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Join us for the 2nd International
Conference on Global Food Security 11-14
October 2015, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
USA Hosted by Cornell University and Columbia
University
If you register by the 14 August early
registration deadline, you will save
on the Academic/Author and Industry
rates. Register here >
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Keynote Speakers
World-class speakers include: Bruce Campbell,
CGIAR, Denmark Shenggen Fan,
Director General, International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI), USA Eleni
Gabre-Madhin, CEO, eleni LLC,
Ethiopia David Just,
Cornell University, USA Eric Lambin,
Stanford University, USA and University of
Louvain, Belgium Rosamond Naylor,
Stanford University, USA Lindiwe Majele
Sibanda, CEO, Food,
Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis
Network (FANRPAN), South Africa Mankombu Sambasivan
Swaminathan, Member of
Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Emeritus
Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation,
India Jennifer Thomson,
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Scientific Committee
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Conference Themes The 2nd
International Conference on Global Food Security aims to
deliver state-of-the-art analysis, inspiring visions and
innovative methods arising from research in a wide range
of disciplines. The conference themes are:
- Global and local analyses of food security and its
drivers (including prospective breadbasket failures,
and measuring and assessing food security and its
drivers)
- Enabling policies and institutions for inclusive
global food security (especially gender and generation
differentiated)
- Sustainable intensification of food production
systems
- Urbanization, food value chains, and the
sustainable, secure sourcing of food
- Competing demands and tradeoffs for land and water
resources (including the next land rush)
- Technological breakthroughs to help feed 9+
billion
- Reducing food loss and waste
- Reducing risks to food production and distribution
from climate change
- Consumer behavior, nutritional security and food
assistance programs
- Business-science cooperation to advance food
security
- The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus
View theme descriptions >
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Junior Researcher Task
Force Application deadline: 15 July
2015
The conference will feature a Junior Researcher Task
Force, a team of 22 young people responsible for
capturing and distributing via social media the big and
recurring conversation topics that evolve under each
thematic area. Selected members will attend all
thematically-related sessions, use Twitter during the
conference, and write blog posts immediately following
to synthesize the most exciting research and new
ideas.
Graduate students, post-docs, and other
junior research staff with an established professional
social media presence (preferred) or an interest in
cultivating one are encouraged to apply. Selected junior
task force members will receive FREE registration
(courtesy of the support of CICCA) to the conference,
however all other costs must be covered by the
individual. More information and to apply
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To find out more and to register, please visit: www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com | |