Organic Exchange Conference Summaries and Presentations 2008 Africa Regional Conference The Kampala Serena Hotel June 24-27 Kampala, Uganda Agenda Presentations: For ease of display and cross-platform accessibility presentations are formatted in PDF unless otherwise noted. For Power Point formats, please contact heather@organicexchange.org. Wednesday, June 25 Welcome- 9:00 Program LaRhea Pepper, Organic Exchange Overview of Organic Cotton Production from Global to Local Markets- 9:45 Program Silvere Tovignan, Organic Exchange Simon Ferrigno, Organic Exchange Business Case for Organic Cotton- 10:45 Program Simon Ferrigno, Organic Exchange Product Integrity, Certification and Tracking- 11:30 Program Simon Warrick, Historic Futures Building the Bridge-Designing a Successful Organic Cotton Program- 12:15 Program Silvere Tovignan, Organic Exchange Mark van Esch Best Management Practices for Farmers: Soil Fertility - 14:15 Program Gloria Musowa, KATC Silvere Tovignan, Organic Exchange Creating Successful Organic Cotton Programs and the Evolving Organic Business- 14:15 Program Doraliz Aranda, Organic Exchange Best Management Practices for Farmers: Pest Management- 16:15 Program B.M. Sekamatte, Cotton R&D Consultant Tilla Pretorius, Agricultural Research Counsel-Institiute of Industrial Crops Understanding Labeling and Certification across the chain.- 16:15 Program LaRhea Pepper, Organic Exchange Leonard Mtama Thursday, June 26 Regional Integration and Organic Cotton production, the Role of Regional Economic Communities- 9:00 Program Mr. Frank Mugyenyi, COMESA Iris van der Velden, Robabank The Realities of the World we Live In and Measuring their Impacts- 9:15 Program Andy Salm,ComMark Simon Ferrigno, Organic Exchange Organic Cotton Sector Development in Uganda: Key elements- 10:15 Program Musa Muwanga, NOGAMU Jolly Sabune, Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) Best Management Practices for Farmers – Internal Control Systems- 11:45 Program Gloria Musowa, KATC Jane Nalunga, NOGAMU Round Table Discussion- 11:45 Program Simon Ferrigno, Organic Exchange Barry Fisher, Executive Director, ACTIF Friday, June 27 Welcome Program New Initiatives in Africa - 9:15 Program Erastus Kibugu, TechnoServe Wilfried Schasfoort, ICCO Hein Schroder, Cotton SA Best Management Practices for Farmers - 10:45 Program Tilla Pretorius, Agricultural Research Council - Institute for Industrial Crops Hein Schroder, Cotton SA Discussion on the Marketing and Branding of Organic Cotton from Africa- 10:45 Program Silvere Tovignan, Organic Exchange Doraliz Aranda, Organic Exchange Closing- 12:15 Program LaRhea Pepper, Organic Exchange LaRhea Pepper, Organic Exchange