Last Update: March 27, 2008
Conference Advisory Committee
Co-Chairs:
  • Fan Xiaojian, Director General, The State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, People's Republic of China
  • Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
  • Sartaj Aziz, former Finance Minister and Foreign Minister, Pakistan
  • Harris Mule, former Permanent Secretary of Finance, Kenya
  • Huqu Zhai, President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), People's Republic of China
Members:
  • Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Chairman, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP), Bangladesh
  • Tom Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, Concern Worldwide, Ireland
  • Adrian Davis, Head, UK Department for International Development (DFID) China
  • Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Executive Director for Argentina and Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank, USA
  • Evan Due, Senior Program Specialist, Social and Economic Policies, International Development Research Centre Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Singapore
  • Christian Henckes, Head of Section, Agriculture and Food, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Germany
  • Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Commissioner, Economic and Social Rights, South African Human Rights Commission and Disability Advisor, East Asia Pacific Region, World Bank, USA
  • Terry McKinley, Acting Director, International Poverty Centre (UNDP-IPC), Brazil
  • Peter McPherson, President, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC), USA
  • Philip Mikos, Head of Unit, Environment and Rural Development, European Commission, Belgium
  • Yin Yin Nwe, Representative, United Nations Children's Fund, China
  • Franz Heidhues, Professor, University Stuttgart-Hohenheim and Deputy Chairman, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
  • Kunhamboo Kannan, Director, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines
  • Roy Steiner, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
  • M.S. Swaminathan, UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology and Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
  • Alberto Valdes, Research Associate, Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Diane Vincent, Former Executive Vice President, Canadian International Development Agency and Vice Chairperson, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Canada
Management Team:
  • Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of 2020 Initiative and Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
  • Shenggen Fan, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
  • Lei Zhang, Managing Director, International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), China
  • Wu Zhong, Director General of the International Cooperation & Social Mobilization Department, Chinese State Council Leading Group Office on Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOPAD)