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Welcome: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Opening Remarks: Saulos Chilima, Vice President, Republic of Malawi          

Keynote: Kanayo Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Perspectives:

• Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC
• Wolfgang Jamann, Secretary General and CEO, CARE International 
• Kathy Spahn, President and CEO, Helen Keller International

Moderator: Catherine Bertini, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

The first ever visit of FAO Director-General to IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington last week celebrated four decades of rich partnership that has generated cutting-edge technical knowledge and enhanced expertise for supporting food security and improved…

A meeting was held in Washington, D.C. (July 19-21, 2016) sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa Program, hosted at IFPRI and supported by IFAD, in partnership with the CGIAR research program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM…

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Food Security Project and University of California, Davis invites you to "Water for Food Security: A Vital Resource to Feed the Planet".

Speakers:

• Stuti Khemani, Senior Economist, World Bank
• Raymond C. Offenheiser, President and CEO, Oxfam America

Discussants:

• Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Tewodaj Mogues, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator:

• Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

World Water Week, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is the annual focal point for the globe's water issues.

This year's theme, "Water for Sustainable Growth", will focus on the inclusive use of this important resource for…

Speaker:

• Dr. Zaw Oo, executive director, Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Myanmar 

Panelists:

• Justin Finnegan, deputy assistant to the administrator, USAID
• Maximo Torero, division director of markets, trade and institutions at IFPRI

Chairperson:

• Paul Dorosh, division director of development strategy and governance at IFPRI

Closing Remarks:

• Shenggen Fan, director general at IFPRI

IFPRI, in partnership with AUC, is convening the 2016 ReSAKSS Annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the CAADP implementation agenda among policymakers, development partners, researchers, advocacy groups, farmers’ organizations, private sector, and other key stakeholders from within and outside Africa.

Speaker:

• Sir Gordon Conway,  professor of international development at Imperial College, London and former president of the Rockefeller Foundation

Discussant:

• Mark Rosegrant, division director of environment and production technology at IFPRI 

Closing Remarks:

• Shenggen Fan, director general at IFPRI

Shenggen Fan presented at the White House Summit on Global Development on July 20, 2016. He presented as a part of the ‘Feed the Future: Partnerships for a Food-Secure 2030′ panel. The Summit, which President Obama attended, brought together development…

Speakers:

• Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
• Till Wahnbaeck, CEO, Welthungerhilfe
• Michael Hailu, Director, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
• Connell Foley, Director of Strategy, Advocacy and Learning, Concern Worldwide

Moderator:

• Morgane Danielou, Vice-President Operations, Emerging Ag Inc.