Tuesday, October 14
All Day
Second Annual Iowa Hunger Summit (find more information here)
Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel
All Day
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel
All Day
American Food Venture Forum (find more information here)
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Wednesday, October 15
The 2008 Borlaug Dialogue
Confronting Crisis: Agriculture & Global Development in the Next 50 Years (Day I)
Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel
8:00 a.m.
Borlaug Dialogue Side Event:
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
9:00 a.m.
USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service
The Way Forward: Food Assistance and Capacity Building in Support of Sustainable Global Agricultural Development
Davenport & Dubuque Rooms
1:00 p.m.
2008 Borlaug Dialogue
Opening Ceremony
Presentation: The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century
Sir
Gordon Conway
1:45 p.m.
Presentation: Infastructure in Agricultural Development and Poverty Alleviation
Donald Kaberuka
2:15 p.m.
Conversation on Global Collaboration in Education, Extension, and Research
Zhangliang Chen, Monty Jones, Gregory Geoffroy, M. Peter McPherson, Olive Mugenda,
Ren Wang
3:30 p.m.
Conversation on Next-Generation Science and Technology in Development
Martin Fisher, Berna Magnuson, Clay Mitchell, Paul Schickler, Judi Wakhungu
4:45 p.m.
Borlaug Dialogue adjourns for day
6:30 p.m.
Laureates Forum featuring 2008 World Food Prize Laureates
George McGovern & Bob Dole
State Historical Building of Iowa
Thursday, October 16
The 2008 Borlaug Dialogue
Confronting Crisis: Agriculture & Global Development in the Next 50 Years (Day II)
Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel
7:00 a.m.
Borlaug Dialogue Side Event:
Solving Africa's Weed Problem - Breakfast Hosted by the CropLife Foundation
To RSVP for this breakfast, contact KRury@croplifeamerica.org
8:00 a.m.
Presentation: Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Development
Rita Sharma
8:30 a.m.
Conversation on Biodiversity and Agricultural Security
Pamela Anderson, Margaret Catley-Carlson, Emile Frison, Cary Fowler, Ravi Singh, Rosamond Naylor, Ed Rege
10:00 a.m.
Conversation on the Cost of Farming, Food, and Feeding
Crawford Falconer, Rajul Pandya-Lorch,
Raul Montemayor, John Powell, Jerry Steiner,
Robert Thompson,
Carlo Trojan
11:30 a.m.
Presentation
Henrietta Fore
12:00 p.m.
Symposium Luncheon Keynote Address
Sylvia Burwell
1:20 p.m.
Borlaug Dialogue Side Event:
Purchase for Progress (P4P)
2:00 p.m.
Presentation: Urbanization, Transistion and the Rural Sector in Emerging Areas
Robert Hormats
2:30 p.m.
Conversation on the Role of the Private Sector
Valdemar Fischer, Carl Hausmann,
Robert Lane, Alan Larson, Sam Worthington
3:45 p.m.
Presentation
Robert Zoellick
4:45 p.m.
Borlaug Dialogue adjourns for the day
7:00 p.m.
The 2008 Laureate Award Ceremony:
The World Food Prize will be presented to Bob Dole and George McGovern (more)
The Iowa State Capitol - Broadcast live on Iowa Public Television
Friday, October 17
The 2008 Borlaug Dialogue
Confronting Crisis: Agriculture & Global Development in the Next 50 Years (Day III)
Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast Keynote Address
Ed Schafer
9:00 a.m.
Presentation: Looking Ahead Fifty Years - A Vision for Agriculture in Africa
Joaquim Chissano
9:30 a.m.
Conversation on Investment in Development: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Rajiv Shah, Joaquim Chissano, Roger Thurow, Speciosa Wandira
10:30 a.m.
Conversation on Africa’s Green Revolution
Sir Gordon Conway, Daphrose Gahakwa, Richard Mkandawire, Namanga Ngongi,
Pedro Sanchez, Speciosa Wandira
12:00 p.m.
Laureate Luncheon Keynote
Judith Rodin
1:30 p.m.
Conversation on
Trade Reform and Economic Growth Opportunities
Kym Anderson, Erastus Mwencha, Pedro de Camargo, Robert Thompson, Ann Tutwiler
(presented by the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council)
Saturday, October 18
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
World Food Prize Global Youth Institute (more information)
Carver Center - Pioneer Hi-Bred International Campus
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