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CGIAR Development Dialogues, 25 September 2014 Delivering solutions to realize the Sustainable Developmental Goals and Global Climate Agenda 8:00 – 10:00: “Investing for Impact” Forum 10:00: Plenary seating 10:15 – 11:15: Opening plenary session: Research priorities for a food secure and sustainable future Duration: 60 minutes Opening and greeting: CGIAR Development Dialogues Host, Frank Rijsberman, CEO, CGIAR Consortium Speakers: H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria H.E. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, UNFCCC COP 20 President and Minster for the Environment of Peru H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, High-Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President
Q&A: Frank Rijsberman, CGIAR Consortium CEO, opening floor for questions from the audience 11:30 – 13:00 High-level panel session I Theme: Theme 1: Prosperous, food secure and resilient livelihoods
Title: How can staple crops contribute to food security for 9.6 billion in 2050?
Speakers: David Watson, Manager, CGIAR Research Program on Maize Program H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, African Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Tim Searchinger, Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute 1
Natalie Rosenbloom, VP, Sustainability and Signature Partnerships, Monsanto Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology (ETPD) division
Theme 2: Healthier, innovative, capable and inclusive communities
Nutrition, women and food systems: a foundation for sustainable development?
MODERATOR: Raj Kumar, President and Editor in Chief, Devex Ms. Maria Semedo, FAO ADG Kathy Spahn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helen Keller International Shawn Baker, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tjada D'Oyen Mckenna, Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, USAID Doug Brown, Director, Agriculture and Food Security at World Vision International MODERATOR: Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Theme 3: New partnerships for development impact
Resilient systems and communities towards sustainable development: Fostering the capacity to innovate
H.E. Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of State for Agriculture In charge of Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda Ann Waters-Bayer, Senior Advisor, Prolinnova International Secretariat, ETC Foundation, Netherlands Sara Scherr, President, EcoAgriculture Partners, and Chair, Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative Blake Ratner, Research Director, WorldFish / Co-convenor Stephen Muchiri, CEO, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation
Theme 4: Climate changeresilient agroecosystems
Integrated Landscapes Approaches for Agriculture, Forestry and other land uses
MODERATOR: Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times H.E. Manuel PuIgar –Vidal, UNFCCC COP 20 President, Minister of Environment, Peru Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester 2
Kwesi Atta Krah, Director, CGIAR Research Program “Integrated Agricultural Systems for the Humid Tropics” Cristian Samper, CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society; Chair, Bioversity International Board of Trustees David Cooper, CBD (TBC) MODERATOR: Peter Holmgren, Director General, CIFOR
13.00 – 14.00: Networking lunch and exhibition viewing 13:55 – 14:25: Midday Dialogue: Is ‘climate change and sustainable business’ an oxymoron? Moderator: Tony Simons, ICRAF DG Howard Minigh, Croplife President and CEO Sonja Vermeulen, Head of Research at CCAFS Halldor Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UNFCCC
14.30 – 16.00: High-level panel sessions II Theme: Theme 1: Prosperous, food secure and resilient livelihoods
Title: Expanding commercial opportunities for the poor
Speakers: H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI H.E. Gerda Verburg, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) H.E. Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance, Uganda 3
Theme 2: Healthier, innovative, capable and inclusive communities
Nutrition sensitive landscapes
MODERATOR: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Center Dennis Dimick, National Geographic Walter Willett, Harvard University Shahid Naeem, Columbia University Mandana Arabi, Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science Eileen Kennedy, Tufts University
Theme 3: New partnerships for development impact
Strategic partnerships in agricultural research for inclusive impact: grounds for hope?
MODERATOR: Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ruth Oniang'o, Vice Chair, GFAR; Editor-in-Chief, AJFAND Julie Borlaug, Assistant Director of Partnerships for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture (Texas A&M University) Jamie Anderson: Financial Sector Specialist, Financial Innovation for Smallholder Families , Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Senior Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation
Theme 4: Climate changeresilient agroecosystems
Climate-smart agriculture: balancing trade-offs in food systems and ecosystems
MODERATOR: Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times Marion Guillou, Chair, Agreenium and CGIAR Consortium Board Member Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Research in the AgCenter of Columbia University Youba Sokona, Special Advisor on Sustainable Development, The South Centre 4
MODERATOR: Lindiwe Sibanda: CEO and Head of Mission, FANRPAN and ILRI Board of Trustees Chair
16:10 – 16:45: Keynote addresses: Moderator: Peter Holmgren, CIFOR DG Johan Rockstrom
Director of the Stockholm Resilience Center
H.E. Gerda Verburg
Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Rajendra K. Pachauri
Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Jonathan Wadsworth
Executive Secretary of the CGIAR Fund Council and Head of the Fund Office
16:45 – 17:00 Dynamic wrap-up of the day’s discussions: Frank Rijsberman, CEO, CGIAR Consortium with Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times (TBC) 17.00 – 18.30 Networking cocktail
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Q&A: Frank Rijsberman, CGIAR Consortium CEO, opening floor for questions from the audience 11:30 – 13:00 High-level panel session I Theme: Theme 1: Prosperous, food secure and resilient livelihoods
Title: How can staple crops contribute to food security for 9.6 billion in 2050?
