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RT10 Preparatory Clusters & Abstracts

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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Morning Session (9:00 am to 12:45pm)

PROGRAMME
PREPARATORY CLUSTER 1: P&C REVIEW PROCESS AND OUTCOME
West Ballroom 2
Chairperson: Adam Harrison, Vice President I RSPO & Senior Policy Officer for Food & Agriculture, World Wildlife Fund Scotland

The RSPO P&C Review Process in 2012
Neil Judd, Director and Co-founder, Proforest

RSPO New Plantings Procedure & Revised Principle 7 Highlights
Dr Gan Lian Tiong, Alternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Head of Sustainability, PT Musim Mas Group

Institutionalisation of Respect for Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Towards RSPO Implementation and Verification Work for Forest, Lands and Livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Norman JiwanRSPO Executive Board & Head of Department for Social and Environmental Risks Mitigation Initiatives, Sawit Watch

Challenges in Auditing Against RSPO Standard
Dr Yap Son Kheong, Independent Auditor, SIRIM QAS International

Reflections on the P&C Review Process: Challenges to Achieving Consensus
Adam Keatts, Economic Team Leader, Conservation International

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 2: SMALLHOLDERS (SESSION 1 OF 2)
West Ballroom 1
Chairperson: Sandra Seeboldt, Policy Advisor Private Sector, Oxfam Novib 

Update of the RSPO Smallholder Working Group
Dr Simon Lord, Alternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Group Director for Sustainability, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL)
Sandra Seeboldt, Policy Advisor Private Sector, Oxfam Novib

Smallholder Training for RSPO Certification: Comparing Experiences Across Different Countries
Dr Piers Gillespie, Commodity Supply Chain Manager, Asia Pacific Solidaridad Network

Diagnostic Study for Oil Palm Smallholders in Indonesia
Triyanto Fitriyardi, Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation

SHARP - Supporting Smallholders by Supporting Companies
Pavithra Ramani, Senior Project Manager, ProForest

Development of ICS and Certification of Independent Smallholders
Dr Yotsawin KukeawkasemSmallholder Farming & Agribusiness Expert Consultant to Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 3: NEW FRONTIERS AND EMERGING MARKETS
Virgo Room 3
Chairperson: Gert Vandersmissen, Vice President IV RSPO & Group Director of Operations, SIAT Group

Sustainable Palm Oil Production and the World Bank Group Role
German VegarraGlobal Head of Agribusiness & Forestry, International Finance Corporation

Opportunities and Challenges of RSPO Oil Palm Development in Latin America
Tulio Dias Brito, Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Manager, Agropalma Group

Labour, Gender and Poverty in Africa
Alexandra Booth, Manager of Sustainability, Olam International Limited

Market Potential for CSPO in Emerging Markets
Dr S Baskar Reddy, Head of Agriculture, Food Processing and Water, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

The Market Potential of Sustainable Palm Oil in China
Dr Sun Weijun, Julong Group Office Director, Julong Group China

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 4: HCV AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT (SESSION 1 OF 2)
West Ballroom 3
Chairperson: Dr Junaidi Payne, Executive Director, Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA)

Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Tool - Improving HCV Management in Palm Oil Landscapes
Michal ZrustAlternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Biodiversity and Palm Oil Project Manager, The Zoological Society of London, Indonesia

RSPO Compensation Mechanism
Olivier Tichit, Director of Marketing, PT Tolan Tiga Indonesia (SIPEF Group)

Mapping Made Easy: Online Applications for Sustainable Palm Oil
Beth Gingold, Project POTICO Research Lead, World Resources Institute

Sustainable Palm Oil: Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
Peter Heng, Managing Director of Communications and Sustainability, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR)

HCV Toolkit for Smallholders: Relevance in a Rapidly Changing Landscape, Tripa, Aceh, Indonesia
Graham Usher, Protected Areas Planner, PanEco

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 5: GREENHOUSE GAS (SESSION 1 OF 2)
Virgo Room 1
Chairperson: Dr Jan Kees Vis, President RSPO & Global Director Sustainable Sourcing Development, Unilever

PalmGHG: Scientific Peer Review and Action Plan to Roll Out the RSPO GHG Calculator
Dr Llorenç Milà i Canals, Environmental Scientist, Unilever

Recommended Emission Factors for Land Use Change Associated with Palm Oil Cultivation
Timothy J Killeen, Scientist, World Wildlife Fund USA

A Proposed Tool for Assessing Carbon Sink and Emission Associated with New Planting Development: Progress Update
Surin Suksuwan, Consultant to RSPO

Developing a BMP Guidance for Reducing Emissions from Operations: An Update
Melissa Chin, GHG Manager, RSPO

BMPs for Oil Palm Cultivation on Peat
Faizal Parish, Director, Global Environment Centre & Co-Chair Peatland Working Group

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 6: COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FACILITY (DSF)
Virgo Room 4
Chairperson: Johan Verburg, RSPO Executive Board & Coordinator Private Sector, Oxfam Novib

Complaints Procedure
Ravindran Krishnan, Complaints Coordinator, RSPO

Conflict Resolution Through a Multi-Stakeholder Process: The RSPO-DSF
Dr Ramy Bulan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University Malaya

Resolving Land Disputes: Emerging Lessons from the RSPO
Dr Marcus Colchester, Director, Forest Peoples Programme

Conflict Resolution Mechanism - A Grower's Perspective
Simon SiburatAlternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Group Sustainability Controller, Wilmar Group

Audit Integrity - Compliances on ISO 19011:2011 and ISO 17021:2011
Aryo Gustomo, RSPO Scheme Manager for ASEAN, BSI Group Singapore Pte Ltd

