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Multi-stakeholder dialogue: How to build a sustainable bridge between feed and food?

5 March 2026

  • Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
  • Thursday 4 june 2026, 09:30 - 16:00

Morning Programme 

Time: 09:30 – 12:00

Our goal

Create a shared understanding of the sustainability challenges shaping the feed sector and the rising expectations across the feed–food value chain. Together, explore how GMP+ International can lead in harmonising standards that strengthen trust, transparency, credibility - and define the next steps to turn ambition into action.

Time

Description

Speakers

9:30-9:35

(5 mins)

Welcome & opening

Donatello Prias
Moderator


Martine Boon
Managing Director
GMP+ International

9:35-9:45

(10 mins)

Introduction VICTAM-GMP+
Conference, theme and goals
Setting the scene: Why GMP+
International and VICTAM
collaboration in delivering this
programme

VICTAM

9:45-10:30

(45 mins)

Animal Feed sector today &
GMP+ FC scheme innovations

Market developments,
sustainability pressures and
the evolution of GMP+
certification

Positioning GMP+ as a neutral
system enabler

Martine Boon
Managing Director
GMP+ International

Alex Datema
Director Food & Agri
the Netherlands
Rabobank

 

10:30-11:00

(30 mins)

How environmental footprint
is redefining the Global Animal
Feed Industry

Cases illustrating the impact of
environmental metrics on feed
and food value chains.

The importance of shared
methodologies and the feed
sector’s transition to
sustainability

Lucas Simons
Founder
New foresight

 

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:30

Measuring together, acting
together: How the feed
industry can collectively reduce
impact using data, tools, and collaboration

From fragmented metrics to
shared understanding:  Panel
discussion on harmonisation,
comparability and trust

Panel:

Frank Gort 
Head of Department
Animal Farming
Systems
WUR

Veerle van Linden 
Sr. Researcher
ILVO

MyFeedPrint:

Laura Nobel 
Project manager
GFLI

Anton van de Brink 
Deputy Secretary
General
FEFAC

11:30-11:45

(15 mins)

GMP+ Feed Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA): Relevance,
application, and value for
companies and value chains

An enabling tool for
transparency and
comparability

Bas Stok
Director
Sustainability
GMP+ International

 

11:45-12:00

(15 mins)

Wrap up/ Closing

Donatello Prias

 

Afternoon Programme

Time:    14:00 – 16:30

Our goal

Explore the landscape of sustainability initiatives across the feed and food sector and understand how they connect and reinforce one another. Building on the proven chain approach that has strengthened feed safety, discover how this powerful model can also accelerate sustainability and help set a clear, collective direction for the entire feed–food value chain.

Time

Description

Speakers

14:00-14:10

Opening 

Donatello Prias

14:10-14:40

 

From safe feed chains to
sustainable feed chains:
accelerating chain of custody
How the proven chain-based
approach in feed safety can be
leveraged for sustainability

Explanation of the dialogue
format, topics and expected
output

Why sustainability still
struggles to get fair
recognition
Despite increasing verification and
effort, sustainable feed often fails
to receive fair market recognition.
What’s holding the market back
and how can we create positive
impact and create recognition

 

 

 

14:40-15:30

Topic 1: From data to impact:
Traceability & chain of custody
Reliable data and traceability
without harmonisation create
complexity, not trust.

Topic 2: From verified
sustainability to fair value
recognition
Verified sustainability delivers
impact but can't scale without
financial recognition

 

 

15:30-15:50

 

Discussion on topics 1 & 2

Donatello Prias

15:50-16:00

 

Wrap-up

GMP+ Takeaways

Closing- Invite to the cocktail

Donatello Prias and Martine Boon

Cocktail/Networking

Time:    16:30 – 18:30

Focus:   VICTAM 60th Year Celebration & Networking