The 2019 World Food Law Symposium

Geographical Indications and Gastro-Tourism: Possibilities for Local Development

The World Food Law Institute (WFLI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invite you to the 2019 World Food Law Symposium featuring trends and case studies examining possibilities for local development when GIs are combined with gastro-tourism. A GI, a form of intellectual property, identifies a good as originating in a territory, region or locality where a quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is “essentially attributable to its geographical origin”. Gastro-tourism together with GIs provide a valuable opportunity for using a combination of local foods and tourism to preserve food heritage and sustainable livelihoods. This year’s World Food Law Symposium will explore this potentially beneficial link.

Program

08:30 - 09:00 AM - Coffee

09:00 - 09:10 AM - Welcoming Remakrs

Professor Marsha Echols, Director, The World Food Law Institute
Vimlendra Sharan, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North America

09:10 - 09:40 AM - Key Note Address

Contributions of Geographical Indications to Local Development and Sustainable Food Systems: FAO's Experience
Daniel Gustafson Deputy Director-General of Programmes, FAO

09:40 - 11:00 AM - Geographical Indications and Rural Tourism:

What are the Links?
Florence Tartanac, Nutrition and Food Systems Division, FAO

A Case from Montenegro
Nina Coates, Investment Center, FAO

11:00 - 11:15 AM - Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Gastro-Tourism and Food Heritage

UNESCO’s Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
Juan Orduz, President, The Colombian Coffee Federation, Inc.

FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Aurélie Fernandez, GIAHS Programme, FAO

Slow Food’s Ark of Taste
Reana Kovalcik, National Committee Member, Slow Food USA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch featuring Local Food Specialties

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Geographical Indications and Gastronomy: Promoting Heritage and Locality

Hiroaki Kojima, Agricultural Counselor, Embassy of Japan
Sylvain Maestracci, Deputy Agricultural Counselor, Embassy of France
Jose Miguel Nieto, First Secretary, Embassy of Peru
Begoña Nieto Gilarte, Agricultural Counselor, Embassy of Spain

2:30 PM - 3:25 PM Gastro Tourism: A Discussion

3:25 - 3:30 Closing Remarks and Way Forward
Wes Rist, Deputy Executive Director, American Society of International Law
Professor Marsha Echols, Director, The World Food Law Institute

You are welcome to stay and to join us at 4:00 pm for the 2019 World Food Law Lecture by the General Counsel of the U.N.’s International Fund for Agricultural Development.