*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow an announcement regarding the 2nd Global Food Security Conference, 11-14 October 2015, Ithaca, NY, USA. Apologies for cross-posting. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 2nd Global Food Security Conference <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:03 AM Subject: Register now | Early registration closes 14th August To: [log in to unmask] Can't see this email properly? 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Don't miss out - register now! *Register here >* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70eedaa> ------------------------------ *Keynote Speakers* World-class speakers include: *Bruce Campbell* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70eedab>, *CGIAR, Denmark* *Title*: Reducing risks to food systems from climate change *Shenggen Fan* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70eedac>, *Director General*, *International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA**Title*: Sustainable food security and nutrition: Demystifying conventional beliefs *Eleni Gabre-Madhin* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70eedad>, *CEO, eleni LLC, Ethiopia* *Title*: Getting markets right for the poor in Africa *Corinna Hawkes* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1aa>, *Fellow, City University London Centre for Food Policy and Member, IPES Food, UK* *Title*: To be announced *David Just* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1ab>, *Cornell University, USA* *Title*: Why behavioral economics matters to global food policy *Eric Lambin* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1ac>,* Stanford University, USA* and *University of Louvain, Belgium* *Title: *Competing demands for land in the globalization era *Rosamond Naylor* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1ad>, *Stanford University, USA* *Title*: A wide-angle lens on food security: Integrating social and natural science perspectives *Sara Scherr* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1ae>, *President of Ecoagriculture Partners, USA* *Title* : To be announced *Lindiwe Majele Sibanda* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1af>, *CEO*, *Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), South Africa**Title*: What policies do we need for agriculture to deliver positive nutrition and health outcomes? *Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1b0>, *Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)* and *Emeritus Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India* *Title*: Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Food Systems and Meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge *Jennifer Thomson* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1b1>, *University of Cape Town, South Africa* *Title*: Genetically modified crops: An African perspective *Scientific Committee >* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1b2> ------------------------------ *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 > * <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1b3> ------------------------------ To find out more and to register, please visit: *www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com* <http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h13ed7c99,70c5886,70ef1b4> This message has been sent to [log in to unmask] from Elsevier Communications on behalf of Elsevier Conferences. 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