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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Jump to: Thursday - Thursday Lunch - Friday - Friday Lunch

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(22.4 MB / 32:45)

Opening Ceremony

Amb. Kenneth Quinn, United States
President, The World Food Prize Foundation

Hugh Grant , United Kingdom
President, Chairman & CEO; Monsanto Company

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(16.4 MB / 23:54)

Session I: Global Perspectives

Nina Federoff, United States (Moderator)
Science and Technology Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Professor, Penn State University

Gloria Visconti, Italy
Senior Expert, Ministry for the Environment, Land & Sea

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(23.5 MB / 34:20)

H.E. Roberto Rodrigues, Brazil
Coordinator, Getulio Vargas Foundation Agribusiness Center
Former Minister of Agriculture, Brazil

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(16.9 MB / 24:43)

Zhangliang Chen, China
President, China Agricultural University
Member, World Food Prize Council of Advisors

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(18.6 MB / 27:08)

Ibrahim Rehman, India
Director, Action Programs Division,
The Energy & Resources Institute

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(18.0 MB / 26:13)

H.E. Lulama Xingwana, South Africa
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs

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(19.5 MB / 28:31)

Conversation with Session I Speakers and Participants

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(9.9 MB / 14:29)

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, United States/Mexico
Founder, The World Food Prize
1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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(26.2 MB / 38:15)

Secretary's Luncheon

Hon. Chuck Conner, United States
Acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

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(14 MB / 20:23)

Session II: Industry, Policy, and Sustainability

Dr. Gregory Geoffroy, United States (Moderator)
President, Iowa State University
Member, World Food Prize Council of Advisors

Hon. Daniel Sullivan, United States
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs

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(14.6 MB / 21:21)

John Powell, Australia
Deputy Executive Director, UN World Food Programme

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(14.9 MB / 21:42)

Hon. James Greenwood, United States
President & CEO, The Biotechnology Industry Organization

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(14.6 MB / 21:21)

Christopher Policinski, United States
President & CEO, Land O' Lakes

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(14.6 MB / 21:21)

Conversation with Session II Speakers and Participants

Friday, October 19, 2007

Jump to: Thursday - Thursday Lunch - Friday - Friday Lunch

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(19.4 MB / 28:15)

Symposium Breakfast Address

Charles O. Holliday, Jr., United States
Chairman & CEO, DuPont

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(16.1 MB / 23:33)

Session III: Realizing the Promise of Biofuels in Development

Ambassador Melinda Kimble, United Nations (Moderator)
Senior Vice President, U.N. Foundation

Andrea Kutter, Germany
Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist,
Global Environment Facility

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(11.8 MB / 17:17)

H.E. Ibrahim Mayaki, Niger
Executive Director, The Hub for Rural Development in West and Central Africa

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(13.7 MB / 20:03)

Birgitte Ahring, Denmark
Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Head, Danish Center for Biofuels

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(21.5 MB / 31:24)

Session IV: Future Science and Policy Challenges

Margaret Catley-Carlson, Canada (Moderator)
Chair, Global Water Partnership
Member, World Food Prize Council of Advisors

Suzanne Hunt, United States
Consultant, Natural Resources Defense Council, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, Global Bioenergy Partnership, and Inter-American Development Bank

                                      
                                               

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(16.6 MB / 24:12)

David Molden, Sri Lanka
Deputy Director General, International Water Management Institute

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(16.3 MB / 23:44)

Cynthia Rosenzweig, United States
Senior Research Scientist,
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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(4.2 MB / 6:05)

Conversation with Session IV Speakers and Participants

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(14.1 MB / 20:35)

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(22.5 MB / 32:45)

Friday Luncheon

Jeffrey Cox, United Kingdom
President, NAFTA Seeds, Syngenta

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