2015 Agenda

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Sunday, October 11

Public Event:

1:30 p.m.	Iowa Hunger Hike
	Location: World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust, Des Moines, Iowa 50309

Monday, October 12

Public Event:

8:00 p.m.	Norman Borlaug Lecture with 2015 World Food Prize Laureate Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
	Sun Room, Iowa State University Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa
	Note: Participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation to this public event.

Tuesday, October 13

The Ninth Annual Iowa Hunger Summit:

Downtown Des Moines Marriott

700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50309

9:00 a.m.

President's Welcome

Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President, World Food Prize Foundation

9:10 a.m.

Health and Global Change

Dr.Yogesh Shah, Associate Dean of Global Health, Des Moines University

9:30 a.m.

The State of Hunger in Iowa

A Panel Discussion

Mr. Cory Berkenes, State Director, Iowa Food Bank Association

Ms. Liesl Eathington, Assistant Scientist, Iowa Community Indicators Program at Iowa State University

Ms. Lily French, Senior Policy Consultant, Iowa Policy Project

10:10 a.m.

Innovations & Collaborations Against Hunger

Four Special Presentations

Building Hunger Networks

Mr. Matt Russell, Resilient Agriculture Coordinator, Drake University Agricultural Law Center

Partnerships in Food Rescue

Mr. David Ring, Community Relations Manager, Kwik Trip

Hunger, Nutrition & STEM

Mr. Greg Fripp, Founder and Executive Director, Whispering Roots

Collaborations to Fight Hunger

Dr. Evelyn Crayton, President, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

11:00 a.m.

Launch of the Vote to End Hunger Campaign

Organized by Bread for the World

Rev. David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World

Ms. Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Feeding America

Bishop Richard Pates, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Des Moines

Ms. Jamy Rentschler, Hunger Advocate, Results

12:00 p.m.

Iowa Hunger Luncheon

Norman Borlaug Day Proclamation by Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad

Presentation of Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award

Keynote Presentation, Ray Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America

1:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions, Round One

Changing Habits: Food and Nutrition Education in Food Pantries

Organized by the Des Moines Area Religious Council

Feeding Everyone in Polk County- One Year Later

Organized by Urban Dreams and Polk County

Partners Impacting Hunger in Schools

Organized by Midwest Dairy Council

Mr. Cory Berkenes, State Director, Iowa Food Bank Association

Ms. Erin Thole, Iowa Health and Wellness Program Manager, Midwest Dairy Council

Sustainable Livestock Intensification for 2050

Dr. Ellen Dierenfeld, Lead Scientist, Outreach, Inc.

Mr. Rick McNary, VP of Public & Private Partnerships, Outreach, Inc.`

Mr. Richard Hatfield, Founder, Natural Capital East Africa

2:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions, Round Two

Addressing Hunger through Community Collaboration

Mr. Cory Berkenes, State Director, Iowa Food Bank Association

Ms. Barbara Prather, Executive Director, Northeast Iowa Food Bank

Ms. Jill Krall, Executive Director, Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way

Ms. Kate Pauly, Child & Youth Program Coordinator, Food Bank of Iowa

Ms. Lyn Marchant, Community School Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Agricultural Urbanism

Ms. Courtney Long, Design Fellow, Iowa State Community Design Lab & Local Foods Team

Faith Based Fundraising to End Hunger

Organized by Church World Service

The Hunger Advocate’s Toolkit

Mr. Rick McNary, VP of Public & Private Partnerships, Outreach, Inc.

Mr. Nathan Magrath, Manager of Communications and Outreach, Alliance to End Hunger

3:30 p.m.

Reception

Side Events

7:30 a.m.	Seed Security for Food Security
	Hosted by: DuPont Pioneer
	Location: Des Moines Marriott Hotel, Salon A, Salon B, & Salon C

1:00 p.m.	Truth About Trade and Technology 10th Annual Global Farmer Roundtable - Day 1
	Hosted by: Truth About Trade and Technology
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Waterloo Room

1:30 p.m.	Iowa-Tanzania Summit
	Hosted by: Empower Tanzania
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Salon D

5:00 p.m.	Empowering Women to Drive Innovations in Agriculture
	Hosted by: AWARD, AWARE (Cornell), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Dow AgroSciences
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Davenport & Dubuque Rooms

5:30 p.m.	"Even small universities can have a big impact on solving hunger”
	Hosted by: McGovern Center at Dakota Wesleyan University and President’s United to Solve Hunger (PUSH)
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Council Bluffs Room

