2010 Symposium Agenda

All Day

USAID Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) board meeting

Des Moines Marriott, Salons A and B

8:00 p.m.

Norman Borlaug Lecture with 2010 World Food Prize Laureates David Beckmann and Jo Luck

Sun Room, Iowa State University Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

9:00 a.m.

Livestock's Role in Reducing Food Insecurity

Hosted by Elanco and Heifer International

10:00 a.m.

Starving for Knowledge: Nutrition, Brain Development, and Education

Hosted by the Heartland Global Health Consortium

11:00 a.m.

Local and Regional Food Systems: Countering Food Insecurity in Iowa

Hosted by ISU Extension and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Noon

"Hunger Luncheon," featuring meals used by Iowa-based hunger-relief efforts

Keynote address: Ambassador Tony P. Hall, Director of the Alliance to End Hunger

1:30 p.m.

Breakout sessions

• "Faith Community Responses to Hunger" – hosted by Bread for the World
• "Global Farmers' Perspective on Food Security" – hosted by Foods Resource Bank
• "Strengthening Emergency Food Assistance in Iowa" – hosted by the Iowa Food Bank Association
• "Fighting World Hunger through School Gardens: It's Quite Elementary!" – hosted by Global Volunteers

2:30 p.m.

Breakout sessions

• "Water and Food for Development" – hosted by 3M and Outreach Inc.
• "Mapping Hunger and Improving Nutrition in Des Moines" – hosted by Des Moines Area Religious Council
• "Advocating for an End to Global Hunger and Poverty" – hosted by the ONE Campaign
• "Build a Local Food System, End Childhood Hunger" – hosted by Healthy Urban Food and Farming

8:30 a.m.

USAID Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) board meeting

Des Moines Marriott, Salons A and B

10:00 a.m.

Global Town Hall: Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Practices

Hosted by CropLife America, CropLife International, ISU, and Truth About Trade & Technology

Transportation departs Marriott lobby at 9:00 a.m. – please register

Howe Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

2:00 p.m.

2020 Vision Advisory Committee: "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health"

Hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute

Des Moines Marriott, Sioux City Room

7:15 p.m.

Seminar: "Reinventing Agriculture in the 21st Century"

Hosted by the World Agroforestry Center

Des Moines Marriott, Davenport Room

1:00 p.m.

Opening remarks

Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn – President, the World Food Prize Foundation

1:15 p.m.

Opening keynote

Howard Buffett – President, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation

1:40 p.m.

Presentation: Who is the smallholder farmer?

Prabhu Pingali – Deputy Director of Agriculture, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2:00 p.m.

Conversation: Smallholder successes around the world

• Shenggen Fan – Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute
• Ruth Oniang'o – Editor, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development
• Pedro Sanchez – Director of Tropical Agriculture, the Earth Institute at Columbia University
• Ajay Vashee – President, International Federation of Agricultural Producers
• Vo Tong Xuan – President, An Giang University

3:00 p.m.

Conversation: Smallholders as entrepreneurs and innovators

• Marco Ferroni – Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation
• Louise Fresco – Professor, University of Amsterdam
• Eleni Gabre-Madhin – Director, Ethiopian Commodity Exchange
• Kamal El Kheshen – Vice President, African Development Bank
• Rajesh Kumar – Farmer, Tamil Nadu, India
• Shivaji Pandey – Director, Plant Production Division, UN Food & Agriculture Organization

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

5:00 p.m.

Welcoming reception

6:00 p.m.

2010 World Food Prize Laureates Forum

Des Moines Marriott Downtown, Ballroom (NOTE: change of venue)

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast and seminar: "The Borlaug CAST Communication Award"

Hosted by the CropLife Foundation and the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

Des Moines Marriott, Des Moines Room

7:30 a.m.

Seminar: "Expanding Commitments to Agricultural Development and Food Security"

Hosted by the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs rooms

9:00 a.m.

Seminar: "Smallholder Farmers and the Private Sector"

Hosted by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

Des Moines Marriott, Davenport and Dubuque rooms

11:30 a.m.

Luncheon: "The New Politics of Food and Farming"

Featuring keynote address by leading food-policy authority Dr. Robert Paarlberg

Hosted by CropLife International and Truth About Trade & Technology

Open to all attendees – please RSVP

Des Moines Marriott, Des Moines Room

11:30 a.m.

Luncheon: "Launching the Global Agricultural Productivity Report"

Featuring presentations by the Farm Foundation and USDA Economic Research Service

Hosted by the Global Harvest Initiative

Please RSVP to Christina.Altenau@fleishman.com

Des Moines Marriott, Sioux City Room

4:30 p.m.

