Events
The World Food Prize holds a variety of events throughout the year. They include:
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- The Laureate Announcement Ceremony. This event is held annually in June to announce the winner of the prestigious World Food Prize. For the past several years, we have been fortunate to hold the event at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., bringing increased awareness and attention to the issues of global food security, agriculture and science. Recent speakers at the event have included U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah, among others. The announcement this year is scheduled for June 21, 2011.
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- THE NORMAN E. BORLAUG INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, which is held each year in conjunction with the awarding of the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. Known as the "Borlaug Dialogue," this three-day event brings together international experts, policy leaders, business executives and farmers to address cutting-edge issues in food security and nutrition. In 2010, the event attracted over 1,000 participants from more than 65 countries, and it has been called "the premier conference in the world on global agriculture." To learn more or access transcripts, audio and video, click on this link.
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- The World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony. This event is held in the magnificent Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa. The ceremony rivals that of the Nobel Prize, drawing over 800 honored guests. Each year, world-class performers take the stage to honor the World Food Prize Laureate, and the event is televised and webcast live. Past performers have included Ray Charles, John Denver, Chachi Tadesse, and Kathak Gunjan. Following the Ceremony, the celebration continues at the Laureate Award Dinner, held in the Capitol rotunda. Learn more and experience past events at this link.
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- The Iowa Hunger Summit. This one-day, grassroots event is free and open to the public, and highlights efforts in Iowa to alleviate hunger both at home and abroad. The event is typically held the day before the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, and includes workshops, keynote speakers from around the country, a hunger banquet featuring food used by hunger-fighting organizations, and an announcement tallying Iowa's annual contribution to the fight against hunger in dollars, volunteer hours and food donations. Learn more at www.iowahungersummit.org.