5:30 p.m.	DuPont and Deere & Company Reception
	Hosted by: DuPont and John Deere
	Location: Iowa Science Center, 401 W Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50309

6:30 p.m.	Waste Not, Want Not: How Food Recovery Can End Hunger in the 21st Century
	Hosted by: Drake Environmental Action League (DEAL), Drake Agricultural and Environmental Law Association, Next Course - Food Recovery Network at Drake
	Location: Drake University, Sussman Theater, 2875 University Avenue Des Moines, IA 50311

Wednesday, October 14

Borlaug Dialogue – Day I
Downtown Des Moines Marriott
700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50309

1:00 p.m.	Welcoming Remarks
	Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn – President, The World Food Prize Foundation, @WorldFoodPrize

1:15 p.m.	Opening Remarks \| Video \| Transcript
	Chelsea Clinton – Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation, @ChelseaClinton

1:35 p.m.	Empowering Women and Girls Through STEM Education \| Video \| Transcript
	Catherine Bertini – 2003 World Food Prize Laureate, @C_A_Bertini
	Chelsea Clinton – Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation, @ChelseaClinton
	Michiel Bakker – Director of Global Food Services, Google, @Google
	Robert T. Fraley – 2013 World Food Prize Laureate, @RobbFraley, @MonsantoCo
	The Honorable Kim Reynolds – Lt. Governor, State of Iowa, @KimReynoldsIA
	Mary Wagner – Global Senior Vice President R&D/Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory, Starbucks, @Starbucks

2:30 p.m.	Dr. Louise O. Fresco Book Launch: Hamburgers in Paradise
	Louise O. Fresco – President & Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen UR, @LouiseOFresco, @WageningenUR

2:45 p.m.	The Ebola Crisis: One Year Later \| Video \| Transcript
	Monty Jones – 2004 World Food Prize Laureate
	H.E. Florence Chenoweth – Former Minister of Agriculture, Liberia
	Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, @FANRPAN

3:30 p.m.	University of California Davis World Food Center: Launching a New Initiative - Food for a Healthy World \| Video \| Transcript
	Roger Beachy – Founding Director, World Food Center, University of California, Davis, @UCDavisFood
	Joseph Glauber – Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, @ifpri
	Christine Stewart – Associate Director, Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, @ucdavisCAES
	Daniel Sumner – Frank Buck Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis and Director, Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, @ucdavisCAES

5:30 p.m.	Ceremony and Reception for the 2015 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation - World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa, 50309

Side Events:

7:00 a.m.	Borlaug CAST Communication Award Presentation and Panel Discussion
	Hosted by: CAST
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, & Dubuque Rooms

8:00 a.m.	Feed & Read: Improving Access to School Meals & Quality Education Around the World
	Hosted by: USAID & USDA
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Salon C

9:00 a.m.	Harnessing New Science and Technology Innovation for Africa’s Sustainable Food Security and Economic
	Hosted by: MSU, NEPAD/ABNE, Partnership & AAAPD
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Waterloo Room

9:00 a.m.	SDG 2 on Ending Hunger, Improving Nutrition and Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
	Hosted by: UNFAO
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Salon A and Salon B

9:00 a.m.	Building Human Capital: Nutrition is Fundamental
	Hosted by: BIFAD
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Salon D

9:00 a.m.	Truth About Trade and Technology 10th Annual Global Farmer Roundtable - Day 2
	Hosted by: Truth About Trade and Technology
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Sioux City Room

9:45 a.m.	Bridging the Data Gap: Market Information & Technology from Farm to Government
	Hosted by: USDA/FAS
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Salon C

11:00 a.m.	2015 GAP Report® Release: “Building Sustainable Breadbaskets”
	Hosted by: Global Harvest Initiative
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Des Moines Room

11:00 a.m.	Growing a Well Fed World Luncheon: Women Farmers Lead the Way featuring Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
	Hosted by: Oxfam
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids & Council Bluffs Room

11:30 a.m.	From Poverty to Prosperity: How Agricultural Technologies Improve Farmer Livelihoods
	Hosted by: CropLife
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Davenport & Dubuque Rooms

11:45 a.m.	One Agriculture-One Science: A Global Education Consortium
	Hosted by: One Agriculture-One Science
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Waterloo Room

7:30 p.m.	"Small Farmer Empowerment and Resilience: the reality and potential of crop intensification"
	Hosted by: Oxfam
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Dubuque Room