Briefing: "Taking Quality Seed to the Farmer: Reaching Africa's Smallholders"

Hosted by Iowa State University

Des Moines Marriott, Waterloo Room

7:30 p.m.

Seminar: "Systems of Rice Intensification – Global Farmer Perspectives"

Hosted by Africare, Cornell University, Oxfam, and WWF

Des Moines Marriott, Council Bluffs Room

7:30 p.m.

Seminar: "Delivering Innovative Solutions to Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Hosted by USAID and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation

Des Moines Marriott, Davenport Room

8:00 a.m.

Conversation: Overcoming constraints to productivity

• Robert Berendes – Global Head of Business Development, Syngenta
• Rolf Derpsch – Senior expert (ret.), GTZ
• Joe DeVries – Director, Program for Africa's Seed Systems
• Stephanie Hanson – Director of Policy and Outreach, One Acre Fund
• Nuhu Hatibu – CEO, Kilimo Trust
• Uma Lele – Senior adviser (ret.), World Bank
• Sarah Munalula – Farmer, Mwumba, Zambia

9:30 a.m.

Keynote address

H.E. Kofi Annan – Chair, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

10:00 a.m.

Conversation: Smallholder agriculture and biodiversity

• Christian Borgemeister – Director-General, icipe
• Christopher Flavin – President, Worldwatch Institute
• Dennis Garrity – Director-General, World Agroforesty Cente
• Rattan Lal – Professor, Ohio State University
• Guilmer Miguel Montufar – Farmer, Nueva Frontera, Honduras
• M.S. Swaminathan – Chair, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
• Suyapa Ucles Salinas – Program Coordinator, Mennonite Social Action Commission, Honduras

11:30 a.m.

Presentation: Smallholders in a changing climate

Sir Gordon Conway – Professor, Imperial College London

Noon

Symposium Luncheon keynote

Jeff Raikes – CEO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2:00 p.m.

The Ministers' Roundtable

• Nazir Gondal – Minister of Agriculture, Pakistan
• Mohammed Rahimi – Minister of Agriculture, Afghanistan
• Thomas Vilsack – Secretary of Agriculture, United States

3:00 p.m.

Keynote address

Gregory Page – CEO, Cargill

3:30 p.m.

Partnering with smallholders: Strategies for food security

• Gabriela Cruz – Farmer, Elvas, Portugal
• Sean de Cleene – Vice President, Yara International
• Hon. Jose Fernandez – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
• Matt Kistler – Vice President, Wal-Mart
• Robert Zeigler – Director-General, IRRI

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

7:00 p.m.

Laureate Award Ceremony and Dinner

Iowa State Capitol Building – and broadcast live on Iowa Public Television

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast and seminar: "2010 Global Hunger Index – The Crisis of Child Undernutrition"

Hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute

Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs rooms

7:00 a.m.

Preview briefing: "State of the World 2011 – Nourishing the Planet"

Hosted by the Worldwatch Institute

Des Moines Marriott, Davenport and Dubuque rooms

7:30 a.m.

Hunger Fighter Breakfast keynote

Rajiv Shah – Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development

9:00 a.m.

Presentation: Land issues and smallholder agriculture

Camilla Toulmin – President, International Institute for Environment & Development

9:20 a.m.

Conversation: More food, better food – improving and preserving quality

• Howarth Bouis – Director, HarvestPlus
• Florence Chenoweth – Minister of Agriculture, Liberia
• Dyno Keatinge – Director-General, the World Vegetable Center
• Jacqueline Morette – Farmer, Pouly, Haiti
• Philip Nelson – Professor, Purdue University
• Joseph Taets – Vice President, ADM Grain Group
• Derek Yach – Senior Vice President, Global Health, PepsiCo

10:35 a.m.

Conversation: Livestock in smallholder agriculture

• Nao Bee Lor – Farmer, Xieng Khouang, Laos
• Christie Peacock – Chief Executive, FARM-Africa
• Alice Pell – Vice Provost, Cornell University
• Carlos Sere – Director-General, International Livestock Research Institute
• Thad Simons – CEO, Novus International
• Deepak Tikku – Chairman, National Dairy Development Board Dairy Services

Noon

Laureate Luncheon keynote

David Beckmann and Jo Luck – 2010 World Food Prize Laureates

2:00 p.m.

Workshop: Taking it to the Farmer – Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities

Organized by Iowa State University Extension