Please click below to view video of the 2011 Borlaug Dialogue presentations. Transcripts and audio files coming soon.
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President Kufuor | President Lula da Silva | Josette Sheeran | Howard Buffett
CEO Roundtable | Secretary's Roundtable | African Presidential Leadership Roundtable
Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
Wednesday, October 12
The “Borlaug Dialogue”: Day I
1:15 p.m. CEO Roundtable: “The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Agricultural Development” (Video) (Transcript)
Samuel Allen – Chairman and CEO, Deere & Co.
James Borel – Executive Vice President, DuPont
Hugh Grant – President and CEO, Monsanto Company
Namanga Ngongi – President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Patricia Woertz – Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Richard Leach – President and CEO, World Food Program USA (Moderator)
2:30 p.m. Keynote Address: "Farming, Philanthropy and Failure: Lessons About Small Farmers and Feeding the World" (Video) (Transcript)
Howard Buffett – President, Howard G. Buffett Foundation
3:00 p.m. Keynote Address: “The Phosphate Challenge” (Video) (Transcript)
Steen Riisgaard – President and CEO, Novozymes
3:30 p.m. Conversation: “Empowering Youth Leaders and Entrepreneurs in Agricultural Engagement and Innovation” (Video) (Transcript)
Rikin Gandhi – CEO, Digital Green
Millicent Akinyi Obare – Youth Leader, 4-H Kenya
Eric Pohlman – Senior Partner/Rwanda Country Director/Co-founder, One Acre Fund
José Zaglul – President, EARTH University
Rick Little – CEO, ImagineNations (Moderator)
Thursday, October 13
The “Borlaug Dialogue”: Day II
8:00 a.m. Conversation: Improving Efficiencies in the Entire Value Chain (Video) (Transcript)
Silas Samson Buru – Ethiopian Farmer, Oxfam Horn of Africa Risk Transfer Adaptation Program
Shenggen Fan – Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
J. Carl Ganter – Co-founder and Director, Circle of Blue
Beth Keck – Senior Vice President for Sustainability, Wal-Mart
Perry Yeatman – Senior Vice President, Kraft Foods Inc., President of Kraft Foods Foundation
Sir Gordon Conway – Professor of International Development, Imperial College London (Moderator)
9:30 a.m. The Secretary’s Roundtable: “Sharing Agricultural Knowledge to Drive Sustainable Growth” (Video) (Transcript)
Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack – Secretary of Agriculture, United States
Hon. Kwesi Ahwoi – Minister of Agriculture, Ghana
Hon. Jumanne Maghembe – Minister of Agriculture, Tanzania
Hon. José Pacheco – Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
Dr. José Graziano da Silva – Regional Representative and Assistant Director-General, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
10:30 a.m. Conversation: Innovative Solutions to Maximize the Potential of Women and Girls in Agricultural Development (Video) (Transcript)
Sam Dryden – Director of Agricultural Development, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Matilda Auma Ouma – Deputy District Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya
Ritu Sharma – Co-founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
Catherine Bertini – 2003 World Food Prize Laureate (Moderator)
11:30 a.m. Keynote Address: "Ending Hunger and Malnutrition" (Video) (Transcript)
Josette Sheeran – Executive Director, UN World Food Program
Noon. Symposium Luncheon Keynote (Video) (Transcript)
Ellen Kullman – Chairman and CEO, DuPont
2:15 p.m. African Presidential Leadership Roundtable (Video) (Transcript)
H.E. Joaquim Chissano – former President, Mozambique
H.E. Sir Dawda Jawara – former President, The Gambia
H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo – former President, Nigeria
H.E. Mizengo Pinda – Prime Minister, Tanzania
Gebisa Ejeta – 2009 World Food Prize Laureate (Moderator)
Friday, October 14
The “Borlaug Dialogue”: Day III
7:30 a.m. Symposium Breakfast Keynote (Video) (Transcript)
Michael Mack – CEO and Executive Director, Syngenta
9:00 a.m. Laureate Keynote Address (Video - English) (Video - Portuguese) (Transcript)
H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – 2011 World Food Prize Laureate and former President, Brazil
9:30 a.m. Conversation: The Greening of Agriculture (Video) (Transcript)
Kwesi Atta-Krah – Deputy Director General, Bioversity International
Daniel Hillel – Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia Earth Institute
Rattan Lal – Professor of Soil Science, School of Environment and Natural Resources,Ohio State University
Sahr Lebbie – Africa Area Vice President, Heifer International
Johannes Lehmann – Chairman of the Board, International Biochar Initiative
Margaret Catley-Carlson – Chair, World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water (Moderator)
11:00 a.m. Conversation: Enhancing Communication and Collaboration Across All Stakeholders (Video) (Transcript)
Ellen Gustafson – Co-founder, FEED and Founder/Executive Director of 30 Project
Bruce McNamer – President and CEO, TechnoServe
Louise Fresco – Distinguished Professor, University of Amsterdam (Moderator)
12:30 p.m. 2011 World Food Prize Laureate Luncheon Keynote Address (Video) (Transcript)
H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor – 2011 World Food Prize Laureate and former President, Ghana