Partnerships & Priorities: Transforming the Global Food Security Agenda
October 17-19, 2012 – Des Moines, Iowa – Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 1
1:15 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe – Chairman of the Board, Nestlé
1:40 p.m. Conversation - Setting the Stage: One Billion Hungry - Can We Feed the World Sustainably? (video) (transcript)
Sir Gordon Conway – Professor of International Development, Imperial College London
Jane Karuku – President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Susan Godwin – Smallholder Farmer, Nigeria
Gebisa Ejeta – Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics & International Agriculture, Purdue University
Roger Thurow – Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Moderator)
3:00 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Sandra Peterson – CEO, Bayer CropScience
3:30 p.m. Conversation - Indices and Indicators: Creating a Common Language for Measuring Success (video) (transcript)
Leo Abruzzese – Custom Research and Editorial Director - Americas, Economist Intelligence Unit
Sara Boettiger – Founding Director, AgPartnerXChange
Rajul Pandya-Lorch – Head, 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, IFPRI
Sandy Andelman – Executive Director, Vital Signs
Pedro Sanchez – Director of the Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program, Earth Institute, Columbia University (Moderator)
9:00 p.m. dialogueNEXT (video)
José Andrés – Owner & Chef, ThinkFoodGroup
Ellen Gustafson – Founder, 30 Project / Co-Founder, FEED
Michael Deal – Executive Director & CEO, Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Molly Mattessich – Manager of Online Initiatives, National Peace Corps Association
Nii Simmonds – Program Director and Co-Founder, The DAIN Network
Pape Samb – President and CEO, Phelps Stokes
Cooper Munroe – Member of the Board, ONE Moms
Tony Thelen – Director of Operations, Intelligent Solutions Group, Deere & Co.
Danielle Nierenberg – Director of the Nourishing the Planet project, Worldwatch Institute
Bian Li - Director of Planning, the World Food Prize Foundation (Moderator)
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 2
8:05 a.m. Conversation - Droughts and Drylands: Agriculture’s Role in Confronting Global Water Challenges (video) (transcript)
Igal Aisenberg – President & CEO, Netafim
J. Carl Ganter – Co-Founder & Director, Circle of Blue
Roberto Lenton – Executive Director, Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute - University of Nebraska
Aditi Mukherji – Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute
Margaret Catley-Carlson – Chair, World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water (Moderator)
9:15 a.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Kendall Powell – Chairman & CEO, General Mills
9:40 a.m. Conversation - Game Change: Innovations Shaping the Future of Green Technology (video) (transcript)
Marc Van Montagu – Emeritus Professor, Ghent University
Robert Fraley – Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto
M.S. Swaminathan – Emeritus Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (Moderator)
10:25 a.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein – UN Messenger of Peace & Chairperson of International Humanitarian City
10:45 a.m. Conversation - Working Capital: Leveraging Global Financial Tools for Smallholder Farmers
Ray Offenheiser – President, Oxfam America
Walter Bell – Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation
Carolyn Woo – President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Jack Sinclair – Executive Vice President of Food, Walmart U.S.
Sano Shimoda – Founder and President, BioScience Securities (Moderator)
1:00 p.m. Keynote Address (video) (transcript)
Rajiv Shah – Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
2:05 p.m. Conversation - Partners & Progress: Collaboration across the G8 and Feed the Future Initiatives (video)
Khalid Bomba – CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency
Kavita Prakash-Mani – Head of Food Security Agenda, Syngenta International
Helene Gayle – President & CEO, CARE USA
Brady J. Deaton – Chancellor, University of Missouri
3:00 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Pierre Ferrari – President & CEO, Heifer International
Friday, October 19, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 3
7:50 a.m. Special Address (video) (transcript)
H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
8:20 a.m. Keynote Address (video) (transcript)
Ambassador Ertharin Cousin – Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
9:00 a.m. Conversation - Waste Not, Want Not: Solutions for Reducing Post Harvest Loss (video) (transcript)
Betty Bugusu – Managing Director, International Food Technology Center, Purdue University
Jeffrey Klein – President & CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network
Rajesh Kumar – Smallholder Farmer, India
Steve Sonka – Director, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss – University of Illinois (Moderator)
10:00 a.m. Conversation - The Importance of Food Productivity to Meet Tomorrow’s Demand (video) (transcript)
Robert Thompson – Visiting Scholar, John Hopkins University
Margaret Zeigler – Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative
Isidro Ochoa – Farmer & Professor, Zamorano University
Susan Finn – President & CEO, American Council for Fitness and Education
Jeff Simmons – President, Elanco (Moderator)
11:00 a.m. Conversation - Value Added: Integrating Nutrition for Human and Animal Health (video) (transcript)
Florence Chenoweth – Minister of Agriculture, Government of Liberia
Mehmood Khan – CEO of the Global Nutrition Group, PepsiCo
Jeff Richardson -- Vice President, Global Health Access, Abbott Fund
Jim Gerardot – Executive Director of Global Strategic Marketing, Novus International
Marc Van Ameringen – Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (Moderator)
