World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT
March 26, 2024 | 8 A.M. - 6 P.M. EDT
U.S. Institute of Peace | Washington, D.C.
Seeds of Equity: Women Driving Growth and Innovation in Agriculture
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Registration & Networking
9:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
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Ambassador Terry Branstad, President, World Food Prize Foundation
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Mashal Husain, Chief Operating Officer, World Food Prize Foundation
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Opening Address
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Chaunté Lowe, Olympian, World Champion Medalist, American Record Holder, Member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | My Journey with Dr. Norman Borlaug
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Elsa Murano, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | International Year of the Woman Farmer
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Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
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Under Secretary Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA
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Ambassador Lisa Carty, Representative of the United States of America to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers
10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Investing in the Next Generation
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Maria Rose Belding, Co-Founder, Founding Executive Director and Board Chair, FoodRecovery.org
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Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO North America
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Dina Esposito, Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at USAID and Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development
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Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder/CEO of WANDA and NativSol Kitchen
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Hale Ann Tufan, 2019 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Associate Professor, Cornell University
11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | World Food Prize Foundation Laureate Letter
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David Beckmann, 2010 World Food Prize Laureate and President Emeritus, Bread for the World
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Jan Low, 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited
11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Champions of Global Food Security
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Catherine Bertini, 2003 World Food Prize Laureate and Chair, Executive Board, Global Crop Diversity Trust
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Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate and Director, Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR
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Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and Founder, Roots of Peace
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Jan Low, 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited
12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Session
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Program
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World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT Vision
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Mashal Husain, Chief Operating Officer, World Food Prize Foundation
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Bram Govaerts, 2014 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Director General, CIMMYT
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Julie Borlaug, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation
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1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Fireside Chat
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Senator Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator and Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator and Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Assistant Secretary Ramin Toloui, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
2 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Networking Break
2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | African Women - Shaping the Future of the Food Ecosystem
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Introduction: Elsa Murano, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University
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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Leading the Way for Women in Agricultural Technology and Innovation
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Jocelyn Anderson, Farmer and Vice President, GSA Farms and Glenn County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
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Julie Borlaug, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation
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Jennifer Crall, Global Head Partnerships-Growers Engagement & AgriChain Activation, Bayer Crop Science
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Sarah Davidson Evanega, Vice President of External Relations, Okanagan Specialty Fruits
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Cary Fowler, Special Envoy For Global Food Security Office Of Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Leveraging the Perspective of Women in Ag: Changing the Way Business is Done
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Introduction: Paul Schickler, Chair, Council of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation
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Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Fostering Peace Through Demining
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Karen Chandler, Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), U.S. Department of State
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Sarah Goring, Country Director, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Vietnam
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Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute
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Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and Founder, Roots of Peace
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Janete Malichi, Deputy Team Leader, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Angolan Deminer
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Ngoie Mulunda Grace, Team Leader, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Angolan Deminer
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Luis Linares, Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Department of State (Translator)
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Women Replanting and Regenerating
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Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate
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Violet Grgich, President, Grgich Hills Estate Winery
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Laura Turner Seydel, Director, Turner Foundation
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Elizabeth Whitlow, Executive Director, Regenerative Organic Alliance
4:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Closing Remarks
- Paul Schickler, Chair, Council of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation
5 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Reception
6 p.m. | Event Concludes