Speakers: David Watson, Manager, CGIAR Research Program on Maize Program H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, African Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Tim Searchinger, Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute 1
Natalie Rosenbloom, VP, Sustainability and Signature Partnerships, Monsanto Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology (ETPD) division
Theme 2: Healthier, innovative, capable and inclusive communities
Nutrition, women and food systems: a foundation for sustainable development?
MODERATOR: Raj Kumar, President and Editor in Chief, Devex Ms. Maria Semedo, FAO ADG Kathy Spahn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helen Keller International Shawn Baker, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tjada D'Oyen Mckenna, Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, USAID Doug Brown, Director, Agriculture and Food Security at World Vision International MODERATOR: Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Theme 3: New partnerships for development impact
Resilient systems and communities towards sustainable development: Fostering the capacity to innovate
H.E. Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of State for Agriculture In charge of Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda Ann Waters-Bayer, Senior Advisor, Prolinnova International Secretariat, ETC Foundation, Netherlands Sara Scherr, President, EcoAgriculture Partners, and Chair, Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative Blake Ratner, Research Director, WorldFish / Co-convenor Stephen Muchiri, CEO, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation
Theme 4: Climate changeresilient agroecosystems
Integrated Landscapes Approaches for Agriculture, Forestry and other land uses
MODERATOR: Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times H.E. Manuel PuIgar –Vidal, UNFCCC COP 20 President, Minister of Environment, Peru Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester 2
Kwesi Atta Krah, Director, CGIAR Research Program “Integrated Agricultural Systems for the Humid Tropics” Cristian Samper, CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society; Chair, Bioversity International Board of Trustees David Cooper, CBD (TBC) MODERATOR: Peter Holmgren, Director General, CIFOR
13.00 – 14.00: Networking lunch and exhibition viewing 13:55 – 14:25: Midday Dialogue: Is ‘climate change and sustainable business’ an oxymoron? Moderator: Tony Simons, ICRAF DG Howard Minigh, Croplife President and CEO Sonja Vermeulen, Head of Research at CCAFS Halldor Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UNFCCC
14.30 – 16.00: High-level panel sessions II Theme: Theme 1: Prosperous, food secure and resilient livelihoods
Title: Expanding commercial opportunities for the poor
Speakers: H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI H.E. Gerda Verburg, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) H.E. Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance, Uganda 3
Theme 2: Healthier, innovative, capable and inclusive communities
Nutrition sensitive landscapes
MODERATOR: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Center Dennis Dimick, National Geographic Walter Willett, Harvard University Shahid Naeem, Columbia University Mandana Arabi, Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science Eileen Kennedy, Tufts University
Theme 3: New partnerships for development impact
Strategic partnerships in agricultural research for inclusive impact: grounds for hope?
MODERATOR: Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ruth Oniang'o, Vice Chair, GFAR; Editor-in-Chief, AJFAND Julie Borlaug, Assistant Director of Partnerships for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture (Texas A&M University) Jamie Anderson: Financial Sector Specialist, Financial Innovation for Smallholder Families , Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Senior Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation
Theme 4: Climate changeresilient agroecosystems
Climate-smart agriculture: balancing trade-offs in food systems and ecosystems
MODERATOR: Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times Marion Guillou, Chair, Agreenium and CGIAR Consortium Board Member Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Research in the AgCenter of Columbia University Youba Sokona, Special Advisor on Sustainable Development, The South Centre 4
MODERATOR: Lindiwe Sibanda: CEO and Head of Mission, FANRPAN and ILRI Board of Trustees Chair
16:10 – 16:45: Keynote addresses: Moderator: Peter Holmgren, CIFOR DG Johan Rockstrom
Director of the Stockholm Resilience Center
H.E. Gerda Verburg
Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Rajendra K. Pachauri
Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Jonathan Wadsworth
Executive Secretary of the CGIAR Fund Council and Head of the Fund Office
16:45 – 17:00 Dynamic wrap-up of the day’s discussions: Frank Rijsberman, CEO, CGIAR Consortium with Stephanie Strom, Journalist, New York Times (TBC) 17.00 – 18.30 Networking cocktail
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