PROGRAMME OF THE
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN SMALL CHEESE MAKERS AND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FACE NETWORK

1st Day, 27 October

Farm and Dairy visits
Two farms and one dairy per technical tour

08:00 – 9:00
Handing out accreditations (for those who arrive a day earlier, it is possible to hand out accreditations on the evening of October 26th – we will set up a table in front of the Maslina hall, Hotel EDEN, MAISTRA

9:00 - 18:00
Cheese excursions (5 different tours), departure by bus from the hotel EDEN, MAISTRA parking, 2 people to look after the group and water will be provided on the each bus
previous registration is required

19:30 – 21:00
Dinner at one of the restaurants in town
previous registration required

2nd Day, 28 October

9:00 – 9:30
Welcome speeches and opening of the conference (Maslina hall, hotel EDEN)

Conference
8 topics (15 – 20 min presentation by the lecturer and 10 min discussion by topic), Maslina hall, Hotel EDEN

09:30 – 09:50
FACE network presentation – President Kerstin Jürss (Sweden)

09:55 – 10:15
Expert support for cheesemakers in the Republic of Croatia – MP / SirCro (Croatia)

10:20 – 10:40
Example of good practice: Direct sales on the farm – Lucija Gartner (Slovenia)

10:45 – 11:05
Attractive dairy products for consumers - (Plenary lecturer) - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Milna Tudor Kalit, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (Croatia)

11:10 – 11:30
Tasting Tourism: Cheese Competitions as Emerging Drivers of Local Travel and Spending in Hungary - Gyöngyi Kovács, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Hungary)

11:35 – 12:05
Coffee break

12:05 – 12:25
Traditional values of Croatian indigenous cheeses - (Plenary lecturer)Prof. Dr. Sc. Samir Kalit,University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (Croatia)

12:30 – 12:50
Pag cheese – protection (PDO), sales, marketing – President of the Pag Cheese Producers Association (Croatia)

12:55 – 13:15
Example of good practice: Cheeses in your own tourist offer – Romina Zadravec (Croatia)

12:15 – 13:35
Promotional and other activities of the FACE working group Marketing & Promotion (Italy)

14:00 – 15:00
Lunch (Eden Hotel restaurant)
previous registration required

15:30 – 17:30
Annual meeting of the FACE network, Maslina hall, hotel EDEN

15:30 – 17:30
Tourist tour of Rovinj – participants will be divided into several groups with tour guides, departure by feet in front of the hotel
previous registration required

18:00 – 19:00
Tasting and consumer evaluating of two attractive and innovative products: Donkey milk ice cream and Powerbiotic made from organic goat milk under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Sc. Rajka Božanić, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food and Biotechnology (in the open space in front of the Maslina hall, hotel EDEN)

19:00 – 21:00
Cheese buffet - tasting of cheeses from different countries participating in the conference – (in the open space in front of the Maslina hall, hotel EDEN)

3rd Day, 29 October

8:00 – 10:00
Check-out from the rooms for participants leaving

8:00 - 11:00
FACE working group meetings (hall Maslina, hotel EDEN, MAISTRA)
- free time for participants who remain and are not members of working groups

11:30 – 16:00
Optional tourist tours around the heartland and/or coast of Istria for participant who stay:

We will provide free transportation for the participants, tickets where necessary and wine tasting. Participants will need to pay for their own lunch and drinks if they want to eat on the excursion.

1st excursion - by boat to the Lim Channel and lunch in a tavern on the channel (a maximum of 100 people can fit on the boat) if the weather is good. In case of bad weather the alternative is a tourist excursion to the Poreč and Vrsar (cultural and historical towns on the Istrian coast with significant historical and religious landmarks and objects).

2nd excursion - tourist excursion to the Motovun and Grožnjan (small picturesque historic towns on hills) with a tasting on the way of Istrian wine Teran.

Departure will be organized in front of the hotel EDEN, MAISTRA

previous registration required