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Healthy Food For A Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food To Improve Global Nutrition, the Global Food Security Symposium 2015, is using Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms to reach a global audience. This year's Symposium will address food systems for improved health. Share your ideas, and we may feature them on the Symposium's Tweet Wall.
Key social media accounts
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, @GlobalAgDev, @ChicagoCouncil, Facebook
#GlobalAg is the preferred hashtag for the 2015 Global Food Security Symposium
We will live stream the entire Symposium. You can watch it on The Chicago Council's website, http://bit.ly/1Ge3rsK.
Engage with symposium speakers
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Ivo H. Daalder (@IvoHDaalder), President, @ChicagoCouncil8:35 a.m. Report Presentation
Douglas Bereuter, Cochair, @GlobalAgDev, @ChicagoCouncilDan Glickman (@DanRGlickman), Cochair, @GlobalAgDev, @ChicagoCouncil
9 a.m. Special Remarks
Jeff Fortenberry (@JeffFortenberry), Member, US House of Representatives (R-NE)9:05 a.m. The Weight of the World: The Burgeoning Malnutrition Crisis
Julie Gichuru (@JulieGichuru), TV Host and Entrepreneur, @ArimusMediaC.D. Glin (@cdglin), Associate Director, Africa Region, @RockefellerFdn
Mark Hyman, MD (@MarkHymanMD), Chairman, @FxMmed; Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; Founder and Medical Director, The UltraWellness Center; Medical Editor, @HuffingtonPost
Lindiwe M. Sibanda (@LMSibanda), CEO, @FANRPAN
Patrick Webb, MD (@DrPatrickWebb), McFarlane Professor of Nutrition, @TuftsNutrition; Policy and Evidence Adviser, @Glo_PAN; Director, USAID Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab–Asia
10:20 a.m. Special Remarks: The Four “Ought Tos” of Food Security
Gregory R. Page, Executive Chairman, Cargill (@FoodSecureWorld)10:45 a.m. Business Models for Advancing Nutrition: How the Private Sector is Moving the Needle on Health
Julianna Goldman (@JuliannaGoldman), Correspondent, @CBSNewsPaul E. Schickler, President, @DuPontPioneer
Jai R. Shroff, CEO, @uplltd
Sheila Redzepi, VP, Global Advocacy and Sustainability Strategy, @Unilever
Marc Van Ameringen (@GAINExecDir), Executive Director, @GAINalliance
12 p.m. Special Remarks: The Multi-Dimensional Challenge of Malnutrition
Robert H. Miller, Divisional Vice President, Research and Development, Scientific and Medical Affairs, Abbott Nutrition (@AbbottNews)12:05 p.m. Luncheon
Introduction: Dan Coats (@SenDanCoats), Member, U.S. Senate (R-IN)Keynote Address: Universities at the Foundation of the Fight Against Hunger
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (@PurdueMitch), President, @LifeAtPurdue
1:15 p.m. A Health Sensitive Food Supply
Monica Eng (@monicaeng), Food Reporter and Producer, @WBEZShawn Baker, Director, Nutrition, @GatesPoverty
Richard S. Greene, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, @USAID
Stefan Schmitz, Deputy Director-General and Commissioner, the ONE WORLD - No Hunger Initiative, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, @BMZ_Bund
Sunny George Verghese, Cofounder, Group Managing Director and CEO, @Olam
2:50 p.m. Lightning Presentations
Allison Aubrey (@AubreyNPRFood), Food & Health Correspondent, @NPRNewsA Recipe for Innovation in Nutrition
David Fleming, MD, Vice President, Public Health Impact, @PathTweets
Fortifying Rice in Mali: Food Entrepreneurship in the Face of Uncertainty
Salif Romano Niang (@SalifRNiang), Cofounder, @MaloIsAllGood
Healthy Soils, Healthy Foods
Jennie Schmidt (@FarmGirlJen), Owner and Operator, @Schmitt_Farms
1,000 Days to Shape the Future
Roger Thurow (@RogerThurow), Senior Fellow, @ChicagoCouncil; Author, The Last Hunger Season
Scaling Business Innovation Globally to Leverage Nature
Shen Tong, Founder, Managing Director, (@FoodXHealth)
4:20 p.m. Keynote: Investing in Smart, Collaborative Science to Address 21st Century Challenges
Tom Vilsack, Secretary, @USDA4:50 p.m. Wrap-up & Adjourn
Catherine Bertini (@C_A_Bertini), Distinguished Fellow, @ChicagoCouncil; Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, @MaxwellSU
Healthy Food For A Healthy World blog posts
Healthy Food Must Be Safe Food
Climate Change Puts Global Nutrition At Risk
The Role Of Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene In Improving Nutrition
Leveraging The Digital Revolution To Improve Nutrition
Women As The Force For Improving Global Nutrition
Food As Medicine -- The Link Between Nutrition And Health
The $2 Trillion Market For Fruits and Vegetables
Economic Costs of Global Malnutrition
Lead sponsors
Abbott, @AbbottNews
Cargill, @FoodSecureWorld
Supporting sponsor
DuPont, @DuPontPioneer
Next Generation sponsors
Land O’ Lakes, Inc., @LandOLakesInc
RTI International, @RTI_INTL_DEV
Foundation support
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, @GatesPoverty
Partners
1,000 Days, @ThousandDays
AAAS, @AAAS_News
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), @AGRAAlliance
AGree, @AGreeAgPolicy
Bread for the World, @bread4theworld
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), @FANRPAN
Farm Foundation, NFP, @FarmFoundation
Farm Journal Foundation, @FarmersFeeding
Food Tank, @Food_Tank
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), @GAINAlliance
Global Harvest Initiative, @Harvest2050
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), @ifpri
InterAction, @InterActionOrg
PATH, @PATHtweets
Purdue Center for Global Food Security, @PurdueCGFS
Save the Children, @SavetheChildren
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, @ACESIllinois
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska, @waterforfood
World Food Prize Foundation, @worldfoodprize
World Wildlife Fund, @World_Wildlife
