GAIN’s Event on Nutrition, Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and the SDGs Live Streamed

Following on from the highly successful global summit on food fortification earlier this month, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network and Devex are hosting a unique high level panel event today, September 24, 2015, to tie in with the United Nations 70th General Assembly. The event will be live streamed throughout.

Watch the Stream September 24, 2015 at 9:45 a.m. ET.

Event Moderator: Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex

Opening Remarks: Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, WFP

Panel Session 1: What role will multi-stakeholder partnerships play in achieving the nutrition aims of the SDGs, specifically to reduce hunger, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture?
Michael Anderson, CEO, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Michelle Nunn, CEO & President, Care USA
Feike Sijbesma, CEO & Chairman of Managing Board, Royal DSM
Nancy Stetson, Special Representative for Global Food Security, US State Department

Panel Session 2: Exploring the long-term role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in food fortification: What lessons can be learned and utilized to reduce hunger, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture in support of the post-2015 development agenda?
Shawn Baker, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation
Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
Bjorn Lomberg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Center
Monica Musonda, Founder & CEO, Java Foods
Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, GAIN

Closing Remarks: Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Founder, Princess of Africa Foundation, Jay Naidoo, Chairman, Board of Directors, GAIN