Borlaug CAST Communication Award Presentation and Panel Discussion - Hosted by CAST
Borlaug CAST Communication Award Presentation and Panel Discussion
This event is free and open to the public. An RSVP is requested by clicking here, or by e-mailing Melissa Sly at msly@cast-science.org.
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and DuPont invite you to honor the 2015 Borlaug CAST Communication Award winner on the occasion of the 2015 Borlaug Dialogue hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Dr. C. S. Prakash, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University, will speak on Everything I Know About GMOs, I Learned on Social Media. The award presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on Answering the Challenge of Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life, hosted in conjunction with the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation.
Wednesday October 14, 2015
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. CDT
at
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
700 Grand Avenue
Hall of Cities, 3rd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50309
Agenda:
7:00–7:30 a.m.
Complimentary Breakfast sponsored by DuPont Pioneer
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Borlaug CAST Communication Award Program
~ Winner's Remarks: Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash—Everything I Know About GMOs, I Learned on Social Media
8:30–10:00 a.m.
~ Panel: Answering the Challenge of Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life—Hosted in conjunction with the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation
- Kimberly Reed, President, International Food Information Council Foundation (moderator)
- William Craft Jr., U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Programs
- Doyle Karr, Director of Biotechnology Public Policy for DuPont
- Dr. Channapatna Prakash, College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University
Announcement and Release of Bringing Biotechnology to Life—grades 7–10 curriculum created jointly by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the IFIC Foundation
~ Julie Tesch, Executive Director, American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
~ Kimberly Reed, Executive Director, IFIC Foundation
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