July 13, 2017 | 09:00 - 17:00 | Yale Club (50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York)
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Moderator: |
Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute |
09:00 - 10:15 |
Opening Session: Achieving Goal 2 Grand Ballroom, 20th FloorH.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President, UN General Assembly H.E. Mr. Michael Grant, Ambassador/ Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN H.E. Ms. Mary Mubi Senior Principal Director, Department of Public Affairs and Knowledge in the office of the President and Cabinet, Government of Zimbabwe Maria Beatriz Giraudo, Global Farmer Network, Argentina Jaine Chisholm Caunt, Director General, Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), UK Robin Buruchara, Director, Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Kenya Rocco Renaldi, Secretary General, International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA), Belgium Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director, Forum for agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break Grand Ballroom, 20th Floor |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Interlinkages between the SDG’s Grand Ballroom, 20th FloorH.E. Ms. Amira Gornass, Permanent Representative of Sudan to Italy & Chairperson, UN Committee on Food Security Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza-Garcia, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN |
11:00 - 12:30 |
Breakout Sessions on Interlinkages: Goals 1, 3, 5, 9, 14Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere Moderator: H.E. Mr. Necton Mhura, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Malawi to the UN Stefano Prato, Managing Director and Editor, Society for International Development, Italy Govind Venuprasad, Coordinator, Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA), International Trade Centre (ITC), Switzerland Martha Hirpa, Managing Senior Director, Heifer International, USA Fritz Schneider, Chair, Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, Switzerland Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Moderator: Stineke Oenema, Coordinator United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, Italy Franck C.J. Berthe, Senior Livestock Specialist, World Bank & Coordinator of the Livestock Global Alliance, France Marcelo Eduardo Lüders, President, Brazilian Dry Beans Institute (IBRAFE), Brazil Chavanne Hanson, Deputy Head, Global Public Affairs - Nestlé S.A., Switzerland Vish Govindasamy, Group Managing Director, Sunshine Holdings Plc, Sri Lanka Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Moderator: Venge Nyirongo, Policy Specialist in Sustainable Development at UN Women, USA Margaret Munene, Co-Founder and General Manager, Palmhouse Dairies Limited Kenya Stephanie Hanson, Senior Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, One Acre Fund, USA Salah Goss, Vice President, International Development, MasterCard Worldwide, USA Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Moderator: Nicole Carta, Senior Partnership Officer / Team Leader, Private Sector and Foundations Unit, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), USA Scott Angle, Director General of International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), USA Will Galvin, Executive Vice President, Self Help Africa, Ireland Sabrina Meharali, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Quality Pulses, Tanzania Cristino (Tito) Panlilio, President, Balibago Waterworks, Philippines Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources Moderator: Paulette Bethel, Special Advisor – Multilateral Affairs, Emerging Ag, Bahamas Tiare Boyes, Fisher Person, Arbegar Fishing Co., Canada John Mimikakis, Vice President, Oceans, Environmental Defense Fund, Singapore Latha Swamy, Senior Advisor in Planetary Health to Ernesto Zedillo Rockerfeller Foundation Economic COuncil in Planetary Health & Yale Centre for Study of Globalization, USA Yvonne Harz-Pitre, Director Communications and Public Affairs, International Fertilizere Industry Association (IFA), France |
13:00 - 14:45 |
Luncheon: Youth in Agriculture Tap Room, 3rd FloorModerator: Gerda Verburg, SUN Movement Coordinator, Scaling up Nutrition Tiare Boyes, Fisher Person, Arbegar Fishing Co., Canada Murilo Martins Ferreira Bettarello, Nuffield 2017 Scholarship Winner, Brazil Michelle DeFreese, Leland International Hunger Fellows, 2015-17, USA Katrina Sasse, Nuffield 2017 Scholarship Winner, Australia Steve Ngunyi, Managing Partner ICON, Kenya |
15:00 - 16:30 |
Putting Farming First: Partnerships to Achieve Goal 2 Grand Ballroom, 20th FloorModerator: H.E. Mr. Tete Antonio, Ambassador of African Union H.E. Mr. Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, President, The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Farming First Speakers on: Safeguard Natural Resources: Share Knowledge: Build Local Access and Capacity: Post Harvests: Enable Access to Markets: Prioritise Research Imperatives: |
16:30 - 17:00 |
High-Level Closing Remarks Grand Ballroom, 20th FloorShenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA Marie-Helene Semedo, Deputy Director-General of FAO, Italy H.E. Mr. Fode Seck, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Senegal to the UN Bernie McClean, Vice President, Canadian Canola Growers Association, Canada Steven Were Omamo, Deputy Director and Coordinator of Food Systems Strategy, Policy and Support in the Policy and Programme Division, UN World Food Programme (WFP), Kenya Nichola Dyer, Program Manager, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), World Bank, USA |
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