IFPRI at 40: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD |
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REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
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WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Master of Ceremonies:
Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Chief of Staff and Head, 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI, USA
40th Anniversary Video
Speakers:
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EVOLUTION OF FOOD POLICY
Chair:
Kym Anderson, Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide, and Australian National University, and IFPRI Board Chair, Australia
Keynote Perspectives:
- Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
- Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture, People’s Republic of Bangladesh
- Newai Gebre-ab, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Executive Director, Ethiopian Development Research Institute, Ethiopia
- Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, European Commission Directorate General for Development and Cooperation — EuropeAid, Belgium
- Tim Wheeler, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom
Video Messages:
- Nick Austin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia
- Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Foreign Affairs, and former Vice Chancellor, Beacon-house National University, Pakistan
- Jean Lebel, President, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
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COFFEE BREAK |
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FOOD SUPPLIES — SUSTAINABILITY AND BEYOND?
Moderator:
Lisa Dreier, Head of Food Security and Development Initiatives, World Economic Forum, USA
IFPRI Perspective:
Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI, Canada
Panelists:
- Jikun Huang, Founder and Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
- Geraldo Martha, Coordinator of Embrapa research program in United States (Embrapa-Labex-USA), Brazil
- Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Wellesley College, USA
- Martin Piñeiro, Director, Grupo CEO and Former IFPRI Board Chair, Argentina
Video Message:
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BRINGING GENDER TO THE FOREFRONT
Rapid-fire Presentations:
- Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, USA
- Catherine Bertini, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA
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MARKETS, TRADE, AND MACROPOLICIES — WORKING FOR THE POOR?
Moderator:
Gopi Munisamy, Director, Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, USA
IFPRI Perspective:
Maximo Torero, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA
Panelists:
- Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne, and former IFPRI Board Chair, Australia
- Lee Ann Jackson, Counsellor in the Agriculture and Commodities Division, World Trade Organization, Switzerland
- Peter Timmer, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Harvard University, USA
- Alberto Valdes, Research Associate, Universidad Católica de Chile
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LUNCH |
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AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION — IS THE MARRIAGE WORKING?
Moderator:
Bonnie McClafferty, Director, Agriculture and Nutrition, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), USA
IFPRI Perspective:
Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, USA
Panelists:
- Howarth Bouis, Program Director, HarvestPlus, USA
- Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Wolfgang Jamann, Secretary General and CEO, CARE International, Switzerland
- Prabhu Pingali, Professor, Applied Economics and Management, and Director, Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, Cornell University, USA
- Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Switzerland
Video Message:
- David Nabarro, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition, and Special Envoy on Ebola, Switzerland
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SUPPORTING COUNTRY AND REGIONAL POLICIES
Rapid-fire Perspectives:
Keynote Perspectives:
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COFFEE BREAK |
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FOOD POLICY IN A COMPLEX, CHANGING WORLD
Chair:
Katrina Kosec, Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI, USA
IFPRI Perspective:
Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI, USA
Keynote Perspectives:
- Jim Borel, Executive Vice President, DuPont, USA
- Barbel Dieckmann, President, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
- François Houllier, President, L'Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), France
- Frannie Leautier, Co-founding Partner and Chairperson, Mkoba Private Equity Fund, Tanzania
- Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development, Peking University, People’s Republic of China
- Magdy Martinez-Soliman, Assistant Administrator, United Nations Development Program, USA
- Berry Marttin, Member of the Executive Board, Rabobank Nederland, the Netherlands
- Nancy Stetson, Special Representative for Global Food Security, US Department of State, USA
- Gerda Verburg, Chair, Global Agenda Council on Food and Nutrition Security, World Economic Forum, the Netherlands
Video Message:
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REFLECTIONS
Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI, USA
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40th ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND LAUNCH OF COMPACT2025 |
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DRINKS AND APPETIZERS |
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SEATING |
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CELEBRATING IFPRI’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Master of Ceremonies:
Katrin Park, Director, Communications and Knowledge Management Division, IFPRI, USA
Speaker:
Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI, USA
PERSPECTIVES FROM IFPRI’S FORMER DIRECTORS GENERAL
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LAUNCHING COMPACT2025
Compact2025 Video
Speaker:
Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI, USA
Keynote Perspectives:
- Saulos Chilima, Vice President, Republic of Malawi
- Jeff Hill, Director of Policy, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
- Gao Min, Olympic Gold Medalist in Diving, People’s Republic of China
- Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Republic of Rwanda
- Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL Limited, India
Video Messages:
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DINNER |
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Other Video Messages:
- Sukhadeo Thorat, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Chairman of Indian Council of Social Science Research
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