Thursday, 12 November 2009
13.00 – 15.00 h, Room Bonn, Convention Center

International Student Meeting
Panel discussion and exchange forum
‘Studying abroad – an important building block for careers!’

Spain: Kathrin Ivens, Student, Kiel
New Zealand: Wiebke Wohler, Agricultural Engineer, Product Manager, Vechta
Sweden: Ellen Knips, Student, Kiel
Iceland: Sabine Stille, Agricultural Engineer, Denmark
Netherlands: Evelina and Mariana de Rooij, Students, Dronten

Simultaneous translation: German, English, French
Organiser: DLG

Thursday, 12 November 2009
18.00-20.00 h, Room 3, Convention Center

Plenum panel discussion ‘My farm. My ideas. My future.
Farm management by young farmers worldwide’

Opening: 
Henning Pfeiffer, Chairman, Young DLG
Joris Baecke, President of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)

Participants:   
Henning Heuer, Germany (innovative potato growing)
Martin Becker, Russia (pig production, housing construction)
Daryl Frank, Canada (arable farming)
Clay Mitchell, USA (highly automated arable farming)
José Luis Robles Ramírez, Spain (olive growing, use of water-saving technology)
Dairy farmer, New Zealand

Moderation and discussion leader:
Henning Pfeiffer, Young DLG and Anne Hartmann, Association of Rural German Youths (BDL)

Closing remarks:
Anne Hartmann, Federal Chairperson, Association of Rural German Youths (BDL)

Simultaneous translation in German, English, French
Organisers: DLG e.V., BDL, CEJA

After-conference event: ‘Young Farmers Party’,
German Pavilion at EXPO Plaza 1
With the kind support of leading agricultural machinery enterprises (minimum age of admission is 18; for ticket-holders only)

Friday, 13 November 2009
10.30 – 11.30 h, Room 3A, Convention Center

Job forum for junior management: occupational profiles – requirement profiles – outlook

Participants: 
Klaus Reinhardt, HR Manager, Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH, Spelle
Nils Mütze, HR Manager AGCO GmbH, Marktoberdorf
Christel Bühren, HR Manager Lemken GmbH & Co. KG, Alpen
Eva-Maria Kuhn, AFC HR Consultancy, Bonn

Moderation:
Dr. Markus Ebel-Waldmann, Chairman of VDL, a professional organisation representing the fields of agriculture, nutrition and the environment, Berlin

Organisers:
DLG e.V. , VDL

Simultaneous translation in German, English, French

Friday, 13 November 2009
12.00 – 13.00 h, Room 3A, Convention Center

Job forum for junior engineers: occupational profiles –requirement profiles – outlook

Participants:  Dr. Alexa Bee, Manager HR Resources, Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme
Dr. h.c. Norbert Rauch, Managing Director, RAUCH Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Sinzheim
Horst Schmiemann, Regional HR Manager Germany and Netherlands, Deere & Company, Mannheim
Andreas Sarfert, Global Engineering Director, GKN Walterscheid GmbH, Lohmar
Ulf Kopplin, President of the German Federal Association of Agricultural Machinery Dealers and Mechanics - H.A.G.
Company W. Doormann & Kopplin Landtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Schönberg and Lensahn

Moderation:
Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Association of German Engineers (VDI), Max-Eyth Society for Agricultural Engineering at VDI, Düsseldorf

Simultaneous translation in German, English, French
Organisers: DLG e.V., VDI, H.A.G.