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Thursday, February 10 |
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INAUGURAL SESSION | 17:00-19:00
Durbar Hall |
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Welcome Remarks Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Inaugural Address H.E. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister, Republic of India Vote of Thanks Head of the 2020 Vision Initiative and Chief of Staff, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
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Keynote Speakers H.E. John Kufuor, Former President, Republic of Ghana Hillary Rodham Clinton (by video), Secretary of State, United States of America Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh M. S. Swaminathan, UNESCO Chair in Ecotechnology and Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Republic of India Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States of America Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines Fawzi Al-Sultan, Chair, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Kuwait |
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Panel: Transforming Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Linkages | |||||
Chair: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member, United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Water, Canada
Perspectives from Carlos Perez Del Castillo, Chair, Consortium Board of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), Uruguay William J. Garvelink, Deputy Coordinator for Development, Feed the Future, USA Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Kenya Derek Yach, Senior Vice President, Global Health and Agriculture Policy, PepsiCo, USA |
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Dinner Event | 19:00
Shah Jehan Hall |