12:30 p.m. Laureate Address (video) (transcript)
Daniel Hillel – 2012 World Food Prize Laureate
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 1
1:15 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe – Chairman of the Board, Nestlé
1:40 p.m. Conversation - Setting the Stage: One Billion Hungry - Can We Feed the World Sustainably? (video) (transcript)
Sir Gordon Conway – Professor of International Development, Imperial College London
Jane Karuku – President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Susan Godwin – Smallholder Farmer, Nigeria
Gebisa Ejeta – Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics & International Agriculture, Purdue University
Roger Thurow – Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Moderator)
3:00 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Sandra Peterson – CEO, Bayer CropScience
3:30 p.m. Conversation - Indices and Indicators: Creating a Common Language for Measuring Success (video) (transcript)
Leo Abruzzese – Custom Research and Editorial Director - Americas, Economist Intelligence Unit
Sara Boettiger – Founding Director, AgPartnerXChange
Rajul Pandya-Lorch – Head, 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, IFPRI
Sandy Andelman – Executive Director, Vital Signs
Pedro Sanchez – Director of the Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program, Earth Institute, Columbia University (Moderator)
9:00 p.m. dialogueNEXT (video)
José Andrés – Owner & Chef, ThinkFoodGroup
Ellen Gustafson – Founder, 30 Project / Co-Founder, FEED
Michael Deal – Executive Director & CEO, Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Molly Mattessich – Manager of Online Initiatives, National Peace Corps Association
Nii Simmonds – Program Director and Co-Founder, The DAIN Network
Pape Samb – President and CEO, Phelps Stokes
Cooper Munroe – Member of the Board, ONE Moms
Tony Thelen – Director of Operations, Intelligent Solutions Group, Deere & Co.
Danielle Nierenberg – Director of the Nourishing the Planet project, Worldwatch Institute
Bian Li - Director of Planning, the World Food Prize Foundation (Moderator)
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 2
8:05 a.m. Conversation - Droughts and Drylands: Agriculture’s Role in Confronting Global Water Challenges (video) (transcript)
Igal Aisenberg – President & CEO, Netafim
J. Carl Ganter – Co-Founder & Director, Circle of Blue
Roberto Lenton – Executive Director, Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute - University of Nebraska
Aditi Mukherji – Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute
Margaret Catley-Carlson – Chair, World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water (Moderator)
9:15 a.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Kendall Powell – Chairman & CEO, General Mills
9:40 a.m. Conversation - Game Change: Innovations Shaping the Future of Green Technology (video) (transcript)
Marc Van Montagu – Emeritus Professor, Ghent University
Robert Fraley – Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto
M.S. Swaminathan – Emeritus Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (Moderator)
10:25 a.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein – UN Messenger of Peace & Chairperson of International Humanitarian City
10:45 a.m. Conversation - Working Capital: Leveraging Global Financial Tools for Smallholder Farmers
Ray Offenheiser – President, Oxfam America
Walter Bell – Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation
Carolyn Woo – President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Jack Sinclair – Executive Vice President of Food, Walmart U.S.
Sano Shimoda – Founder and President, BioScience Securities (Moderator)
1:00 p.m. Keynote Address (video) (transcript)
Rajiv Shah – Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
2:05 p.m. Conversation - Partners & Progress: Collaboration across the G8 and Feed the Future Initiatives (video)
Khalid Bomba – CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency
Kavita Prakash-Mani – Head of Food Security Agenda, Syngenta International
Helene Gayle – President & CEO, CARE USA
Brady J. Deaton – Chancellor, University of Missouri
3:00 p.m. Plenary Address (video) (transcript)
Pierre Ferrari – President & CEO, Heifer International
Friday, October 19, 2012
The "Borlaug Dialogue" Day 3
7:50 a.m. Special Address (video) (transcript)
H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
8:20 a.m. Keynote Address (video) (transcript)
Ambassador Ertharin Cousin – Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
9:00 a.m. Conversation - Waste Not, Want Not: Solutions for Reducing Post Harvest Loss (video) (transcript)
Betty Bugusu – Managing Director, International Food Technology Center, Purdue University
Jeffrey Klein – President & CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network
Rajesh Kumar – Smallholder Farmer, India
Steve Sonka – Director, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss – University of Illinois (Moderator)
10:00 a.m. Conversation - The Importance of Food Productivity to Meet Tomorrow’s Demand (video) (transcript)
Robert Thompson – Visiting Scholar, John Hopkins University
Margaret Zeigler – Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative
Isidro Ochoa – Farmer & Professor, Zamorano University
Susan Finn – President & CEO, American Council for Fitness and Education
Jeff Simmons – President, Elanco (Moderator)
11:00 a.m. Conversation - Value Added: Integrating Nutrition for Human and Animal Health (video) (transcript)
Florence Chenoweth – Minister of Agriculture, Government of Liberia
Mehmood Khan – CEO of the Global Nutrition Group, PepsiCo
Jeff Richardson -- Vice President, Global Health Access, Abbott Fund
Jim Gerardot – Executive Director of Global Strategic Marketing, Novus International
Marc Van Ameringen – Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (Moderator)
12:30 p.m. Laureate Address (video) (transcript)
Daniel Hillel – 2012 World Food Prize Laureate