TUESDAY, 26 AUGUST
SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS AND NETWORKING DINNER
 Effective, Efficient, Ethical Solution to Feeding 9 Billion: Invest in Women
Professor Catherine Bertini, Senior Fellow, Global Agricultural Development Initiative, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; former Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (1992-2002)
WEDNESDAY, 27 AUGUST
 ONE DAY PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE
OPENING
Welcome
The Hon John Kerin AM, Chair of the Crawford Fund
 Ministerial Opening
Australia’s leadership role: using aid to tackle intractable problems & catalyse long term solutions
The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs
KEYNOTE SESSION 1
 Achieving Global Food Security: Building a new food system where nutrition, climate change and sustainability collide
Ms Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, and CGIAR Fund Council Chair
 Economics of food insecurity and undernutrition
Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
 Australian agriculture’s role in meeting increased Asian demand
Mr Luke Chandler, General Manager, Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory, Rabobank Australia & New Zealand
 PANEL: ETHICS AND EFFICIENCY IN THE FACE OF COMPETITION FOR FOOD
Chair: The Hon Margaret Reid AO, Board of Directors, Crawford Fund and former President, ACFID
 Food Security and Population Growth: are they connected?
Dr Laurent Zessler, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Director and Representative for UNFPA’s Pacific Sub-Regional Office, Fiji
 Food vs feed: the livestock equation in food security
Mr Yudi Guntara Noor, President, Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
 Food vs energy: crops for energy?
Dr Willie Dar, Director General, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 MODERATED Q&A SESSION WITH THE MORNING SPEAKERS
Dr Jim Woodhill, Principal Sector Specialist, Food Security & Rural Development, DFAT
 PANEL: ETHICS AND EFFICIENCY IN FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGES
Dr Nick Austin, Chief Executive Officer, ACIAR
 Modern technology: saviour or threat?
Dr Elizabeth Finkel, Chief Editor, Cosmos Science Magazine
 Food vs nutrition security: feed the people, well
Dr Norah Omot, Director, Enabling Environment Programme, Papua New Guniea National Agricultural Research Institute
 Watch your waste: lose less, consume sustainably, feed more
Dr Helen Szoke, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia
 KEYNOTE SESSION 2
Chair: Assoc Prof Robyn Alders AO, 2014 Crawford Fund Medal Awardee
 Long term food demand in Asia and implications for Australian agriculture
Dr Jammie Penm, Chief Commodity Analyst and Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Commodities and Trade Branch, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
 Agriculture Restructuring: towards higher competitiveness and food security
Dr Nguyen Van Bo, President, Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and member of the ACIAR Policy Advisory Council
MODERATED Q&A SESSION WITH FIVE AFTERNOON SPEAKERS
Dr Jim Woodhill, Principal Sector Specialist, Food Security & Rural Development, DFAT
 ROUND UP AND CONCLUSIONS
Dr Denis Blight AO, Chief Executive, The Crawford Fund
CLOSE
THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST
PARLIAMENTARY BREAKFAST
Population and Food Security: Key Trends and Changing Dynamics
Dr Laurent Zessler, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Director and Representative for UNFPA’s Pacific Sub-Regional Office, Fiji
CRAWFORD SCHOLARS’ DAY
A program of activities and engagement for invited young agricultural scientists and students including those attending the conference with Crawford Fund support, and involving some keynote speakers, representatives from the Crawford Fund, ACIAR, Austraining International, Researchers in Agricultural Development and other stakeholders.
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