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Program

ɬÀï·¬ Conference on Global Food Security

October 27-28, 2015


Tuesday, October 27

Public Lecture

Salle Prince Arthur, New Residence Hall, ɬÀï·¬
3625 Avenue du Parc, Montreal

Time Activity
18:30-20:00

Moderator: Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Director, ɬÀï·¬ Institute for Global Food Security, Margaret Gilliam Faculty Scholar in Food Security, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, ɬÀï·¬

Introduction of Speaker
Anja Geitmann

Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Keynote Address

Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security

Kanayo F. Nwanze
President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Ìý $10 registration fee

Wednesday, October 28

Conference on Global Food Security

Salle Prince Arthur, New Residence Hall, ɬÀï·¬
3625 Avenue du Parc, Montreal

Time Activity
08:00

Registration Opens

Pre-registration; you may also register on site at the Conference.

Registration fee: $260/$60 (students with ID) [registration fee includes conference sessions, breaks, lunch, networking and refreshments]

08:30-08:35

Opening Remarks

Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
Director, ɬÀï·¬ Institute for Global Food Security; Margaret A. Gilliam Faculty Scholar in Food Security; Professor, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, ɬÀï·¬

08:35-08:40

Welcome from the Dean

Anja Geitmann
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, ɬÀï·¬

08:40-09:10

Keynote Address
Moderator: Chandra Madramootoo
, Bioresource Engineering, ɬÀï·¬

Digital Agriculture: What is it and how can it contribute towards realizing the sustainable development goals

David Bergvinson
Director General, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

09:10-10:35

Session #1:Ìý Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security in Developing Countries

- Equity and Gender
- Role of Digital Technologies
- How Does Farming Look in the Future?

Chair: Vijaya Raghavan, Bioresource Engineering, ɬÀï·¬

Panelists:
Santiago Alba-Corral, Director of Policy Innovation and Partnerships,ÌýCARE Canada
Marian Odenigbo, Special Advisor on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, IFAD
Michael Ngadi, Bioresource Engineering, ɬÀï·¬

10:35-10:45 Health Break
10:45-12:15

Session #2: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security in Industrialized Countries

- Equity and Gender
- Role of Digital Technologies
- How Does Farming Look in the Future?

Chair: Gordon Hickey, Natural Resource Sciences, ɬÀï·¬

Panelists:
Valérie Sapin, Academic Associate, FAES, ɬÀï·¬
Viacheslav Adamchuk, Bioresource Engineering, ɬÀï·¬
Pierre Fobert, National Research Council, Ottawa

12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00

Session #3:Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security: A student perspective

Chair: Caroline Begg, Plant Science, ɬÀï·¬

Panelists:
Daniel Haberman
, Natural Resource Sciences, ɬÀï·¬Ìý
June Yee Tsun Po, Natural Resource Sciences, ɬÀï·¬
Pierre Tulk, Undergraduate student, ɬÀï·¬
Laura Husak, IDRC

15:00-15:15 Health Break
15:15 -16:45

Session #4: Panel Discussion: Future Food Security: Who Will be Farming and How?

Moderator: Valérie Orsat, Bioresource Engineering, ɬÀï·¬

Panelists:
Laurette Dubé, Desautels Faculty of Management, ɬÀï·¬
Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Director, ɬÀï·¬ Institute for Global Food Security
Nicolas Kosoy, Natural Resource Sciences, ɬÀï·¬

16:45-17:00 Health Break
17:00-17:30

Conference Wrap Up

Moderator: Audia Barnett, Inter-American Institute for Co-Operation on Agriculture (IICA)

17:30-19:30

Poster Session
Sponsored by Erin Hogg, DipAgr'95

David Chen
Diana Dallmann
Divya Gupta
Audrine Makaka
June Yee Tsun Po
Pierre Tulk

Networking and Refreshments

Ìý $260/$60 (students) registration fee
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