World Food Prize Foundation
2015 Borlaug Dialogue
October 14-16, 2015, Des Moines, Iowa – Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel
Borlaug 101: Fundamentals of Global Food Security
To celebrate the 101st anniversary of the birth of our founder, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, and in view of the unprecedented challenge we face to sustainably and nutritiously feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit our planet by the year 2050, our 2015 conference will gather an outstanding “faculty” of international leaders, experts and scientists for Borlaug 101 a 3-day “course” on The Fundamentals of Global Food Security.
Referred to as the “premier conference in the world on global agriculture”, the Borlaug Dialogue will feature expertise and diverse perspectives of governmental leaders; policymakers; farmers; CEOs and executives from agribusiness and non-governmental organizations; and scientific, academic and development experts from around the world.
Transcripts by Agenda
1:30 p.m. Iowa Hunger Hike
Location: World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
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.
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 [h4]
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
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
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 150th Anniversary | 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
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.