REGION VI CONFERENCE ON MUSCOVADO SUGAR (TWO-DAY CONFERENCE WORKSHOP) DATE: February 7 & 8, 2006

PROGRAMME
DAY 1 Industry Diagnosis Venue: SRA Training Center, Bacolod City 8:30 Registration 9:00 Invocation Welcome Remarks James C. Ledesma SRA Administrator Introduction of Participants Rodrigo E. Tapay SRA-Manager III Overview of the Conference Ma. Therese Juchico Facilitator, USLS 9:30 State of the Sugar & Muscovado Industry Fernando H. Corpuz SRA- Manager III, IR&D

10:00 Best Practices Antique Producer Beth Tacda Alter Trade Experience Federico Guanzon, Jr. Hawaiian-Philippines Timothy Bennett 10:45 Marketing Dept of Trade and Industry Lea T. Gonzalez Pronvincial Caretaker Alter Trade Elizabeth Mondejar Marketing Manager Financing Land Bank Jeffrey Maningo Head, Lending Center Quedancor Roni Diaz Operations Officer Lunch Break 1:00 Mill Tours: to Alter Trade -Calumangan, Bago City 5:00 HPCO Muscovado Mill -Silay City 6:00 Dinner - SRA-LGAREC

DAY II Venue: 8:00 9:00 9:30

Action Planning Balay OPSI, SRA, La Granja, La Carlota City Assembly Industry Concerns Action Planning Lunch Break

1:00 2:00 3:00

Action Planning/Open forum Synthesis Closing Ceremonies

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES: 1. Provide a clear and common understanding of the muscovado industry in terms of its current status, best practices and opportunities for marketing and finance. 2. Allow stakeholders and decisionmakers to interact and identify collaborative action plans that will address industry concerns within a three year time frame. 3. Propose a mechanism that will monitor and evaluate the implementation of the action plan.

No. of Participants: 20-25 Facilitator: Ms. Therese Jochico, USLS, Bacolod city Participants Profile: 1. Executives of Local Government 2. Directors of Government Agencies 3. Muscovado producers 4. Representatives from the Office of the President