7:30 p.m.	Breaking the Bottlenecks to Scale up Bean Seed Systems in Africa
	Hosted by: Syngenta Foundation & CIAT
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids & Council Bluffs Rooms

7:30 p.m.	A Successful Extension Model with African Smallholder Farmers
	Hosted by: Sasakawa Africa Association
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Des Moines Room

7:30 p.m.	Mizzou Reception for Alumni and Friends, hosted by University of Missouri
	Hosted by: University of Missouri
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Rock River Grill

Thursday, October 15

Borlaug Dialogue – Day II:
Downtown Des Moines Marriott
700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50309

8:30 a.m.	Precision AG & Big Data: Technologies for Resilience \| Video \| Transcript
	Ruben G. Echeverría – Director General, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), @CIAT_
	Yangxuan Liu – PhD Candidate, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, @YangxuanLiu
	Benjamin Pratt – Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, Mosaic Company, @MosaicCompany
	Cory J. Reed – Senior Vice President, Intelligent Solutions Group, Deere & Company, @JohnDeere
	Jose Simas – Senior Director, Global Market Access, Regulatory & Elanco Knowledge Solutions, Elanco, @Elanco
	Michael K. Stern – President and Chief Operating Officer, The Climate Corporation, @climatecorp

9:30 a.m.	Special Address on the Occasion: Cargill 150^thAnniversary \| Video \| Transcript
	David W. MacLennan – Chairman and CEO, Cargill, @Cargill

10:00 a.m.	Conversation: Voices from the Farm \| Video \| Transcript
	Gebisa Ejeta – 2009 World Food Prize Laureate, @PurdueAg, @PurdueAgronomy
	H.E. Mrs. Joyce Banda, Former President of the Republic of Malawi and Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation, @DrJoyceBanda
	Eric B. Pohlman, Rwanda Country Director, One Acre Fund & 2015 Borlaug Field Award Winner, @OneAcreFund
	Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), @AWARDFellowship, @wanjirukr
	Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), @ILRI

11:00 a.m.	Innovation: An Essential Ingredient to Feeding 9 Billion \| Video \| Transcript
	James C. Borel – Executive Vice President, DuPont, @DuPontSpotlight

11:30 a.m.	The Global Food Security Challenge \| Video \| Transcript
	Chris Policinski – President and Chief Executive Officer, Land O'Lakes, Inc., @LandOLakesInc

12:00 p.m.	Luncheon Address
	Sheryl WuDunn – Banker & Co-Author - A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, @WuDunn, @APathAppears

2:00 p.m.	Presentation: STEM Food & Ag Council \| Video

2:15 p.m.	Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for Improved Food Security and Nutrition \| Video \| Transcript
	Per Pinstrup-Andersen – 2001 World Food Prize Laureate, @cornellche, @cornell_dns
	Jeppe Kolding – Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bergen
	Árni M. Mathiesen – Assistant Director-General, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Food & Agriculture Organization, United Nations, @FAOFish, @ArniMathiesen
	Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted – Senior Nutrition Scientist, WorldFish, @WorldFishCenter

3:15 p.m.	Secretary's Roundtable: Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition \| Video \| Transcript
	The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack – Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture
	Alexander B. Howard – Senior Editor for Technology and Society, Huffington Post, @digiphile
	Brady Deaton, Executive Director, Deaton Institute, University of Missouri and Member PUSH Steering Committee, @push2sign, @DeatonInstitute
	Gavin Starks, CEO, Open Data Institute (ODI), @agentGav

4:15 p.m.	Adjourn

5:20 p.m.	Special Address to the Global Youth Institute
	Private Event: The World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309
	H.E. Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States

5:30 p.m.	Special Address to the Global Youth Institute
	Private Event: The World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309
	Hon. David Young – Representative of the Third District of Iowa, U.S. House of Representatives
	Hon. Bill Northey – Secretary of Agriculture, State of Iowa
	Louise O. Fresco – President & Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen UR, @LouiseOFresco, @WageningenUR

7:00 p.m.	Laureate Award Ceremony and Dinner
	Iowa State Capitol Building – and broadcast live on Iowa Public Television

Side Events:

7:00 a.m.	SDG 2 on Ending Hunger, Improving Nutrition & Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
	Hosted by: Alliance to End Hunger
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Davenport & Council Bluffs Rooms

7:00 a.m.	Food Security Starts with Soil Fertility
	Hosted by: Mosaic
	location: Des Moines Marriott, Cedar Rapids Room

