Day 1 – October 8th, 2025
09:00 – Welcome coffee and poster delivery
09:30 – Welcome speach
Opening of the Congress
10:00 – Firsts speakers
Introduction, Sorghum sector overview and economic information
Pierre Guillaumin – Economics & international services – FNPSMS
Arthur Boy – Economic affairs officier – AGPM
Martin Gomez – Development Manager – FNPSMS
10:20 – Round table
Success Story, Sorghum in Hungary
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
Testimony: Sorghum Checkoff: Association creation and relation with downstream of the secto
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
14:00-16:00 – 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.
16:00-16:30 – Break
16:30-17:30 – Workshops: Feed – Food – Diversification
19:00 – Cocktail and Dinner
Day 2 – October 9th, 2025
09:30 – Welcome coffee
10:00 – Poster Session
10:20 – First speaker
Opening Sorghum ID
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
Feedback from the workshop session
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
Testimony of international lobbying for sorghum
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
Clarifying common misconceptions about sorghum through a SWOT analysis, highlighting its resilience and alignment with European sustainability goals
Thierry Lecat – Business Manager Western Europe – Advanta seeds
14:25 – “Composition of the grain sorghum and it´s use in feeding industry”
More information will be provided soon.
14:50 – Nutrition for poultry & swine
Sorghum as a feed ingredient for monogastrics
Dr Varga Orsolya – R&D Manager – Bonafarm-Bábolna Takarmány Kft.
15:30 – Sorghum in pork feeding – the main plus and contra
Sorghum in pork feeding – the main plus and contra
Sorghum in pig nutrition: overview of main advantages and drawbacks
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
Strategic insight into vertically integrated sorghum-based feed production, with the Hungarian model
Dr. Kovács István Dezső – Director crop trade Department – Kite Company
17:00 – United Petfood
Petfood industry, recipes used to prepare the dry/wet food for pets and why sorghum is not in the recipe. The recent change in the recipe by using sorghum and feedback from end users.
Cristian Andrei – CEO – United Petfood
Workshop food
14:00 – Sorghum farming
Key insights on integrating sorghum into regenerative agriculture, boosting biodiversity and soil health, and its role in both animal feed and human food
Dr. Zoltán Gergácz – Chairman of the Board / Agricultural Engineer – Kányai and Nágocsi Agricultural Ltd
14:30 – Sorghum Breeding
General aspect and specific about food purpose, focused on protein content
Jöel Alcouffe – Head of Sorghum Breeding – RAGT 2n
15:00 – Sorghum Milling
The crucial aspect of sorghum flour: milling, pregelatinization, flakes
Massimiliano Carraro represented by Beatrice Saggiorato
Sales Account and Operations Manager – La Veronese Molino e Riseria Martini
15:30 – Sorghum transformer / innovation
How innovate with sorghum-based products by asserting clean label and healthy formulations: the ORI approach
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
From breakfast to dinner, a huge variety of Sorghum food
Monia Caramma – Sustainable Food Researcher – Monia Caramma
17:00 – Sorghum Food case history
Experience sharing: pasta, crackers, other product implementation on French Market
Aurelien Amir – Co-founder – Vieille Graine
17:30 – Buyers and supermarkets POV
Aventure bio. Will talk about the selection process of sorghum products in large retailers and the importance of shelf rotation
Online speaker – Simon Le Fur – Co-founder – Aventure Bio
Workshop diversification
14:00 – Sorghum as a quality summer forage
Ideotypes seed varieties (mono vs multicut, BMR, PPS, feed value) and uses (milk, livestock, industrial use), silage management (silo, cut etc.)
Fazekas Miklós – Co Manager – Alfaseed
14:30 – Bioenergy production, which variety to use?
Varieties ideotypes depending on final use, and Brazilian examples
Rafael Parrella – Researcher – Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
15:00 – Biogas in Europe: focus on EU regulation
Short video: RED II and RED III European Directives, and link with sorghum as a resource
Online speaker – Grazia Vascello – Policy Advisor – European Biogas Association
15:05 – Sorghum as a livestock for Biogas production in Europe
Summer cropping dedicated to biogas production: interests and limits, cost efficiency, crop rotation
Bertrand Duprat – Farmer – Association Agriculteurs Méthaniseurs de France
15:35 – Bioethanol: International overview
Francis Borges – Head of Sustainable Value Chain Projects – Advanta Seeds (UAE)
16:00-16:30 – Break
16:35 – Round table: exchanges around global vision of sorghum development towards bioenergy production
What are the main constrains in the different areas and how to overcome them? Why did sorghum became popular in those areas?
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
The conference will take place at the Budapest Congress Center.
