Plenary Speakers

The Local Organising Committee and World Potato Congress Inc. are happy to announce some of the Plenary Speakers for The World Potato Congress 2022

Dr. QU Dongyu

Dr. QU Dongyu

Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Cedric Porter

Cedric Porter

Managing Editor, World Potato Markets, UK
Damien P. McLoughlin

Damien P. McLoughlin

Anthony C. Cunningham Professor of Marketing, Dublin
Lauren M. Scott

Lauren M. Scott

Chief Strategy Officer, International Fresh Produce Association, USA
Tara McCarthy

Tara McCarthy

Chief Executive, Bord Bia (Irish Food Board), Dublin
Robert G. Kearns

Robert G. Kearns

President and Founder, Kearns Insurance Corporation and Kearns Investment Corporation, Canada
Katherine Beals

Katherine Beals

PhD, RD, FACSM, CSSD, Associate Professor (clinical) in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology at the University of Utah, USA
Dr. Tom Arnold

Dr. Tom Arnold

Chair, Irish 2030 Agri-Food Strategy Committee, Dublin
Chris Koch

Chris Koch

Renowned Motivational Speaker, Canada
Prof. Paul Struik

Prof. Paul Struik

Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
Robert Walker

Robert Walker

European Growth Officer at Alltech and CEO of Keenan
Martin Kropff

Martin Kropff

CGIAR Global Director of the Resilient Agri-food Systems Science Area (RAFS)
Tomasz Bienkowski

Tomasz Bienkowski

President of the Polish Potato Federation