CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
RIGHT HONOURABLE JOE CLARK
苹果淫院 Centre for Developing-Area Studies
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RICHARD POUND
Chancellor, 苹果淫院
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SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
MOHAMED AIT KADI
President, General Council of Agricultural Development,
Rabat, Morocco
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SHERI ARNOTT
CHF-Partners in Rural Development
On behalf of the Canadian Food Security Policy Group
Sheri Arnott is CHF鈥檚 Program Manager for Southern Africa and is currently based in Ottawa. Her experience is in agriculture development, social/gender analysis, biodiversity and natural resource management. Her work experience has been with donor agencies and non-governmental organizations, both in Canada and Eastern and Southern Africa. Sheri currently manages a project portfolio that encompass the water and sanitation sector, promoting information exchange and knowledge generation through information and communication technologies (ICTs), and strengthening the capacity of a leading HIV/AIDS service organizations in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Kenya to mainstream Sustainable Livelihoods in their work with households and communities affected by HIV/AIDS. Sheri worked in Kenya for two years coordinating a home gardening and micro enterprise project for rural women. She also worked for two years in Botswana, working with a local NGO to support sustainable and equitable approaches food security and nutrition for local communities. |
KEN ASH
Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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GORDON BACON
Chief Executive Officer
Pulse Canada, Canadian Special Crops Association
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Her Excellency JUDITH MBULA BAHEMUKA
Kenya High Commissioner to Canada
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CAROLINE BEGG
Director of Stage (Internship), Farm Management and Technology Program, and
Faculty Lecturer, Plant Science, 苹果淫院
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TED BOYLE
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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HENK-JAN BRINKMAN
Senior Adviser for Economic Policy, World Food Programme
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DEREK BYERLEE
The World Bank
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NICOLAS CARPENTIER
Sun Youth Organization
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Hon. MICHAEL CHONG
MP, Wellington-Halton Hills
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NEIL CONKLIN
President, Farm Foundation
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JIM CORNELIUS
Executive Director, Canadian Foodgrains Bank
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FRAN脟OIS DAGENAIS
Director of External Financing and Investment Projects,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA)
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LOUISE FRECHETTE
Former Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
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ER. M. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Secretary General,
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
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DANIEL GUSTAFSON
Director, Liaison Office for North America
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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DOUGLAS D. HEDLEY
Executive Director,
Canadian Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
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NICHOLAS KASIRER
Dean, Faculty of Law, 苹果淫院
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SHELLEMIAH O. KEYA
Advisor to Director General, Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
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JEAN-PAUL LAFOREST
Doyen - Dean
Facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, Universit茅 Laval
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GA脡TAN LUSSIER
Chairman of the Board,
Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
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CHANDRA MADRAMOOTOO
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 苹果淫院
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GRACE MARQUIS
Canada Research Chair in Social and Environmental Aspects of Nutrition,
School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, and
Interim Director, Centre for Indigenous Peoples鈥 Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
苹果淫院
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MOHAMMED MUKHIER
Head, Disaster Policy and Preparedness Department
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Switzerland
Food Security for All and All for Food Security
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AL MUSSELL
George Morris Centre
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ANWAR NASEEM
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, 苹果淫院
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KANAYO F. NWANZE
Vice-President, International Fund for Agricultural Development
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TIM OGILVIE
Dean, Atlantic Veterinary College,
University of Prince Edward Island
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PHILIP OXHORN
Director, Centre for Developing Area Studies
苹果淫院
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HON. ROBERT PERSAUD
Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Guyana
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CAROLINE PESTIEAU
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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ABNEL PIERRE
Haiti
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SANDRA POLASKI
Senior Associate and Director, Trade, Equity and Development Program,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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GSV RAGHAVAN
Department of Bioresource Engineering, 苹果淫院
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CAROLE ROBERT
President,
Biotechnology for Sustainable Development in Africa Foundation (BDA)
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JOHN SCOTT
President,
The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
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ALY SHADY
Canadian International Development Agency
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DONALD L. SMITH
Chair, Plant Science Department
Head, Green Crop Network & 苹果淫院 Network for Innovation in Biofuels and Bioproducts
苹果淫院
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GALINA STULINA
SANIRI and the Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission Water Coordination, Uzbekistan
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ATO TEFERA DERBEW
Head, Amhara Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ethiopia
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K. THANGAVEL
Professor, Food Process Engineering
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
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MAXIMO TORERO
Division Director of the Market, Trade and Institutions Division,
International Food Policy Research Institute
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DANIEL UZA
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria
Professor Daniel Uza is the fourth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria; he was appointed to the post in 2007. Until his new appointment, Professor Uza was the Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine in the University of Agriculture Makurdi. The Professor of Veterinary Medicine who hails from Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State joined the University in 1985 when it was a campus of the University of Jos. Since the University鈥檚 establishment in 1988 Professor Uza has held various posts and positions within the University set-up including membership of the Governing Council of the University. He is a member of several scholarly organizations and professional bodies, and has is the author of numerous professional papers and books. |
JACK WILKINSON
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
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ROBERT S. ZEIGLER
Director General
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
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ZHU JING
Deputy Director, Department of Economics and Finance, College of Economics and Management
Nanjing Agricultural University
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