COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the food chain and with just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be met, eliminating food loss and waste is increasingly urgent.

Building on the 2019 inaugural event, this special event will discuss whether, as a global community, we can or will end food loss and waste while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Chair

• Troels Mandel Vensild, Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC

Welcome

• Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Keynote Speakers

• Mogens Jensen, Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities & Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Government of Denmark
• Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Speakers

• Anna-Karin Modin-Edman, Senior Sustainability Manager, Arla Foods
• Denise Osterhues, Senior Director for Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Company (Presentation)
• Ambassador Darci Vetter, Vice Chair for Agriculture, Food and Trade, Edelman; Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative

Closing Remarks

• Craig Hanson, Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & the Ocean, World Resources Institute (WRI) 
• Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Q&A

• Jean C. Buzby, USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison, Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Moderator

• Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General’s Office, IFPRI