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Monday, 08 February 2010 14:49 |
An important dialogue will take place this week among stakeholders, academics, policymakers and related experts to discuss meeting the food needs for the next generation.
The event, "9 Billion Served: A Global Dialogue on Meeting Food Needs for the Next Generation" will be held Friday, February 12 at the Newseum in Washington, DC from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Eastern). As a Town Hall 2.0 event, it will also be available online.
To participate in person or online you need to register - click here to access the registration page at Crop News. Information is available there on how and where to watch online and how participate remotely.
Co-hosting the event are BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization), CropLife International (CLI) and the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). The discussion will feature the newest publication from CAST, "Agricultural Productivity Strategies for the Future: Addressing U.S. and Global Challenges" that includes a preface written by Dr. Norman Borlaug before he passed away (this was also highlighted by TATT's Feb. 5 column Take It To The Farmers by Rosalie Ellasus from the Philippines).
It promises to be an astounding event. Make sure you register soon!
The panelists include:
Frank Sesno, moderator, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, Emmy-award winning journalist, and host and creator of Planet Forward, a ground-breaking web-to-television show seen on PBS. Bio here.
Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff; Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and to the Administrator of USAID Rajiv Shah. Author of "Mendel In The Kitchen" - Bio here.
Dr. Robert Paarlberg, Wellesley College. He is the Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College and Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Author of: Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out Of Africa. Bio here.
Dr. Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Professor of the Practice of International Development. Director, Science, Technology, Globalization Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Bio here.
Mark Cantley, former Advisory in the Directorate for Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food, of the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission, and formerly head of the OECD's Biotechnology Unit. Bio here.
Dr. Gale Buchanan, CAST report lead author; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, Tifton Campus; former USDA Under-Secretary for Research, Education and Economics. Bio here.
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