Conferences, workshops, and debates. Ample space will be dedicated to dialogue and reflection, where experts and professionals will engage in discussions about the world of rice. Topics will range from the history of rice to sustainable innovations in its cultivation.
September 12
12:30 - 13:30
Tools and Perspectives for Risk Prevention and Management in the Rice Supply Chain
Organized by ISMEA
at the Institutional Pavilion – Masaf Area
12:30 – 13:30
Sustainability of the construction sector: from rice waste to architecture
Organized by ANCE Novara Vercelli
14:00 - 15:00
Technical Innovation in Rice Fields – from machinery to design and monitoring systems, how the approach to rice cultivation is modernizing
Organized by FederUnacoma
16:00 – 17:00
1966–2025: remembrance of Prof. Luigi Borasio, technician and scientist of Italian rice growing
17:00 – 18:00
Riso Amaro": the cult movie of Neorealism
Organized by Fondazione Circolo dei lettori
17:30 - 18:30
World of rice: internationalization and new markets (Italian rice in the European scenario and in the global market, the Japan opportunity, internationalization initiatives)
Organized by ISMEA
At the institutional pavillion - Masaf Area
September 13
10:30 – 11:30
Quality rice: origin, controls and consumer protection
Organized by the Customs and Monopolies Agency – Vercelli Customs Office
11:30 – 12:30
Innovation in rice growing as a solution to the ban on urea in the Po Valley
Organized by Syngenta
12:30 – 13:30
Agriculture. Rice and climate change
Organized by UPO
13:30 – 14:30
The Roads of Rice of Italy meet at Risò
Organized by Strada del Riso Piemontese di Qualità
14:30 – 16:30
“A glance… at rice”: photography competition awards ceremony
Organized by the Order of Architects of Vercelli and the Association Puntodivista ETS
16:30 – 17:30
Rice and research: where do we stand
Organized by CREA
17:30 – 18:30
Equal opportunities: from the conquest of the 8 hours to opportunities in safety
Organized by UPO and the Municipality of Vercelli
18:30 – 19:30
Piedmont and rice: territories and crops to be protected and enhanced
Organized by Fondazione Circolo dei lettori
09.30 - 10.30
Sustainability models in agriculture
Organized by UPO
September 14
10:30 – 11:30
Rice in Italian cuisine: taste, tradition and health
Organized by CREA
11:30 – 12:30
Heritagizing the lands of water. Culture, tourism, environment, biodiversity
Organized by UPO
12:30 – 13:30
100 years since the discovery of crosses and Italian rice varieties that became famous worldwide
Organized by Strada del Riso
13:30 – 14:30
Italian rice, a world excellence
Organized by the Order of Food Technologists of Piedmont and Valle D'Aosta Regions
14:30 – 15:30
Health, cosmeceutics and nutraceutics of rice
Organized by UPO
16:30 – 17:30
Rice and sushi: from the field to the chopsticks
Organized by Mundi Riso
17:30 – 18:30
Protected natural areas, waters and rice fields, allies for the future
Organized by the Management Authority of the Protected Areas of the Po Piedmontese