4:30 p.m.	The Zero Hunger SDG: The Role of Communities in Driving Action, Accountability and Impact
	Hosted by: Community for Zero Hunger
	Location: Des Moines Marriott, Council Bluffs Room

Friday, October 16

Borlaug Dialogue – Day III:
Downtown Des Moines Marriott
700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50309

7:30 a.m.	Breakfast Keynote Address \| Video \| Transcript
	Mehmood Khan – Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, PepsiCo

9:00 a.m.	The Case for Conservation Agriculture \| Video \| Transcript
	Howard G. Buffett - Chairman & CEO, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation
	Kofi Boa - Director, Center for No-Till Agriculture, Ghana
	Sir Gordon Conway - Professor of International Development, Imperial College London, @Ag4Imapct, @gordon_conway
	Alejandro López Moriena - Chief Sustainability Officer, Adecoagro

10:00 a.m.	The Orange Revolution: A Novel Approach to Traditional Challenges \| Video \| Transcript
	Pamela Anderson – Director of Agricultural Development, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
	Maria Andrade – Senior Sweetpotato Breeder for SSA & Asia, International Potato Center (CIP), @Cipotato
	Jan Low – Principal Scientist & Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative Leader, International Potato Center, @Cipotato
	Robert O.M. Mwanga – Sweetpotato Breeder for SSA, International Potato Center (CIP), @Cipotato

11:00 a.m.	Borlaug 2.0 \| Video \| Transcript
	Louise O. Fresco – President & Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen UR, @LouiseOFresco, @WageningenUR
	Monty Jones – 2004 World Food Prize Foundation
	M.S. Swaminathan – 1987 World Food Prize Laureate, @msswaminathan
	W. Ronnie Coffman, International Professor of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Cornell - University, @WRonnieCoffman, @globalrust, @CornellCALSIP

12:00 p.m.	Laureate Luncheon Address \| Video \| Transcript
	Sir Fazle Hasan Abed – Chairman and Founder, BRAC; 2015 World Food Prize Laureate

2:00 p.m.	Iowa Farm Tours - Organized by the Iowa Soybean Association
	All Borlaug Dialogue attendees are invited to participate in tours to working Iowa farms during harvest on the afternoon of October 16, 2015.

Monday, Oct. 12 | Tuesday, Oct. 13 | Wednesday, Oct. 14 | Thursday, Oct. 15 | Friday, Oct. 16

Sunday, October 11

Public Event:

1:30 p.m.

Public Event:

8:00 p.m.

Norman Borlaug Lecture with 2015 World Food Prize Laureate Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

Side Events

7:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Borlaug Dialogue – Day I

1:00 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks

1:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks | Video | Transcript

1:35 p.m.

Empowering Women and Girls Through STEM Education | Video | Transcript

2:30 p.m.

Dr. Louise O. Fresco Book Launch: Hamburgers in Paradise

2:45 p.m.

The Ebola Crisis: One Year Later | Video | Transcript

3:30 p.m.

University of California Davis World Food Center: Launching a New Initiative - Food for a Healthy World | Video | Transcript

Ceremony and Reception for the 2015 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation - World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa, 50309

7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Borlaug Dialogue – Day II:

8:30 a.m.

Precision AG & Big Data: Technologies for Resilience | Video | Transcript

9:30 a.m.

Special Address on the Occasion: Cargill 150th Anniversary | Video | Transcript

10:00 a.m.

Conversation: Voices from the Farm | Video | Transcript

11:00 a.m.

Innovation: An Essential Ingredient to Feeding 9 Billion | Video | Transcript

11:30 a.m.

The Global Food Security Challenge | Video | Transcript

12:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

2:00 p.m.

Presentation: STEM Food & Ag Council | Video

2:15 p.m.

Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for Improved Food Security and Nutrition | Video | Transcript

3:15 p.m.

Secretary's Roundtable: Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition | Video | Transcript

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn

5:20 p.m.

Special Address to the Global Youth Institute

5:30 p.m.

Special Address to the Global Youth Institute

7:00 p.m.

Laureate Award Ceremony and Dinner

7:00 a.m.

7:00 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

Borlaug Dialogue – Day III:

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast Keynote Address | Video | Transcript

9:00 a.m.

The Case for Conservation Agriculture | Video | Transcript

Special Address on the Occasion: Cargill 150^thAnniversary | Video | Transcript