Event co-organised by the Animal Task Force (ATF) and the Belgian Association for Meat Science and Technology (BAMST)
Wednesday 12 April 2023
HYBRID EVENT – University Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
The purpose of this ATF-BAMST symposium is to communicate the main findings of the recent Dublin Summit “The Societal Role of Meat – What the Science Says” held at Teagasc (Ireland) in October 2022 to the Brussels community of stakeholders, policy makers and journalists.
The Summit gave rise to the influential “Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock”, which has meanwhile been signed by some 900 scientists globally. Both the Summit and the Declaration have set a landmark regarding the integration of the available evidence in this important domain, which is at the heart of the debate on the resilience and sustainability of food systems.
Scientific publications on this topic are available on Animal Frontiers webpage.
Programme of the symposium:
- Welcome, by Frank O’Mara, ATF President
- The global role of meat: a transnational perspective, by Badi Besbes, FAO – Animal Production and Health Division (NSA)
- The Dublin Declaration of Scientists – origins and key messages, by Frédéric Leroy, BAMST
- Meat in human health and nutrition – reflections on “too little”/”too much”, by Prof. Alice Stanton, Royal College of Surgeons
- Meat in sustainable food systems – circularity, ecological context, and metrics, by Prof. Wilhelm Windisch, TUM Technical University of Munich
- Societal dimensions of meat – economics and ethics, by Prof. Peer Ederer, Goal Sciences
- Viewpoint from the European Commission, by Joanna Stawowy, Cabinet of Commissioner Wojciechowski
- General discussion and closing remarks, by Frank O’Mara, ATF President