2007 Iowa Hunger Summit
| Morning Presentations | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Friends of the World Food Program Meet and Greet |
|---|---|
| Salon B-C Margot Hoerrner | Director of Outreach, Friends of the World Food Program Alexei Dhokai | Title, Friends of the World Food Program | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Iowa Soybean Association Press Conference/Hunger Initiative Launch |
| Waterloo Room | |
| 10:00 a.m. | HDI UN Ambassadors Forum on Food Security Worldwide |
| Hall of Cities Introduction – Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn | President, The World Food Prize Foundation [Moderator] Gus Schumacher | VP of Policy, Wholesome Wave Foundation Jorge Skinner-Klee | Ambassador of Guatemala, United Nations Dr. Silvester Rowe | Ambassador of Sierra Leone, United Nations Augustine Mahiga | Ambassador of Tanzania, United Nations Irene Tembo | Ambassador of Zambia, United Nations | |
| 11:00 a.m. | OneVote08 Bipartisan Panel on Hunger and Poverty with Surrogates from Campaigns of Presidential Candidates |
| Hall of Cities [Moderator] Jeanine Beck | Journalist, Radio Iowa Participating Campaigns: Brownback, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Romney, Biden, McCain, Obama, Richardson | |
| Des Moines Hall, 3rd Floor | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Luncheon |
| Des Moines Hall, 3rd Floor | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Keynote Address |
| Des Moines Hall, 3rd Floor Introduction – Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn | President, World Food Prize Foundation Keynote Speaker – David Beckmann | President, Bread for the World | |
| 1:35 p.m. | Q&A with Beckmann |
| Des Moines Hall, 3rd Floor | |
| Afternoon Presentation | |
| 2:00 p.m. | UN Foundation and Iowa UN Association Session on Advancing International Cooperation to Address Global Challenges |
| Hall of Cities [Moderator] Rekha Basu | Columnist, Des Moines Register Congressman Jim Leach | Congressman, State of Iowa | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Reception |
| Des Moines Hall | |
| RESULTS FROM THE FIRST ANNUAL IOWA HUNGER SUMMIT At least $6,242,100 has been donated by Iowans to organizations and agencies involved in fighting hunger. 15,297,000 pounds of food have been gathered or distributed, both around the state and internationally. Over 65,000 hours have been volunteered to Iowa anti-hunger advocacy projects or programs that provide food to those who need it. |