Designed as the show’s nerve centre, the forum is being set aside for original and unprecedented plenaries and themes. Local market players, institutional representatives, retailers, producers, processors and political figures will all discuss and debate the sector’s trends and challenges.

 

 

Conferences programme 2025

 

SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2025

FRUIT & VEGETABLE DAY

• Organic fruits and vegetables: positioning and values
  Organic fruits and vegetables are attractive products for consumers: how is value created in the sector? How do consumers view the value of organic fruits and vegetables? Are there differences depending on the distribution channels?

• Climate change, innovation, and resilience in the organic fruit and vegetable sector
  The climate is changing, and this is already having a significant impact on agriculture. How is the organic fruit and vegetable sector adapting to these new conditions? Innovation and resilience will be at the heart of this conference.

• The keys to success in developing French origin and organic fruit and vegetables
  Whether imported or locally produced, the origin of organic fruit and vegetables is a hot topic. What is the reality of the French market? How can we prioritize French suppliers? What are the keys to relocation for fresh produce and for industry?

 

MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2025

HOLISTIC HEALTH DAY

• Organic farming to protect resources (water and biodiversity, etc.)
  Our health depends on the health of our environment: closures of drinking water collection points, erosion of biodiversity… All these signs of environmental degradation are causing concern among the French.
  How can organic farming address these concerns?

• Cosmebio and Synadiet Conference – more information to come

 

• Organic farming to protect human health
  Local authorities are promoting organic products to the general public, while mutual health insurance companies are highlighting the need to significantly develop organic farming in France and increase organic consumption among French consumers.
  At a time when chronic diseases are reaching worrying levels, organic farming is one response to public health concerns.

• Organic and health: how can we objectify the debate and raise public awareness?
  To have a say in public debate and make their voices heard by politicians, organic farming stakeholders need solid scientific data and shared, recognized references. What information is available today, and how can it be shared with citizens?

 

TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2025

OUT-OF-HOME CATERING DAY (OOHC)

• Structuring organic and local procurement
  The organic food targets for institutional catering set out in the EGALIM law are still far from being achieved. Nevertheless, initiatives are flourishing across the country, driven by local authorities, elected officials, and players in the organic sector to offer organic and local products in institutional catering. A range of testimonials.

• More organic food on our plates: how can we achieve this? 
  Developing organic food on our plates means enabling its development across regions. It also means working to improve public health, but in practical terms, how can we remove the barriers to introducing organic products into canteens and restaurants? Presentation of local and national initiatives.

• The role of organic products in institutional catering purchases by 2035
  Prospective: in close collaboration with the RestoCo commission of Agence Bio, the main buyers in the catering industry will share their vision of organic food on our plates by 2035.