NL alumni in Southeast Asia (SEA) play a significant and front-runner role in how countries in the region and the Netherlands are working on improving food security and sustainability in the region. Therefore they have, together with a coalition of Netherlands’ related actors, joined forces to launch a campaign. Why? To inspire the young generation in Southeast Asian countries to become more involved and shape a future for food production based on principles of sustainability.
Join the launch with keynote speeches from Carola Schouten, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, and Prof. Dr. Dedi Nursyamsi, DG Agency for Agricultural Extension and Human Resources Development. Followed by a panel discussion and the kick-off of the Changemaker Challenge!
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Moderators
Myrtille Danse
Myrtille is the Executive Director of the Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP). Prior to this she was Hivos´ regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean from 2015-2020, and the founding director of the Base of the Pyramid Innovation Center from 2009-2015. She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Oikocredit, and a member of the executive committee of the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs. Her experience working for the private sector, INGOs, the public sector and research institutes enables her to mediate between these vital societal actors required and develop successful inclusive innovations. As a manager she is fascinated by shaping innovative organization concepts, such as self-steering teams, holacracy and global impact networks, as these enable agile teams to respond in an appropriate way to the unpredictable and fast moving context.
Priska Prasetya
Priska Prasetya is Business Developer of an agri & food platform (Global Yield Gap Atlas) at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands. She has seven years of international public-private partnerships management across 10 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and being a liaison between cross-sectoral stakeholders (governments, private companies, NGOs, knowledge institutions). She has comprehensive background in business development and project management of circular economy, sanitation, health, and agri-food projects. She has passion for technological innovations in agri, food, and life science sectors, and has experience with entrepreneurship in the field of sustainability. Priska took her Master degree Urban Environmental Management at Wageningen University from 2012 – 2014.
Panelists
Sjoerd Croqué
Sjoerd is senior policy officer at the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality. With over 30 years of experience within agriculture and food security, Sjoerd is an experienced specialist in research policy, public private partnerships, extension, business economy and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
Mary Ann Sayoc
Dr. Mary Ann P. Sayoc is the Public Affairs Lead of East West Seed, a Dutch company engaged in research, development, production and distribution of vegetable seeds. East-West Seed is market leader for tropical vegetable seeds in Asia and has a strong knowledge transfer program for smallholder farmers. Dr. Sayoc is also the President of the Philippine-Dutch Fellows Network, the Netherlands alumni association in the Philippines.
Rehana Noor
Rehana is Norec Professional at WAVE Foundation. A dynamic Agriculture Professional with more than 5 years of experience of working in different research and development organizations with a special focus on Climate –Smart agriculture, Farmers’ Producer Organization, Agriculture Value chain and ICT4D. Rehana took an internship and summer school in molecular breeding at Wageningen University in 2012 - 2013.
Tissa Aunilla
Tissa Aunilla is the co-founder of Pipiltin Cocoa, an inclusive business, a bean to bar, chocolate company from Indonesia. She is one of ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative members, a program managed by Asia New Zealand Foundation on behalf of the New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Tissa took the Law and Economics Master’s Program at the Utrecht University in 2004.
Moderator Panel
Thuy Nguyen (Emily)
Emily is Business Development Manager Asia based in Vietnam at Royal De Heus, an international organisation with a leading position in the animal feed industry. Emily took a Bachelor International Business Administration at Erasmus University in the Netherlands in 2011 - 2014.