Day 1 – October 8th, 2025
09:00 – Welcome coffee and poster delivery
09:30 – Welcome speach
Opening of the Congress
10:00 – Firsts speakers
Pierre Guillaumin – Economics & international services – FNPSMS
Arthur Boy – Economic affairs officier – AGPM
Martin Gomez – Development Manager – FNPSMS
10:20 – Round table
László Balogh – Crop manager – Lidea Seeds
Gábor Feczák – CEO – Agroszemek
Fazekas Miklós – Co-manager – Alfaseed
Dr. Kovács István Dezső – Director crop trade Department – Kite Company
11:20 – Keynote speaker
John Duff – Founder – Serō Ag Strategies
Florentino Lopez – Agricultural Consultant – Creando Mañana
12:00 – Conclusion and program of the day
Martin Gomez – Development Manager – FNPSMS
12:20 – Lunch
14:00-18:00 – Workshops: Feed – Food – Diversification
The Congress will include three workshops. Each of them will focus on a specific end product and will consist in sharing the experience of those involved in the sorghum processing and use.
18:00 – Break
19:00 – Cocktail and Dinner
Day 2 – October 9th, 2025
09:30 – Welcome coffee and poster delivery
10:00 – Poster Session
10:20 – First speaker
Martin Gomez – Development Manager – FNPSMS
10:45 – RiSorgo: from pitchfork to fork. A three-year project to go beyond agronomic characterization and create the link between food industry and farmers.
Monia Caramma – Sustainable Food Researcher – Monia Caramma
Tiziana Vonlanthen – Scientific Technical Assistant – Agroscope
11:45 – Round table
Monia Caramma – Sustainable Food Researcher – Monia Caramma
Thierry Lecat – Business Manager Western Europe – Advanta seeds
Raphael Van Hyfte – Business Development and Marketing Manager – Semences de Provence
12:00 – Sorghum Lobbying to international Institutions, testimony and perspectives
Nate Blum – Chief Executive Officer – Sorghum United Foundation
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Conclusion of the congress
Closing of the Congress – Sorghum ID
14:30 – Dedicated time and area for B to B meeting


Workshop feed
14:00 – SWOT analysis for feed
Thierry Lecat – Business Manager Western Europe – Advanta seeds
14:25 – “Composition of the grain sorghum and it´s use in feeding industry”
14:50 – Nutrition for poultry & swine
Dr Varga Orsolya – R&D Manager – Bonafarm-Bábolna Takarmány Kft.
15:30 – Sorghum in pork feeding – the main plus and contra
Marcin Sońta – Assistant Professor Department of Animal Breeding and Nutrition – Warsaw University of Life Sciences
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – Vertical integration of feed production with sorghum
Dr. Kovács István Dezső – Director crop trade Department – Kite Company
17:00 – United Petfood
Cristian Andrei – CEO – Petfood United
Workshop food
14:00 – Sorghum farming
Dr. Zoltán Gergácz – Chairman of the Board / Agricultural Engineer – Kányai and Nágocsi Agricultural Ltd
14:30 – Sorghum Breeding
Jöel Alcouffe – Head of Sorghum Breeding – RAGT 2n
15:00 – Sorghum Milling
Massimiliano Carraro represented by Beatrice Saggiorato
Sales Account and Operations Manager – La Veronese Molino e Riseria Martini
15:30 – Sorghum transformer / innovation
Mohamed Zellama – Founder and CEO – ORI Sorgho Smartfood
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – Sorghum food processing evidence that sorghum is a strategic ingredient for the food industry
Monia Caramma – Sustainable Food Researcher – Monia Caramma
17:00 – Sorghum Food case history
Aurelien Amir – Co-founder – Vieille Graine
17:30 – Buyers and supermarkets POV
Online speaker – Simon Le Fur – Co-founder – Aventure Bio
Workshop diversification
14:00 – Sorghum as a quality summer forage
Fazekas Miklós – Co Manager – Alfaseed
14:30 – Bioenergy production, which variety to use?
Rafael Parrella – Researcher – Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
15:00 – Biogas in Europe: focus on EU regulation
Online speaker – Grazia Vascello – Policy Advisor – European Biogas Association
15:05 – Sorghum as a livestock for Biogas production in Europe
Bertrand Duprat – Farmer – Association Agriculteurs Méthaniseurs de France
15:35 – Bioethanol: International overview
Francis Borges – Head of Sustainable Value Chain Projects – Advanta Seeds (UAE)
16:05 – Break
16:35 – Round table: exchanges around global vision of sorghum development towards bioenergy production
John Duff – Founder – Serō Ag Strategies
Francis Borges – Head of Sustainable Value Chain Projects – Advanta Seeds (UAE)
Rafael Parrella – Researcher – Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
Miklos Fazekas – Co-manager – Alfaseeds