Program

McGill Conference on Global Food Security

October 27-28, 2015

Tuesday, October 27

Public Lecture

Salle Prince Arthur, New Residence Hall, McGill University
3625 Avenue du Parc, Montreal

Time

Activity

18:30-20:00

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

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)

$10 registration fee

Wednesday, October 28

Conference on Global Food Security

Salle Prince Arthur, New Residence Hall, McGill University
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, McGill Institute for Global Food Security; Margaret A. Gilliam Faculty Scholar in Food Security; Professor, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University
08:35-08:40	Welcome from the Dean Anja Geitmann Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill
08:40-09:10	Keynote Address Moderator: Chandra Madramootoo, Bioresource Engineering, McGill 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: 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, McGill Panelists: Santiago Alba-Corral, Director of Policy Innovation and Partnerships, CARE Canada Marian Odenigbo, Special Advisor on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, IFAD Michael Ngadi, Bioresource Engineering, McGill
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, McGill Panelists: Valérie Sapin, Academic Associate, FAES, McGill University Viacheslav Adamchuk, Bioresource Engineering, McGill University 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, McGill Panelists: Daniel Haberman, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University June Yee Tsun Po, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University Pierre Tulk, Undergraduate student, McGill University 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, McGill Panelists: Laurette Dubé, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Director, McGill Institute for Global Food Security Nicolas Kosoy, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
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
	$260/$60 (students) registration fee

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