Expo 2015 - Conference on linking food security to sustainable agricultural policies in the Mediterranean: The expert view
EXPO – CASCINA TRIULZA, Milan, Italy
In the context of the Expo Milano 2015, OCP Policy Center and the Istituto Affairi Internazionali (IAI) are hosting a series of convening around one of the central themes of Expo 2015: Feeding the Planet. This series will consist of three events in which different stakeholders will discuss the link between food security and sustainable agricultural policies in the Mediterranean.
This first event is a day of dialogue and scientific investigation on the link between food security and agricultural challenges with representatives from the world of research, academia and the private sector.
During this event, OCP Policy Center and IAI will circulate and discuss the results of the joint research on these topics, conducted throughout 2014, outside the inner circle of researchers, academics and practitioners, with the objective of promoting reflection and discussion about some key aspects of the general theme of Expo 2015 such as the link between sustainable agricultural policies and food security.
PROGRAM
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Welcome coffee and Registration of participants |
| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Introductory Remarks Ettore Greco, Director, IAI, Rome |
| 10:15 – 11:30 |
The Food Security Challenge in the Mediterranean: The Politicaleconomy Dimension CHAIR Maria Cristina Paciello, Senior Fellow, Mediterranean and Middle East Programme, IAI, Rome PANELISTS Michel Petit, Associate Professor, CIHEAM-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Montpellier Open discussion |
| 11:30 – 11:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:45 – 13:00 |
Key Determinants of Food Security CHAIR Rachid Doukkali, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center and Professor, IAV Hassan II Institute, Rabat PANELISTS Daniela Corona, Senior Teaching assistant at the Law Department of the College of Europe, Bruges Open discussion |
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13:30 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 – 16:15 |
Debating Food Security from the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Perspectives CHAIR Omar Aloui, Visiting Professor of Spatial and Regional Economics, Mohamed V University, Rabat PANELISTS Fidele Byiringiro, Economic Affairs Officer, UN ESCWA - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - Beirut Representative from the private sector Open discussion |
| 16:15 – 16:30 |
Conclusions Representative of the OCP Policy Center, Rabat |
| 16:30 |
End of the seminar |
About IAI:
The Istituto Affairi Internazionali is a non-profit organization, the IAI is funded by individual and corporate members, public and private organizations, major international foundations, and by a standing grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Institute's main objective is to promote an understanding of the problems of international politics through studies, research, meetings and publications, with the aim of increasing the opportunities of all countries to move in the direction of supranational organization, democratic freedom and social justice.
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