RT10 Lunch 1 (12:45pm to 2:00pm)

Afternoon Session (2:00pm to 5:45pm)

PROGRAMME
PREPARATORY CLUSTER 7: CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION
Virgo Room 2
Chairperson: Simon SiburatAlternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Group Sustanability Controller, Wilmar Group

Key Learnings on ACOP

Anne Gabriel, Communications Director, RSPO

Supply Chain Certification
Hidde van Kersen, RSPO Executive Board & Sustainability Director, IOI Loders Croklaan

Assuring Trust in Certification
Guntars Laguns, Managing Director, Accreditation Services International GmbH (ASI)

Challenges and Limitations of RSPO Program Audit, a Review Based on Auditing Experiences of SAI Global Indonesia
Inge Triwulandari, Management System Auditor, PT SAI Global Indonesia

Analysis of RSPO Public Summary Audits 2008 -2012
Dr Simon Lord, Alternate Member of RSPO Executive Board & Group Director for Sustainability, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL)

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 8: INDUSTRY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Virgo Room 3
Chairperson: M.R. ChandranAdvisor to RSPO & Honorary Member, RSPO

New Technologies in Palm Oil Industry
Juzer Jangbarwala, Chief Technology Officer, Platinum NanoChem Sdn Bhd

The Use of Bio-Compost in Oil Palm Plantation - Sime Darby's Experience
Kumaran Rajagopal, Principal Agronomist, Sime Darby Research Sdn Bhd

Environmental Benefits of High Yield Oil Palm Production
Dr Thomas Fairhurst, Director, Tropical Crop Consultants Ltd (Representing Cargill Incorporated)

Cargill's Safety Practices in Plantations
Azlan Adnan, General Plant Superintendent, Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 9: NEW SUPPLY CHAIN (eTRACE SYSTEM) AND TRADEMARK
Virgo Room 4
Chairperson: Joko Arif, RSPO Executive Board & Sustainable Development Manager, Carrefour Indonesia

RSPO eTrace Learnings and Next Steps
Daphne Hameeteman, Implementation Manager Traceability, UTZ Certified

The Evolution of the GreenPalm Option
Bob Norman, General Manager, GreenPalm

Traceable Certified Palm Oil - A Supply Chain Perspective
Cherie Tan, Global Director, Sustainable Sourcing of Renewable and Smallholder Development, Unilever

RSPO IT System - Current Status and Future Outlook
Olivier van Oort, Consultant to RSPO

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 2: SMALLHOLDERS (SESSION 2 OF 2)
West Ballroom 1
Chairperson: Norman JiwanRSPO Executive Board & Head of Department for Social and Environmental Risks Mitigation Initiatives, Sawit Watch

Smallholder Funding Mechanism
Julia Majail, Taskforce on Smallholders and Dispute Settlement Facility Manager, RSPO

Insights from the Globally First Certified Independent Smallholders - The Smallholders Perspective
Daniel May, Project Director - Sustainable Palm Oil Production in Thailand, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Making RSPO Certification Work for Independent Smallholder in Indonesia
Dani Rahadian P Hidayat, Palm Oil Senior Program Officer for Smallholder Engagement, World Wildlife Fund Indonesia

Smallholder Palm Oil Cluster: Sharing MPOB's Experience
Tuan Haji Wahid Omar, Head of Crop and Livestock Unit, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)

Smallholder Oil Palm Growers in PNG
Ian Orrell, Executive Director, Papua New Guinea's Palm Oil Council

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 4: HCV AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT (SESSION 2 OF 2)
West Ballroom 3
Chairperson: Dato' Henry S. Barlow, Non-Executive Director, Sime Darby Berhad

Lessons Learnt on Biodiversity & HCV Issues from the Growers Perspective
Calley Beamish, Sustainability Senior Manager, Wilmar International Ltd

Biodiversity Conservation as Corporate Responsibility: Private Sector and Action to Save Orangutan
Dr Jamartin Sihite, Chief Executive Officer, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF)

Common Guidance on Interpreting and Identifying HCVs and HCV Training Module
Calley Beamish, HCV Resource Network
Dr Marcus ColchesterHCV Resource Network
Bilge DaldenizHCV Resource Network

HCV Remediation Pilot Project - Sime Darby Plantation's Experience
Tang Men Kon, Head-In-Charge, Plantation Sustainability & Quality Management, Sime Darby Plantation

PREPARATORY CLUSTER 5: GREENHOUSE GAS (SESSION 2 OF 2)
Virgo Room 1
Chairperson: Adrian Suharto, Sustainability Manager, Neste Oil Corporation

European Biofuel Sector Requirement for GHG with Practical Examples on Fulfilling the Requirement
Ilmari Lastikka, Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Neste Oil Corporation

Shell's Journey Towards a Sustainable Biofuel Supply Chain
Dr Andy Gent, Biofuel Sustainability Officer, Shell Group

The RSPO-RED Scheme: Background, Contents and Status
Arjen Brinkmann, Director and Principal Consultant, Brinkmann Consultancy

Meeting RED Requirements in Germany - Reporting under Nabisy System
Karl Heinz Schnau, Project Manager, Federal Office for Agriculture & Food (BLE)

Review of Peat Emission Factor Used for the Renewable Fuel Standard by US-EPA
Dr Fahmuddin Agus, Senior Researcher, Indonesian Soil Research Institute 

The Food vs. Fuel Debate
Ben RidleyHead of Sustainability Affairs, Asia Pacific Region, Credit Suisse

 

Note: The Organisers reserve the rights to amend the programme where and when necessary