
Industry - Organic produce in the production chain for 35 years
Market - The danish state label – how the development of organic food and farming has benefitted from the strong state private-public partnership - The organic cuisine label - adding value to organic food – robert lind, head of section, danish veterinary and food administration - Public and private procurement - how to shift large amounts of food in an organic direction - Retail – how Denmark has achieved being a global frontrunner for decades
- The danish minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, jacob jensen, receives the organic summit charter - EU Agricultural Commissioner, Christophe Hansen, addresses the Organic Summit (tbc) - Closing remarks OS25 - Artistic presentation
