The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World

Seeds of Equity: Women Driving Growth & Innovation in Agriculture
March 26, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT
U.S. Institute of Peace | Washington, D.C.

9:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Remarks

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Building Boundless Resilience: The Empowering Journey of an Olympian

Chaunté Lowe | Olympian, World Champion Medalist, American Record Holder, Member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | My Journey with Dr. Norman Borlaug

Elsa Murano | World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | International Year of the Woman Farmer

Hon. Jose W. Fernandez | Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
Hon. Jennifer Lester Moffitt | Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ambassador Lisa Carty | Representative of the United States of America to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli | Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers

10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Investing in the Next Generation

Maria Rose Belding | Co-Founder, Founding Executive Director and Board Chair, FoodRecovery.org
Jocelyn Brown Hall | Director, FAO North America
Dina Esposito | Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at USAID and Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development
Tambra Raye Stevenson | Founder and CEO of WANDA and NativSol Kitchen
Hale Ann Tufan | 2019 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Associate Professor, Cornell University

11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | World Food Prize Laureate Letter

David Beckmann | 2010 World Food Prize Laureate and Coordinator, Circle of Protection
Jan Low | 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited

11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Champions of Global Food Security

Catherine Bertini | 2003 World Food Prize Laureate and Chair, Executive Board, Global Crop Diversity Trust
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted | 2021 World Food Prize Laureate and Director, Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR
Heidi Kühn | 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and Founder, Roots of Peace
Jan Low | 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited

12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch and DialogueNEXT Vision

Mashal Husain | Chief Operating Officer, World Food Prize Foundation
Bram Govaerts | 2014 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Director General, CIMMYT
Julie Borlaug | World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Harvesting Potential: Strategies for Building a Strong Future in Agriculture

Hon. Joni Ernst | U.S. Senator and Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hon. Debbie Stabenow | U.S. Senator and Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hon. Ramin Toloui | Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

2 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Networking Break

2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | African Women - Shaping the Future of the Global Food Ecosystem

Introduction: Elsa Murano | World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli | Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Leading the Way for Women in Agricultural Technology and Innovation

Jocelyn Anderson | Farmer and Vice President, GSA Farms and Glenn County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Julie Borlaug | World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation
Jennifer Crall | Global Head Partnerships-Growers Engagement & AgriChain Activation, Bayer Crop Science
Sarah Davidson Evanega | Vice President of External Relations, Okanagan Specialty Fruits
Cary Fowler | Special Envoy For Global Food Security, Office Of Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Leveraging the Perspective of Women in Ag: Changing the Way Business is Done

Introduction: Paul Schickler | Chair, Council of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation
Hon. Jennifer Lester Moffitt | Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Fostering Peace Through Demining

Karen Chandler | Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), U.S. Department of State
Sarah Goring | Country Director, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Vietnam
Jonathan Granoff | President, Global Security Institute

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Women Replanting and Regenerating

4:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Closing Remarks

5 p.m. - 6 p.M. | MINES To VINES RECEPTION