Europorc Congress 8th edition starts, organized by Institut Municipal de Promoció i Economia de Vic, La Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona, Caixa Manlleu, and El Departament d’Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
This edition represents a great impulse towards the internationalization and quality of the event, in which, well-known professionals as Mr. Carlo Trojan, former ex-secretary of the European Commission, and president of the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council; Mr. Xavier Sala Martín, economist and professor in Universitat de Columbia and Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona; Mr. Manfred Kern, Manager of Bayer Corp. Science in Germany; among others.
This year Poland will participate as guest-country, first pork producing country from the east of Europe. This business meeting will be about carrying out negotiations with an extensive economical return.
There will be lectures, round tables, and a commercial area where all kinds of representatives from the sector will be found.
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